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Università degli Studi di Parma
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NEUROSCIENCE
cod. 15903

Academic year 2008/09
1° year of course - Second semester
Professor
Academic discipline
Fisiologia (BIO/09)
Field
Scienze biologiche e mediche
Type of training activity
Related/supplementary
64 hours
of face-to-face activities
8 credits
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Course unit divided into the following partitions:

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Learning objectives

To achieve a basic knowledge of the anatomical structure and function of the nervous system

Prerequisites

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Course unit content

<br />General physiology of the neuron. Synaptic transmission. Spinal chord and reflexes. Brainstem structure and the control of posture. Somatosensory system. Psycophysics of perception. Retina and visual system. Organization of cerebral cortex and some notion on the motor system. Basal ganglia. Cerebellum. Some notion of the anatomy and physiology of the authonomic system and hypothalamus.

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Bibliography

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Kandel, Schwartz, Jessell: Principi di Neuroscienze, Casa Editrice Ambrosiana.<br />
Manuale di Neuroscienze (a cura di C.A. Umiltà), Edizioni Il Mulino.<br />
G. Rizzolatti. Lezioni di Fisiologia del sistema nervoso. Editrice Esculapio.<br />
Fondamenti anatomo-fisiologici della psiche. Poletto Editore

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