84571 - Neurology (Introductory)

Academic Year 2023/2024

  • Teaching Mode: Traditional lectures
  • Campus: Bologna
  • Corso: First cycle degree programme (L) in Neurophysiopathology techniques (cod. 8482)

Learning outcomes

Acquire the knowledge and ability to understand the fundamentals of clinical neurology.

Course contents

  • Semiotics of nervous system
  • Movement Disorders: hyperkinetic disorders (dystonia and choreic syndromes)
  • Movement Disorders: hypokinetic disorders (Parkinson’s Disease and Atypical Parkinsonisms)
  • Neuromuscular disorders (motor neurone disease, neuropathies, neuromuscular junction disorders, muscular disorders)
  • Multiple sclerosis and other demyelinating diseases
  • Epilepsy and syncope
  • Dementia (Alzheimer's disease, Lewy body dementia, Vascular dementia, Normal Pressure Hydrocephalus)
  • Cerebrovascular diseases

Teaching methods

Frontal lessons

Assessment methods

Oral examination (Bellaria Hospital, I floor, Pad. G)

Questions on the main topics of the program (Semiotics of nervous system and neurological diseases).

Teaching tools

pdf or powerpoint presentations

Clinical cases discussion.

Office hours

See the website of Giulia Giannini