03668 - Neurology (LZ-A)

Academic Year 2015/2016

  • 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)

Learning outcomes

At the end of the course, the student will be able:  - to identify the major diseases of the central and peripheral nervous system, through a correct anamnesis and an appropriate clinical reasoning;  - to differentiate abnormal from normal findings on physical examination of the nervous system - to identify the anatomic location of the lesion and making a diagnosis of the disease - to indicate the appropriate diagnostic tests to confirm the hypothesis  -to  apply the main therapies for neurological diseases

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 examination

Teaching tools

Slides and video

Office hours

See the website of Fabio Cirignotta