Course catalogue | University of Parma

Professor
Academic discipline: Fisiologia (BIO/09)
Field: Discipline del settore biomedico
Type of training activity: Characterising

48 hours
of face-to-face activities

6 credits

hub: PARMA

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Learning objectives

To provide students with an understanding of human neural control of behavioral, autonomic and emotional responses to sensory stimuli.

Prerequisites

General Physiology, Histology and Human Anatomy

Course unit content

Human neuroanatomy, peripheral and central motor systems, sensory systems, autonomic nervous system and its central control, and brain activity.

Full programme

1. Introduction to the nervous system organization

2. Neuron action potential: origin, propagation and synaptic transmission

3. Sensory systems: sensory receptors, transduction mechanisms, generator potentials and frequency coding in the CNS. Major afferent pathways; subcortical and cortical regions,
and information processing.

- somatosensory system
- special senses (hearing, vision, taste, olfaction)

4. Motor system and organization of motor function

5. Autonomic Nervous System and its central control

Bibliography

Basic textbooks:
1.Robert M. Berne e Matthew N. Levy: FISIOLOGIA - Casa Editrice Ambrosiana - (VI edizione 2010)

2. Roney A. Rhoades & David R. Bell: MEDICAL PHYSIOLOGY - Lippincott Williams & Wilkins - (third ed. 2009)

Teaching methods

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Assessment methods and criteria

Written test and oral Examination

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Lectures

NEUROPHYSIOLOGY cod. 22176