03668 - Neurology

Academic Year 2017/2018

  • Teaching Mode: Traditional lectures
  • Campus: Ravenna
  • Corso: First cycle degree programme (L) in Speech and Language Therapy (cod. 8478)

Learning outcomes

Developing an understanding of principal neurological diseases: pathophysiology, diagnosis and therapy. Developing skills in neurological examination.

Course contents

  • Sensory System semeiotics
  • Motor System semeiotics
  • Cranial nerves semeiotics
  • Autonomic Nervous Function semeiotics
  • Sleep and wakefullness
  • Epilepsy
  • Headache and facial pain
  • Peripheral nerves diseases
  • Spinal cord compressions
  • Multiple Sclerosis
  • Progressive spinal amiotrophies
  • Parkinson disease and parkinsonian syndromes
  • Cerebrovascular diseases
  • Autonomic Nervous System diseases
  • Brain tumors
  • Nervous System infectious diseases

Teaching methods

Traditional taught lectures. Clinical cases discussion with videos.

Assessment methods

Oral examination.

Teaching tools

Slides, videos.

Office hours

See the website of Giulia Pierangeli