03668 - Neurology (AK-C)

Learning outcomes

At the end of the course, the student knows the essentials:

-to identify the main diseases of the central and peripheral nervous system, through proper history taking and appropriate clinical reasoning;

-to differentiate abnormal from normal objective signs of the nervous system, to identify the anatomical site of the lesion and make a diagnosis of the disease;-to indicate the appropriate diagnostic investigations to confirm initial diagnostic hypothesis and evaluate their limits of reliability and invasiveness;

-to know and apply the main therapies, pharmacological and nonpharmacological, of neurological diseases.

Course contents

- motor system and motor syndromes
- sensory system and sensory syndromes
- balance and coordination system
- EMG
- polysomnography
- motor neuron diseases
- myasthenia and myastheniform syndromes
- EEG
- Comi
- Sleep pathologies1
- Sleep pathologies2
- Higher cognitive functions
- Dementias
- Epileptic syndromes 1
- Epileptic syndromes 2
- Degenerative muscle diseases
- Inflammatory muscle diseases

Readings/Bibliography

- Core Curriculum Malattie del Sistema Nervoso. Ferrarese Carlo, Mac Graw Hill web site. 431 pag. Edizione 2011
- Neurologia. Gian Camillo Manzoni e Paola Torelli. Esculapio. Formato 19×26,5 in brossura Pag. 496 ISBN: 9788874884346 - Febbraio 2012.
- Fondamenti delle neuroscienze e del comportamento, E.R. Kandel, J.H. Schwartz, T.M. Jessel - CEA Fundamental Neuroscience, L.R. Squire, D. Berg, F.E. Bloom et al. - ELSEVIER, 3a ed., 2008

- Clinica Neurologica. Pazzaglia. Esculapio Cod. 1029 VII Edizione Ott. 2008

- Neurologia. J. Cambier, M. Masson, H. Dehen, C. Masson. Elsevier Cod: el3107. Edizione sett 2009

Teaching methods

Frontal lessons

Assessment methods

The test will be oral. The student's ability to apply his or her notional background and make the necessary logical-deductive connections will be tested.
The grade achieved in the individual modules will contribute to the determination of the Integrated Course grade in proportion to the teaching load expressed in CFUs.
Final Grade Grading:
Preparation on a very limited number of topics covered in the course and analytical skills emerging only with the help of the lecturer, expression in overall correct language → 18-19;
Preparation on a limited number of topics covered in the course and ability to analyze independently only on purely executive issues, expression in correct language → 20-24;
Preparation on a large number of topics covered in the course, ability to make independent choices of critical analysis, mastery of specific terminology → 25-29;
Substantially comprehensive preparation on the topics covered in the course, ability to make independent choices of critical analysis and linking, full mastery of specific terminology and ability to argue and self-reflect → 30-30L.

Teaching tools

Frontal lessons with videos.

Clinical cases discussion.

Office hours

See the website of Giovanna Calandra Buonaura