Prospectus | 08/09 - Psychology and Neuroscience - Maastricht ...

Prospectus Research Master Psychology 2008 • 2009
Instructional Approach
Tutorial group meetings.
Form of Assessment
Written assignment.
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| 448NP Neuropsychiatric Disorders – 3 credits
Coordinator: Bart Scholtissen, Psychiatry & Neuropsychology (FHML), Phone 38 84100,
12 Dr. Tanslaan, Room 4.E3.007, E-mail: b.scholtissen@np.unimaas.nl
Description of the Course
The course covers main findings and controversies related to neuropsychiatric disorders
with emphasis on brain mechanisms, behavioural and cognitive dysfunction. Both
measures used to evaluate biological variables, techniques relevant for assessment of
behavioural and cognitive problems are presented. Disorders on the interface between
neuropsychiatry and cognitive/behavioural neurology are discussed. Theories related to
dysfunctional brain structures and their relations are presented, with an emphasis on
circuits in which prefrontal and temporal structures participate. Dysfunctions on the
level of neurotransmitter are presented as well as neuroimaging methods (PET, SPECT,
fMRI) used to evaluate changes in metabolism.
Literature
Journal articles and book chapters.
Instructional Approach
Tutorial group meetings.
Form of Assessment
Written assignment.
| 449NP Neuropsychopharmacology – 3 credits
Coordinator: Jan Ramaekers, Neuropsychology & Psychopharmacology (FPN),
Phone 38 81951, 40 Universiteitssingel East, Room 2.736,
E-mail: j.ramaekers@psychology.unimaas.nl
Description of the Course
This course addresses the influence of drugs upon normal functioning and disease
states.
Neurobiological and neurochemical mechanisms are presented with the aim to
deepen the insight into the various mechanisms of drug action. Major drug classes
are reviewed which are used frequently in the treatment of mental disorders and
neurological disease, but also other classes of drugs which have side-effects on the
central nervous system. Other topics in this course are pharmaco-epidemiology,