BIOTECHNOLOGIES IN CLINICAL NEUROSCIENCES - Neurology

Degree course: 
Corso di First cycle degree in BIOTECHNOLOGY
Academic year when starting the degree: 
2022/2023
Year: 
3
Academic year in which the course will be held: 
2024/2025
Course type: 
Supplementary compulsory subjects
Credits: 
3
Period: 
Second semester
Standard lectures hours: 
24
Detail of lecture’s hours: 
Lesson (24 hours)
Requirements: 

None

Oral exam

Assessment: 
Voto Finale

To provide basic knowledge of neuroanatomy and neurophysiology of the central and peripheral nervous system.
To provide knowledge of the neural functions and the neurobiological bases of the pathologies of the nervous system; of the methodological and technological aspects useful to the study of the nervous system and its functioning in normal and pathological conditions.
Expected learning outcomes at the end of the teaching:
- Knowledge of the general principles of morphology of the nervous system, its connections and its modes of functioning.
- Basic knowledge of the clinical aspects of the main neurological diseases of the central and peripheral nervous system.

Principles of nervous system disease pathophysiology and anatomic-functional correlations. Classification of the main neurological diseases.
Neurobiological aspects and investigation techniques of the most relevant central and peripheral nervous system diseases.

Basics of neuroanatomy and neurophysiopathology of the central and peripheral nervous systems. Main neurological syndromes. Risk factors, genetics, innovative methods of investigation and therapeutic strategies for the most important neurological diseases: neurodegenerative processes affecting the cognitive and movement systems (dementias, extrapyramidal syndromes, motor neuron diseases), demyelinating diseases of the central and peripheral nervous system, cerebrovascular diseases, headaches, epilepsy, peripheral nervous system diseases. Paraneoplastic neurological syndromes.

The teaching activity includes frontal lessons that will be carried out with the help of Power Point presentations (slides in Italian and English).

Upon request by e-mail marco.mauri@uninsubria.it