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Neuroscience

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What is the objective of the course? What is it?
What does it train you for?

The Neuroscience Master Degree Course fits into Palermo University’s educational provision innovation and rationalisation process. The programme trains experts in neuroscience and neurobiology who can further refine their skills through doctoral and Master Degree Courses. Graduates of the Neuroscience programme can take on leadership posts in the research and development departments of private and public hospitals, the pharmaceutical and biotechnology industries, companies and innovative start-ups.

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What do you learn?

The course is designed to provide adequate and balanced training in the core subjects as well as clinical areas, especially in biochemistry, anatomy and physiology, with advanced study of the structural, morphological and functional aspects of the central and peripheral nervous systems, including cellular and molecular aspects. These elements are designed to prepare students for appropriate contextualisation of pathological processes, as well as relevant diagnostic-instrumental pathopharmacological therapies. The course also provides students with an opportunity to study information processing in neuroscience which is strategic to the modern computational approach to neuroscience.

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What can you do with it?

This Master Degree Course in Neurosciences trains experts in neuroscience and neurobiology, managers in research divisions designed to create new drugs, new bio-engineering technologies for the management, diagnosis and treatment of diseases of the central and peripheral nervous system.