Brain Sciences: From Molecules to Mind

* You will be trained across a broad range of research skills for brain sciences, with an emphasis on advanced methods and research knowledge in key areas of molecular, cellular, systems and cognitive neuroscience.
* You will benefit from access to our wide range of state-of-the-art equipment for human study (3 Tesla fMRI system, MEG, TMS, EEG and eye movement labs) and experimental systems (cell culture, real time cell imaging, confocal microscopy, electrophysiology, 7 Tesla MRI, behavioural assessment).

Programme overview * MRes: 12 months full-time

You will attend lectures, seminars, tutorials and undertake project work.

Core courses

* Molecules to mind: introducing you to neuroanatomy, neuronal signalling, and the brain imaging techniques of fMRI, MEG, EEG, and TMS, with emphasis on the use of brain imaging to explore problems in the areas of attention, vision, cognition, and language; and exploring novel techniques to analyse the complex brain signals measured by the techniques.
* Statistics: providing a detailed understanding of the use of descriptive statistics, ANOVA, and linear regression in brain science research, with a particular emphasis on robust methods.

Optional courses

You will select two courses from a wide range of advanced courses covering topics in neuroscience and psychology including: advanced neuroanatomy, brain development, neuropsychology, brain diseases, neurotransmitters and drugs, neuronal circuits and memory, vision, attention, working memory, brain oscillations, aging, plasticity, fMRI.

You will also have the opportunity to learn the Matlab programming language, a powerful tool for data analyses.

Research projects

This gives you the experience of performing two cutting-edge research projects in brain science laboratories of international standing, including writing up the results appropriately for peer-reviewed publication, and giving an oral presentation of your results.