Neuroscience MRes

Overview

This programme focuses on:

  • sensory systems and neuroimaging (neural mechanisms underlying visual and auditory processes; functioning of single neurons, networks of neurons, and the whole brain);
  • cognitive neuroscience (principles and neural bases of cognition, including memory, decision making and executive function; neurological and psychiatric consequences that arise from deficits in underlying neural mechanisms); molecular basis of neurological disorders (clinical presentation and key aspects of the cellular and molecular aetiology of important neurological disorders, including the main ways that nerve cells respond to insult and injury, and the future strategies for treatment).  

Programme Structure

Subject Knowledge Modules

You will take two of the following compulsory modules:

You will also choose one of the following 20 credit modules:

Professional/Key Skills

You are required to take the 10 credit Statistical Techniques in Medical Research (MMB8028) module and will also choose one of the following 10 credit modules:

Research Project

The largest single component of the degree programme is a 100 credit compulsory research project (MMB8099).

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