HUMAN PHYSIOLOGY
cod. 1005011

Academic year 2019/20
1° year of course - Second semester
Professor
Leonardo FOGASSI
Academic discipline
Fisiologia (BIO/09)
Field
"altre attività quali l'informatica, attività seminariali ecc."
Type of training activity
More
14 hours
of face-to-face activities
2 credits
hub: -
course unit
in ITALIAN

Integrated course unit module: GENERAL PHYSIOLOGY AND PSYCHOBIOLOGY

Learning objectives

Learning of Basic concepts on the elaboration of some sensory systems

Prerequisites

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Course unit content

Psychophysics of perception. Somatosensory system. Auditory system. Physiology of phonation

Full programme

Anatomy of the spinal cord. Receptors and afferent fibres. Somatosensory pathways. Thalamus and cerebral cortex (areas SI and SII). Anatomy of the inner ear. Acoustic receptors and transduction. Central acoustic pathways. Primary auditory cortex. Anatomo-functional bases of phonation

Bibliography

Chapters on somatosensory and auditory system from "Kandel, Schwartz and Jessel. Principi di Neuroscienze. Ed. Ambrosiana"

Teaching methods

Class lessons

Assessment methods and criteria

Oral examination

Other information

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2030 agenda goals for sustainable development

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