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Università degli Studi di Parma
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NEUROLOGY
cod. 03668

Academic year 2009/10
2° year of course - First semester
Professors
Academic discipline
Neurologia (MED/26)
Field
Scienze fisioterapiche
Type of training activity
Characterising
30 hours
of face-to-face activities
1.7 credits
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Course unit divided into the following partitions:

Integrated course unit module: NEUROLOGICAL AND BEHAVIOR SCIENCES

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Learning objectives

 <br />Learn the fundamentals of the neurological exam and the basic principles of the neurological diagnostic process<br />Learn the principal concepts regarding major aspects of peripheral and central nervous system diseases.

Prerequisites

 Have passed all exams from the previous year.

Course unit content

<br /> <br />Neurological exam: principal neurological syndromes. Cranial nerves (special emphasis on CN-VII).<br /><br /> Botulinum toxin: mechanism of action and its applications in the treatment of major and minor dystonia and spasticity <br /> Cerebral vasculopathy<br />!   Demyelinating disease<br /> Peripheral neuropathy (Guillain Barre syndrome and other acquired and hereditary-degenerative forms).<br /> Mononeuropathy, radiculopathy and plexopathy<br />  Neuromuscular transmission defects: Myasthenia gravis<br /> Myopathy<br /> Degenerative diseases: (amyotrophic lateral sclerosis, Parkinsons disease, choreas, etc.).<br /> Infectious diseases of the CNS (encephalitis; meningitis) . Myelopathy.<br /> Overview of central nervous system and peripheral neoplasia<br /> Electrophysiological techniques (EEG, EMG, multimodal evoked potentials: principles of method and basic information).

Full programme

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Bibliography

 <br />Neurology Principi di diagnostica e terapia.<br />P. Pinelli; M. Poloni<br />Casa Editrice Ambrosiana <br /> </ P><br />Principi di Neurologia<br />M. Victor; AH. Ropper<br />Mc Graw-Hill.

Teaching methods

 Classroom lectures supplemented by audiovisual aids

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