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Teacher Pietro Cortelli
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Credits 1
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SSD MED/26
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Teaching Mode Traditional lectures
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Language Italian
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Campus of Bologna
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Degree Programme First cycle degree programme (L) in Neurophysiopathology techniques (cod. 8482)
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Course Timetable from Feb 28, 2023 to Mar 14, 2023
SDGs
This teaching activity contributes to the achievement of the Sustainable Development Goals of the UN 2030 Agenda.
Academic Year 2022/2023
Learning outcomes
The students will be able to understand the physiopathology of the
neurological disorders affecting the Central Nervous System
Course contents
Structure and development of central nervous system, glia and
cellular neuropathology; sensorial and sensitive elaboration and
cortical organization; pain; motor control; ALS; Parkinson's and
Huntington's diseases; memory and learning; Alzheimer's and prion's
diseases
Readings/Bibliography
Core Curriculum Malattie del Sistema Nervoso. Ferrarese Carlo, Mac
Graw Hill web site. 431 pag. Edizione 2011
Neurologia. Gian Camillo Manzoni e Paola Torelli. Esculapio.
Formato 19×26,5 in brossura Pag. 496 ISBN: 9788874884346 - Febbraio
2012.
Fondamenti delle neuroscienze e del
comportamento, E.R. Kandel, J.H. Schwartz, T.M. Jessel - CEA
Fundamental Neuroscience, L.R. Squire, D. Berg, F.E. Bloom et al. -
ELSEVIER, 3a ed., 2008
Teaching methods
Lectures, clinical case presentations, comments on sessions with discussion panels, hands-on sessions
Assessment methods
The final examination evaluates the degree of understanding of the
main learning targets of the course:
-knowledge the physiopathology of the main neurological
disorders
-knowledge the main treatment of neurological disorders in the
light of the specific physiopathology
The final vote of the Course is obtained by averaging the result
of 3 questions on the main topics of the Course
Teaching tools
Lectures, clinical case presentations, comments on sessions with discussion panels, hands-on sessions
Office hours
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