03668 - Neurology (LZ-B)

Learning outcomes

At the end of the course, the student knows the following elements: - to identify the main diseases of the central and peripheral nervous; - to differentiate abnormal objective signs from normal signs of the nervous system, to identify the anatomical site of the lesion and to make a diagnosis of disease; - to indicate the appropriate diagnostic investigations to confirm the initial diagnostic hypothesis and evaluate its limits of reliability and invasiveness; - to know and apply the main therapies, pharmacological and non-pharmacological, of neurological diseases

Course contents

1. Motor System and Motor Syndromes
2. Sensory System and Sensory Syndromes
3. Electroencephalogram
4. Cranial nerves
5. Mononeuropathies and polyneuropathies
6. Balance and coordination system
7. Polysomnography
8. Electromyography
9. Epileptic syndromes
10. Transient loss of consciousness
11. Coma
12. Cerebrovascular disorders
13. Sleep disorders
14. Introduction to Neurodegenerative Diseases (Neurobiology and Molecular Pathology)
15. CSF and biofluid diagnostics
16. Pathology of Cognitive Functions
17. Diseases associated with minor cognitive impairment (MCI) and dementia
18. Rapidly progressive dementias and encephalitis
19. Parkinson's disease
20. Parkinsonisms
21. Neurological emergencies
22. Demyelinating diseases
23. Myasthenia and myastheniform syndromes
24. Motor neuron diseases
25. Movement disorders
26. Headaches
27. Degenerative muscle diseases
28. Inflammatory muscle diseases
29. Palliative care in neurological diseases

Readings/Bibliography

Clinica Neurologica (P. Pazzaglia); ed. Esculapio

Teaching methods

Slide and video presentations

Assessment methods

The exam consists of an oral interview with at least two specific questions on distinct topics.

The oral exam aims to verify the degree of in-depth knowledge acquired and the student's ability to make the necessary logical-deductive connections.

Gradation of the final grade:

Preparation on a very limited number of topics addressed in the course and analytical skills that emerge only with the help of the teacher, expression in overall correct language → 18-19;
Preparation on a limited number of topics covered in the course and ability to analyze autonomously 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 autonomous choices of critical analysis, mastery of specific terminology → 25-29;
Substantially exhaustive preparation on the topics covered in the course, ability to make autonomous choices of critical analysis and connection, full mastery of specific terminology and ability to argue and self-reflect → 30-30L.

Teaching tools

All slides used in class are made available to students.

Office hours

See the website of Rocco Liguori