Educational guide
IDENTIFYING DATA							2016_17
Subject	BEHAVIOURAL EXPERIMENTS IN LABORATORY ANIMALS					Code	00212003
Study programme	M.U.INVEST.EN BIOLOGIA FUNDA.Y BIOMEDICINA
Descriptors	Credit.	Type	Year	Period
	5	Optional	First	Annual
Language	Castellano Ingles
Prerequisites
Department	CIENCIAS BIOMEDICAS
Coordinador	BARRIO LERA , JUAN PABLO				E-mail	jpbarl@unileon.es mjcueg@unileon.es
Lecturers	BARRIO LERA , JUAN PABLO CUEVAS GONZÁLEZ , MARÍA JOSE
Web	http://www.unileon.es/estudiantes/estudiantes-master/oferta-titulaciones/mu-metodologia-investigacion-biologia-biomedicina/plan-estudios?id=0212003&curso=2013
General description
Tribunales de Revisión	Tribunal titular Cargo Departamento Profesor Presidente BIOLOGIA MOLECULAR GIL SANTOS , JOSE ANTONIO Secretario BIOLOGIA MOLECULAR MATEOS DELGADO , LUIS MARIANO Vocal MEDICINA,CIRUGIA Y ANAT.VETERI CANO RABANO , MARIA JOSE Tribunal suplente Cargo Departamento Profesor Presidente CIENCIAS BIOMEDICAS PRIETO FERNANDEZ , JULIO G. Secretario MEDICINA,CIRUGIA Y ANAT.VETERI PEREZ GARCIA , CARLOS CESAR Vocal BIOLOGIA MOLECULAR PAZ CABELLO , PAULINO DE

Competencies

Type A	Code	Competences Specific
	A13040
	A13041
	A13042
	A13044
	A13047
	A13050
	A13055
	A13057
	A13058
	A13059
	A13062
	A13064
	A13067
	A13071
Type B	Code	Competences Transversal
	B2879
	B2885
	B2902
	B2906
Type C	Code	Competences Nuclear
	C1
	C2
	C3
	C4

Learning aims

	Competences
To assimilate the concepts and terminology associated with the experimental study of the behavior	A13040 A13041 A13059
To demonstrate knowledge of search techniques of behavior in experimental animals	A13040 A13041 A13055
To understand and distinguish the different techniques of behavioral record based on the aims	A13047		C2 C3
To analyze behavioral records achieved by recording video, recording digital files and manual annotations	A13050 A13057 A13058 A13064	B2885	C3
To draw conclusions about the variation of behavior in relation to various disease states	A13042 A13044 A13047 A13062		C1
To be able of designing a behavioral research protocol	A13058 A13067 A13071	B2879 B2902 B2906	C2 C3 C4

Contents

Topic	Sub-topic
1. Sensorimotor tests	Overal behavior in cage Motor coordination in Rotarod Nociception in hot plate
2. Learning and memory tests	Morris water maze Barnes maze Radial arm maze Object recognition Fear conditioning
3. Social behavior	Social interaction and preferences Sexual behavior Maternal behavior
4. Anxiety and depression-related behavior	Open field Forced swimming test Tail suspension test Elevated plus maze Light/dark transition tests Startling response test
5. Reward tests	Conditioned place preference Feeding behavior and food selection Self-administration tests

Planning

Methodologies  ::  Tests
	Class hours	Hours outside the classroom	Total hours
Laboratory practicals	30	30	60
Seminars	5	25	30
Presentations / expositions	3	6	9
Lecture	15	9	24
Mixed tests	2	0	2
(*)The information in the planning table is for guidance only and does not take into account the heterogeneity of the students.

Methodologies

Methodologies   ::  

	Description
Laboratory practicals
Seminars
Presentations / expositions
Lecture

Personalized attention

Lecture

Description

Assessment

	Description	Qualification
Lecture		60
Laboratory practicals		20
Presentations / expositions		10
Seminars		10
Other comments and second call

Sources of information

Access to Recommended Bibliography in the Catalog ULE

Basic
Complementary

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