Educational guide
IDENTIFYING DATA							2020_21
Subject	BEHAVIOURAL EXPERIMENTS IN LABORATORY ANIMALS					Code	01736003
Study programme	1736 - MASTER UNIVERSITARIO EN INVESTIGACION EN BIOLOGIA FUNDAMENTALY BIOMEDICINA
Descriptors	Credit.	Type	Year	Period
	5	Optional	First	Annual
Language	Castellano Ingles
Prerequisites
Department	CIENCIAS BIOMEDICAS
Coordinador	SÁNCHEZ CAMPOS , SONIA				E-mail	ssanc@unileon.es mjcueg@unileon.es
Lecturers	CUEVAS GONZÁLEZ , MARÍA JOSE SÁNCHEZ CAMPOS , SONIA
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 GARCIA GARCIA , PEDRO 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 TUÑON GONZALEZ , MARIA JESUS Secretario MEDICINA,CIRUGIA Y ANAT.VETERI PEREZ GARCIA , CARLOS CESAR Vocal BIOLOGIA MOLECULAR PAZ CABELLO , PAULINO DE

Competencies

Type A	Code	Competences Specific
	A17401
	A17402
	A17403
	A17405
	A17408
	A17411
	A17416
	A17418
	A17419
	A17420
	A17423
	A17425
Type B	Code	Competences Transversal
	B5389
	B5395
	B5403
	B5412
	B5416
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	A17401 A17402 A17420
To demonstrate knowledge of search techniques of behavior in experimental animals	A17401 A17402 A17416
To understand and distinguish the different techniques of behavioral record based on the aims	A17408		C2 C3
To analyze behavioral records achieved by recording video, recording digital files and manual annotations	A17411 A17418 A17419 A17425	B5395	C3
To draw conclusions about the variation of behavior in relation to various disease states	A17403 A17405 A17408 A17423		C1
To be able of designing a behavioral research protocol		B5389 B5403 B5412 B5416	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
Presentations / expositions		10
Laboratory practicals		20
Seminars		10
Other comments and second call

ADDENDUM

Contingency plan due to COVID-19 emergency conditions that prevents from presence based teaching

COVID-19 Teaching Guide Addendum Access Link

Sources of information

Access to Recommended Bibliography in the Catalog ULE

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