NEUROLOGY
cod. 03668

Academic year 2007/08
5° year of course - Second semester
Professor
Academic discipline
Neurologia (MED/26)
Field
Discipline neurologiche
Type of training activity
Characterising
28 hours
of face-to-face activities
3.5 credits
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Integrated course unit module: NEUROLOGY

Learning objectives

<br />Students will acquire knowledge that will enable them to perform a complete neurological objective testing and to correctly interpret neurological signs and symptoms as either anatomically and functionally normal or pathological. They will also learn notions that will enable them to define syndromes related to pathological modifications of specific structures of the central, peripheral and autonomic nervous systems (e.g., pyramidal syndrome, extrapyramidal syndrome, etc.). The course will also enable students to get to know the major groups of neurological disorders (e.g. cerebrovascular disorders, infectious CNS disorders, etc.). For every single disorder of each group, specific information will be provided on epidemiological, clinical, pathophysiological, prognostic and therapeutic aspects.

Prerequisites

<br />In order to take the exam for the integrated course of neurology, students must have passed the exams of biochemistry, anatomy, physiology, general pathology, medical semeiotics, and pharmacology.

Course unit content

<br />Semeiology of motor functions. Semeiology of sensory functions. Semeiology of cranial nerves. Semeiology of autonomic functions.    Sleep and wake cycles. Cognitive functions. Neuropathophysiology. CSF testing and other diagnostic techniques in nervous disorders. Epilepsy. Headache and facial pain. Peripheral nerve disorders. Spinal compression – Syringomyelia – Vascular myelopathies. Demyelination disorders. Motoneurone disorders. Extrapyramidal disorders. Degenerative and inherited CNS disorders. Cerebrovascular disorders. Brain tumours. Head injuries. Infectious and/or transmissible disorders. Dementias. Neurological manifestations of systemic diseases. Muscular and neuromuscular-joint disorders. Use and usefulness of neuroradiological examinations in major neurological disorders

Full programme

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Bibliography

<br />1) Bergamini titolo “Neurologia Clinica” 3^ ediz. anno 2001 -Casa Editrice Libreria CortinaTorino<br />2) Monaco Francesco titolo “Manuale di Apprendimento in Neurologia” anno 2004 - Casa Editrice Centro Scientifico<br />3) Pinelli Paolo; Poloni Marco titolo “Neurologia. Principi di Diagnostica e Terapia” 3 ^ ediz. anno 2003 - Casa Editrice CEA<br />4) Maurice Victor, Allan H. Ropper titolo “Adams & Victor Principi di Neurologia” 7^ ediz. anno 2002 testo tradotto in italiano Casa Editrice MC Graw-Hill<br />5) Loeb Carlo e Favale Emilio titolo “ Neurologia” 4^ ediz. anno 2003 - 2 volumi - Casa Editrice SEU<br />6) Jean Cambier , Maurice Masson, Henri Dehen titolo “Neurologia “10^ ediz. anno 2005 - Casa Editrice Masson<br /> <br />Other textbooks may be recommended at the start of the course.

Teaching methods

<br />Teaching activities: Up-front classes, small-group activities<br />Type of examination: Oral examination Course teachers: Prof. Gian Camillo Manzoni (Course Co-ordinator) Prof. Paolo Caffarra; Prof. Stefano Calzetti; Prof. Carlo Contini, Dott. Cosimo Costantino; Prof. Girolamo Crisi (Attività Didattica Integrativa); Prof. Franco Gemignani; Dott. Franco Granella; Dott. Liborio Parrino; Prof. Giovanni Pavesi; Dott. Vladimiro Pietrini; Dott. Enrico Sasso; Prof. Mario Giovanni Terzano; Prof. Paola Torelli

Assessment methods and criteria

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Other information

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