GENERAL NEUROPHYSIOLOGY AND NEUROPHYSIOLOGY OF THE STOMATOGNATHIC SYSTEM

Degree course: 
Corso di Long single cycle degree (6 years) in Odontoiatria e protesi dentaria
Academic year when starting the degree: 
2019/2020
Year: 
2
Academic year in which the course will be held: 
2020/2021
Course type: 
Basic compulsory subjects
Seat of the course: 
Varese - Università degli Studi dell'Insubria
Credits: 
4
Period: 
First Semester
Standard lectures hours: 
24
Detail of lecture’s hours: 
Lesson (24 hours)
Requirements: 

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Assessment: 
Voto Finale

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Resting membrane potential. Constant in time and space of the nerve fibers. Action potential and its propagation. Synapses. Neuromuscular Junction. Neuronal coding. Synaptic integration. sensory systems. Monosynaptic reflexes and plurisinaptic. tactile and kinesthetic sensibility. tactile receptors. Neuromuscular spindles :. Bodies muscle-Golgi tendon. thermal and pain sensitivity. vestibular apparatus. acoustic sensitivity, visual, olfactory and gustatory. motor control. The neuromotor units. Spinal reflexes. Maintaining posture. Motor coordination. afferent pathways, efferent. voluntary movement. cortical areas. pain sensitivity. trigeminal system. Nociception in the oral cavity.

Resting membrane potential. Constant in time and space of the nerve fibers. Action potential and its propagation. Synapses. Neuromuscular Junction. Neuronal coding. Synaptic integration. sensory systems. Monosynaptic reflexes and plurisinaptic. tactile and kinesthetic sensibility. tactile receptors. Neuromuscular spindles :. Bodies muscle-Golgi tendon. thermal and pain sensitivity. vestibular apparatus. acoustic sensitivity, visual, olfactory and gustatory. motor control. The neuromotor units. Spinal reflexes. Maintaining posture. Motor coordination. afferent pathways, efferent. voluntary movement. cortical areas. pain sensitivity. trigeminal system. Nociception in the oral cavity.

AA.VV. – FISIOLOGIA UMANA – a cura di F.Grassi, D.Negrini, C.A. Porro - Poletto Editore, Milano
AA.VV. – FISIOLOGIA MEDICA - a cura di F. Conti - Casa Editrice Edi-Ermes, Milano
Guyton & Hall – FISIOLOGIA MEDICA – Elsevier-Masson
Monografie:
Kandel, Schwartz – Principles of neural science – Elsevier
AA.VV. - Neuroscienze - a cura di D.Purves, Zanichelli

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Prof. Moriondo receives on appointment. Please e-mail to andrea.moriondo@uninsubria.it

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