- Docente: Giovanna Calandra Buonaura
- Credits: 3
- SSD: MED/26
- Language: Italian
- Teaching Mode: Traditional lectures
- Campus: Bologna
- Corso: Single cycle degree programme (LMCU) in School of Dentistry (cod. 8204)
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from Oct 03, 2025 to Nov 10, 2025
Learning outcomes
The students will be able to recognize neurological disorders of the central and peripheral nervous system and to understand their physiopathology, ethiology and treatment
Course contents
Approach to the neurological patient
Cognitive functions
Comi
Motor system and motor syndromes
Sensory system and sensory syndromes
Balance and coordination system
Cranial nerves
Headaches and facial pain
Mononeuropathies and polyneuropathies
Cerebrovascular pathologies
Dementias
Epileptic syndromes
Transient loss of consciousness
Degenerative encephalopathies
Movement disorders
Parkinson's disease and atypical parkinsonism
Sleep disorders
Neurological emergencies
Rachycentesis and CSF diagnostics
Demyelinating diseases
Encephalitis and meningitis
Myasthenia and myastheniform syndromes
Motor neuron diseases
Degenerative muscle diseases
Inflammatory muscle diseases
Readings/Bibliography
Clinica Neurologica (P.Pazzaglia); ed.Esculapio
Teaching methods
Frontal lessons
Assessment methods
oral examination
Students with learning disorders and\or temporary or permanent disabilities: please, contact the office responsible (https://site.unibo.it/studenti-con-disabilita-e-dsa/en/for-students ) as soon as possible so that they can propose acceptable adjustments. The request for adaptation must be submitted in advance (15 days before the exam date) to the lecturer, who will assess the appropriateness of the adjustments, taking into account the teaching objectives.
Teaching tools
slides
Office hours
See the website of Giovanna Calandra Buonaura