BSc (Hons) Neuroscience Bachelor's degree at Aston University

Learn how body systems function through the exploration of the role of receptors in communication and the use of drugs and toxins to uncover physiological function.

Learn how our cells function, how neurons communicate with each other, and how drugs work.

Develop an understanding of how neurons function through the exploration of neural communication and the use of drugs and toxins to uncover physiological function.

An overview of the key cells, molecules and systems to give an understanding of the immune system.

An introduction to the integration and interdependence of systems in neuroscience, pharmacology and physiology.

Transferable skills development including data literacy, critical thinking, and personal development.

Develop an understanding of the function and dysfunction of the peripheral nervous system.

Develop your knowledge of key cells, molecules, neurotransmitters and neuromodulators involved in the central nervous system (CNS) and the main pharmacological interventions in brain function such as antidepressants, sedatives and anaesthetics.

This module focuses on how advances in genomic and immune system understanding have led to therapies for previously intractable autoimmune diseases, cancers, and introduces you to pharmacogenomics and pharmacoepidemiology, two powerful emerging disciplines which factor in race, ethnicity age and sex into pharmacotherapeutics.

An exploration of how the complex interplay of molecules in neurons leads to fundamental processes such as memory formation, and how new developments in our understanding of molecular biology provides new and powerful targets for drug development.

Bring your knowledge of molecules, cells and networks together to understand how the key systems in our brain communicate and co-ordinate to create something greater than the sum of its parts.

Further develops your transferable skillset necessary to stand out in today's graduate job market. Enhance your skills in CV writing, job application and interview skills, alongside scientific writing, and funding research.

Gain vital work experience in academia, industry or through our study abroad schemes to broaden your knowledge, develop your transferable skills and really stand out in the post-graduate job market.

This module will cover a range of neurodevelopmental and neurodegenerative disorders, looking at how changes in molecules, cells and networks leads to conditions like dementia, Parkinson's, depression and epilepsy.

You'll undertake an extended piece of research and present your findings to a scientifically engaged audience. We offer a wide range of project choices, supervised by experienced Neuroscience researchers.

Learn how synaptic plasticity guides brain development, and how this can go wrong in disease states. Teaching is based around discussions of the latest literature in the field.

Using a combination of in-depth reading, group presentation of journal articles and directed discussion, this module explores how changes in neuronal connectivity and synaptic function underlie the development of epilepsy and schizophrenia.

Various methods to enhance cognitive function will be discussed, including an array of pharmacological interventions