2025 – Neuropsychopharmacology

Date

8 – 12 September, 2025

Duration

40 hrs / 1.4 ECTs

Location

Amsterdam UMC – VUmc, CHDR Leiden

Organiser

Dr. Micha Wilhelmus (VUmc), Dr. Benjamin Drukarch (VUmc), Prof. dr. Taco de Vries (VUmc) & Dr. Merel Rijnsburger (VUmc)

Current Status

Price

Free

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Course details

About this course

This graduate Neuropsychopharmacology course, designed for PhD students and postdocs in the field of neurosciences, is organised by ONWAR and the Centre for Human Drug Research (Leiden). The course addresses our current understanding of the pharmacology of CNS active drugs, the discovery of CNS drug targets as well as the development of innovative medicines and therapies.

What you'll learn

Become familiar with the fascinating field of neuropsychopharmacology

Course contents

During the course, the major classes of pharmacotherapeuticals for the clinical management of various neurological and psychiatric diseases and the pathological mechanisms of these brain disorders will be discussed. Lectures will focus on recent insights in the field.

Format

Lectures, site-visits

Requirements

No specific background level is required for this course

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