03668 - Neurology (L-ZB)

Academic Year 2013/2014

  • Docente: Fabio Cirignotta
  • Credits: 4
  • Language: Italian
  • Teaching Mode: Traditional lectures
  • Campus: Bologna
  • Corso: Single cycle degree programme (LMCU) in Medicine and Surgery (cod. 8415)

Course contents

Neurological Semeiology .Motor Systems. Sensory systems. Systems regulating equilibrium and coordination. Higher cognitive functions. Electroencephalography.  Electromyography. Cranial nerves. Headache and facial pain. Epilepsy. Transient loss of consciousness . Sleep disorders : Insomnias. Hypersomnias, parasomnias,OSAS . Transient ischemic attacks. Stroke. Lumbar puncture. Comas and brain death . Parkinson's Disease. Movement disorders. Inflammatory-demyelinating diseases. Dementias. Motoneuron diseases. Neuropathies.  Neuromuscular synapse diseases. Muscle diseases. Neurological emergency.

Readings/Bibliography

P.Pazzaglia - Clinica neurologica - Esculapio ed  

Cambier-Masson-Dehen     Neurologia    Masson editore

Teaching methods

lectures

Assessment methods

oral exam

Teaching tools

Slides and video

Office hours

See the website of Fabio Cirignotta