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Doctoral Program in Neurosciences

General aims
Doctorate structure
Research lines
Doctoral thesis directors
Admission
Contact
Department in charge of the management of the doctoral programme
Collaborating departments

General Aims of the Doctorate

The main aim of the doctorate is to produce doctors for high quality and advanced research. To this end, the general aims of the course are the following:

To incorporate the doctoral students into a research group.
To provide students with intensive specialization in different aspects of the lines of research defined in the programme.
To encourage students to use their initiative to undertake research projects using the methodology and the scientific principles of the discipline and the particular line of research.
To provide students with general skills related to the capacity to work individually and in teams, participation in research projects, management of bibliographic databases, etc.
To write a doctoral thesis.

Structure of Doctorate

The formation period of the doctorate programme is linked to the following Master's degree introduced on the University (in order to the RD 1393/2007):

Interuniversity Master's degree in Neurosciencies (coordinated by UB)

Research lines and directors of doctoral theses

Research lines

Development of the nervous system
Cellular Neurobiology
Molecular Neurobiology
Cognitive Neuroscience and of the behavior
Neurodegeneration
Neurofarmacology
Cellular Neurophysiology
Neurochemical
Neuropatology
Neuropsichology
Biological Psichiatry
Neurotoxicology

URV Specific lines

Neuronal Connections: Development, structure, plasticity, neurotransmission and pathology. The neuromuscular model (Faculty of Medicine and Sciences of the Health)
Molecular Basis of the neurodegeneration (Faculty of Medicine and Sciences of the Health)
Neurotoxicology of the behaviour(Faculty of Sciences of the Education and Psychology)

thesis Directors

UNIVERSITY ROVIRA I VIRGILI
J. Tomàs, Maria Ángel Lanuza Escolano (Dpt. of Basic Medical Sciences), Manuel Santafé Martínez (Dpt. of Basic Medical Sciences), N. García, J. Rigau, Maria Rosa Fenoll Brunet (Dpt. of Basic Medical Sciences), Modesto Sabaté Piñol (Dpt. of Biochemistry and Biotechnology), Nicolau Antoni Ortiz Castellón (Dpt.of Medicine and Surgery), Francesc Xavier Sureda Batlle (Dpt. of Basic Medical Sciences), Jaume Folch López (Dpt. Biochemistry and Biotechnology), Maria Teresa Colomina Fosch (Dpt. of Psychology), M. Torrente
UNIVERSITY POMPEU FABRA
R. Maldonado, O. Valverde, F. Giraldez, C. Pujades, M. Dierssen, G. Deco
UNIVERSITY OF LLEIDA
J. Esquerda, J. Caldero, C. Gallego, C. Sole, J. X. Comella
UNIVERSITY OF BARCELONA
Faculty of Medicine: J. Alberch, S. Ginés, N. May, E. Pérez, J. Llorens, J.M. Canals, S. Ambrosio, C. Junqué, P. Vendrell, D. Bartrés, C. Gastó, J. Vallejo, M. Valdés, M. Bernardo, E. Vieta, M. Salamero, T. Marcos, A. Prats, A. Gual, C. Solsona, J. Blasi, I. Ferrer, S. Alcántara, E. Tolosa, A. Graus, J. Marsal, J. Rubio
Faculty of Biology: P. Moral, L. Fañanas, J. García, C. Auladell, E. Soriano, J. Pérez, R. Casaroli, J. A. Del Rio, J. Ureña, F. Aguado, F. Burgaya, M. Reina, A. Martínez, M. Pascual, D. Bueno, M. Corominas, R. Franco, M. Orozco, E. Canela, C. Lluís, J. Mayol, V. Casado, J. Gelpí, I. Ramírez, M. Pastor, F. G. Casado, A. Felipe, A. Zorzano, M. Palacín, E. Martí, E. Batlle
Faculty of Pharmacy: M. Payas, J. Camins, A. M. Canudas, A. Giménez, V. Rimbau, T. Diez, T. Cambras
Faculty of Psichology: N. Sebastián, C. Escera, C. Grau, I. Clemente, J. M. Serra, M. Mataró, M. A. Jurado

Admission

Maximun number of students: 50
Admission and slection criteria: In case of students who accede to the period of research, according to the tenth additional disposition of the RD 1393/2007, for credit completed at least a year of formation specializing in the specialities of Sciences of Health they will have to present a work of research in which they have contributed of relevant form. This work will be valued by a Commission of the program of doctorate. The above mentioned Commission will judge one of the following suppositions:
- A work of research realized to the effect with a Teacher Doctor of the URV guidance.
- A work of research presented in a Congress of International area.
- Two works of research presented in Congresses of National area.
- A work of research published in a scientific index-linked magazine.

The Commission of the program of doctorate will decide the admission to the period of students' research that they should be in possession of a title of master's degree differently from the linked one directly to the program of neurosciences depending on the affinity of the same one to the subject of neurosciences.