- Docente: Giovanni Zamboni Gruppioni
- Credits: 1
- SSD: BIO/09
- Language: Italian
- Teaching Mode: Traditional lectures
- Campus: Bologna
- Corso: Single cycle degree programme (LMCU) in Medicine and Surgery (cod. 8415)
Course contents
Neurophysiological mechanism of acute and chronic pain. Neurobiology of pain chronicization. Neurobiology of analgesia.
Readings/Bibliography
The Challenge of Pain. P. Wall and R. Melzack, Paperback, Penguin ISBN-10: 0140256709.
Phantoms in the Brain: Probing the Misteries of the Human Mind. V.S Ramachandran and S. Blakeslee, Paperback William Morrow ISBN-10: 06881721272.Teaching methods
Lectures, covering the whole Course Program.
Assessment methods
Multiple choice test on the topics explained during lectures.
Teaching tools
Teaching tools used for lectures: 2 digital Video projectors, PC, Overhead digital projector and camera.
Slides From Lectures: Separate set of slides concerning each topic of the Course Program can be downloaded from the website campus.unibo.it by students enrolled at the University of Bologna (University institutional username and password required) .
Office hours
See the website of Giovanni Zamboni Gruppioni