Scienze Naturali, Scienze dei Sistemi Naturali,
Evoluzione del comportamento animale e dell’uomo

KNOWLEDGE AND UNDERSTANDING ABILITY
At the end of the course the student must demonstrate that he has acquired the knowledge of the correct scientific terminology in the anatomical and endocrine field and the ability to understand the topics in specialized scientific articles.

ABILITY TO APPLY KNOWLEDGE AND UNDERSTANDING The student must have acquired the ability to carry out a critical examination of the treated neuroendocrine and behavioral processes. Knowledge of the most used experimental models in the study of behavioral neuroendocrinology, with in-depth analysis on the circuits that underlie behavior.

JUDGMENT AUTONOMY
the student must be able to comment and discuss in a critical and autonomous way the teaching issues dealt with in the scientific literature and demonstrate a thorough knowledge of the role of hormones on the modulation of nerve circuits and in the modulation of complex behaviors such as reproductive behavior or social behavior.

COMMUNICATION SKILLS
The student must demonstrate that he / she has acquired the ability to expose the acquired concepts in an appropriate manner and must also be able to clearly present the data shown in scientific articles related to the topics of the course.

LEARNING ABILITY
the student must be able to understand and process the concepts and data present in scientific articles related to the issues presented in the teaching.

Ability to critically discuss experimental results in the field of behavioral neuroendocrinology. Ability to choose the most appropriate experimental model for the study of a certain behavior.

Teaching topics are developed during the 48 hours of lectures (6 CFU) using powepoint presentations and occasionally short movies

- Critical discussion of an experimental scientific article (not a review), chosen from those proposed by the teacher or chosen by the student as long as it falls within the discipline. The student must report to the teacher the chosen article (indicating the sub-folder, the year and the first author) and wait for confirmation from the teacher that the article has not already been chosen by some other colleague. The articles already chosen show the writing NON DISPONIBILE.

The student have to prepare a short presentation (no more than 15 minutes) of the article, above all highlighting the criticality of the experiment, data and / or interpretation given by the authors. The presentation (in powerpoint or pdf format) must be sent by e-mail to the teacher at least one day before the appeal.

- Questions and discussion related to the neuroendocrine system studied in the presented article.

- Questions and discussion related to other neuroendocrine systems