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Lecturer(s)
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Tkadlec Emil, prof. MVDr. CSc.
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Course content
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It is based on case studies. This could be useful for students of ethology used to the angle of view of classical ethology (Veselovský) or behavioral ecology and sociobiology (Frynta). Because it is not dedicated to specialists on neurobiology, it is necessary to include at least basic conceptions, methods and hypothesis of neurosciences. Special interest is paid to regulation of complex forms of behavior; for example to learning (song learning, filial and sexual imprinting), memory (spatial cognition, food-storing), motivation and emotions (aggression, fear, anxiety), play behavior. Topics are hierarchy organized, from the level of behavior to neuronal substrate, and usually examples both from neuroethology of birds and mammals are provided. Attention is also paid to psychological topics: especially parallels between human behavior and animals models, neuronal basis of emotion, motivation and personality.
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Learning activities and teaching methods
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Lecture
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Learning outcomes
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Special interest is paid to regulation of complex forms of behavior; for example to learning (song learning, filial and sexual imprinting), memory (spatial cognition, food-storing), motivation and emotions (aggression, fear, anxiety), play behavior.
Students will acquire methodology used in cognitive sciences, MWM, "Carousal maze", Skinner boxes, pharmacological models of mental disorders, animal training through positive reinforcement.
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Prerequisites
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unspecified
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Assessment methods and criteria
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Oral exam, Written exam
Requirements to the exam: oral presentation about one topic of neuroethology, based on one or more articles with IF. Second part of the exam is written 10-question exam.
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Recommended literature
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Carew, T. J. (2000). Behavioral Neurobiology. Sinauer Associates Inc publishers.
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Carlson, N. R. (2004). Physiology of Behavior. Pearson Education, Inc.
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Felten, D. L., Józefowicz, R. F. (2003). Netter's Atlas of Human Neuroscience. MediMedia USA.
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Kandel, E. R., Schwartz, J. H., Jessell, T. M. (Eds.). (2000). Principles of Neural Science. Fourth Edition, McGraw-Hill.
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Koukolík, F. (2012). Lidský mozek [funkční systémy, norma a poruchy]. Praha: Galén.
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Kulišťák, P. (2003). Neuropsychologie. Praha, Portál.
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Panksepp, J. (1998). Affective Neuroscience. Oxford University Press, Inc.
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Pearce, J. M. (1998). Animal Learning and Cognition. Psychology Press Ltd.
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