- Docente: Marco Luppi
- Credits: 6
- SSD: BIO/09
- Language: Italian
- Teaching Mode: Traditional lectures
- Campus: Cesena
- Corso: Second cycle degree programme (LM) in Clinical psychology (cod. 0990)
Learning outcomes
The aim of this course is to give students a basic knowledge on neurobiological and neurophysiological mechanisms of mental disorders and their treatments.
Course contents
The main topics of this course are:
Basic anatomy and physiology of the central nervous systems. Basic physiology of chemical neurotransmission and neuromodulation, synaptic plasticity. Synaptic transmission, receptors and intracellular signal transduction pathways as pharmacological targets. Biochemical properties of receptors: agonists and antagonists, allosteric interactions and modulations. Basic epigenetic mechanisms. Neurobiological mechanisms of learning and memory. Neurobiological mechanisms of sleep and wakefulness and sleep disorders. Neurobiological mechanisms of dementia and their general treatments.
Lectures will take place during the 1st semester (from October to December) at the Cesena Campus of the School of Psychology and Education (address: Piazza Aldo Moro, 90 - Cesena).
Readings/Bibliography
Stahl S.M., Neuro Psicofarmacologia essenziale: basi neuroscientifiche e applicazioni pratiche, seconda edizione italiana (4th original edition), Milano: Edi-Ermes, 2016 (2013 for the original edition). Chapters: 1, 2, 3, 11 and 13.
Teaching methods
Class lectures
Assessment methods
The final evaluation will consist in a written exam with an open ended question, aimed to assess the student's knowledge regarding the topics included in the textbook. This test will always be concomitant with the one of Clinical Psychophysiology I (Prof. Fava).
Teaching tools
Slide projector, PC.
Office hours
See the website of Marco Luppi