06551 - Neurophysiology (A-K)

Learning outcomes

Knowledge of the physiological bases of:

- the activity of the cerebral cortex;

- the physiological principles of electroencephalographic recordings;

- the control of movement.

In particular, the learning outcomes will focus on:

- the somatosensory cortex and its anatomical and functional links with the associative cortical areas;

- the most common rhythms of the electroencephalogram and their dependence on the behavioral states;

- the cerebral cortical control of movements and its modulation by the cerebellum and the basal nuclei.

Course contents

Anatomical and functional organization of the cerebral cortex, the basal nuclei, and the cerebellum.

The control of movement by the cerebral cortex and its regulation by the cerebellum and the basal nuclei.

Features and circadian organization of the behavioral states.

Mechanisms and interpretation of the main rhythms of the electroencephalogram. 

Readings/Bibliography

R.M. Berne, M.N. Levy, FISIOLOGIA (a cura di, B.R. Koeppen, B.A. Stanton), 7a Edizione, Casa Editrice Ambrosiana, 2018 (ISBN 8808480046).

Berne & Levy Physiology, (B.M. Koeppen and B.A. Stanton, Editors) 7th edition, Elsevier, 2017 (ISBN: 0323393942).

Further readings:

Principi di Neuroscienze. E.R. Kandel et al., Editors), 4a Edizione, Casa Editrice Ambrosiana, 2014 (ISBN 8808184455).

Principles of neural science. E.R. Kandel et al., Editors), 5th edition, McGraw-Hill Education, 2012 (ISBN 9780071390118).

Teaching methods

Lessons

Assessment methods

Oral examination on the topics discussed during the lectures and listed in the course contents above.

Teaching tools

Teaching tools used for lectures: digital Video projector, PC.

Office hours

See the website of Alessandro Silvani