Practical Training: Mammalian Macro- and Microscopical Neuroanatomy

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You will participate in four practical training sessions to study human, sheep and rat neuroanatomy and learn basic techniques of histological staining, immunohistochemistry and light microscopy.  

Practical training 1: Mammalian brain anatomy - dissect a sheep brain with specific emphasis on the limbic system, prepare drawings from sheep brain sections  

Practical training 2: Human brain anatomy - study plastinated human brains, human brain sections and brain models  

Practical training 3: Histology – stain rat brain slices with a histological method, perform an immunochemical (IHC) staining experiment  

Practical training 4: Microscopy – evaluate your own IHC experiment, study general neuroanatomy and neurotransmitter systems in parasagittal and coronal sections of rat brains