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
Other information
Lectures