Parcours NMP
Psychiatric disorders are among the main causes of morbidity and mortality worldwide, posing a substantial burden on individuals and society. These disorders are complex multifactorial illnesses involving chronic alterations in neural circuit structure and function. Examples of neuropsychiatric disorders include depression, anxiety, addiction, autism, bipolar disorder, and schizophrenia. These major psychiatric syndromes result from the interaction of several factors including genetic, neurobiological, cultural, and life experiences. Common points of these pathologies rely on dysregulations in cerebral cortex and limbic brain regions implicated in regulating stress responses, reward, and cognition. In particular, dysregulations of synaptic circuits and transcriptional alterations along with alterations in neurotransmission are closely associated with the pathogenesis of psychiatric diseases.
Key words: neuroscience, psychiatric diesases, circuits, signaling pathways, behaviour, neurotransmission
Objectives
The aim of the "Neuroscience of Neuropsychiatric Diseases" program is to provide cutting-edge training in the biological mechanisms underlying the pathogenesis of neuropsychiatric diseases. Students will develop both the scientific skills to tackle fundamental questions in neuroscience and the technical skills to be able to respond to society's needs in neuroscience.
Main thematic coursework
Mandatory courses (12 ECTS):
- MU5BIN22 Hot topics: transdisciplinary approaches to neurodegenerative and psychiatric diseases (throughout the semester) (6 ECTS)
- MU5BIN25 Understanding psychiatric disorders: from signalling molecules to circuit & behaviour (6 ECTS)
Optional mandatory courses (6 ECTS):
- MU5BIN18 Novel technologies applied to human neuropathologies (6 ECTS)
- MU5BIN06 Neurotransmission and Signaling in Health and Disease (6 ECTS)
Optional courses with limited enrollment:
- MU5BIN15 ICM course: Brain to Market summer school (6 ECTS)
- MU5BIN09 Pasteur Development and Plasticity of the Nervous System (12 ECTS)
- MU5BIN10 ENS/SU course in neurophysiology (12 ECTS)
Specialization courses (6 ECTS) :
- MU5BIN16
- MU5BIN17
Contact
Track Director
Sandrine Betuing sandrine.betuing@sorbonne-universite.fr
Adminstration Office
Véronique de Surirey veronique.de_surirey@sorbonne-universite.fr
Campus Pierre et Marie Curie
Bâtiment C - 1ere Etage - Porte 105
+33 (0)1 44 27 23 81
9, quai Saint Bernard
Case courrier 118
75252 Paris Cedex 05