PSY461 Fundamentals of Neuroscience

Faculty of Social Studies
Spring 2010
Extent and Intensity
1/0/0. 4 credit(s). Type of Completion: zk (examination).
Teacher(s)
MUDr. Kristýna Drozdová (lecturer)
doc. MUDr. Jan Roubal, Ph.D. (assistant)
Guaranteed by
MUDr. Mgr. Kristýna Drozdová
Department of Psychology – Faculty of Social Studies
Timetable
each even Thursday 14:00–17:40 P52
Prerequisites (in Czech)
PSY113 Human physiology || PSY451 Human physiology || PSY713 Human physiology
Course Enrolment Limitations
The course is only offered to the students of the study fields the course is directly associated with.

The capacity limit for the course is 40 student(s).
Current registration and enrolment status: enrolled: 0/40, only registered: 0/40
fields of study / plans the course is directly associated with
Course objectives
Course is a follow-up of "Human physiology" and specializes on CNS structure and functioning. At the end of the course students should be able to describe particular functional units in CNS, cognitive functions, neuroregulation of bodily functions and integration of involved neural, hormonal and immune system.
Syllabus
  • 1. Neural system anatomy, development and plasticity of neural fibers 2. Information transfer in neural system 3. Sensoric physiology - sense of sight 4. Sensoric physiology - hearing and balance tracts, senses of smell and taste 5. Somatosensorical system 6. Somatomotorical system I 7. Somatomotorical system II 8. Vegetative neural system 9. Limbic system - emotions, stress 10. Limbic system - nutrition and sexual behavior 11. Learning, memory 12. Speech, functional specialization of hemispheres 13. Consciousness, attention, sleep
Literature
    required literature
  • Orel, Miroslav, Facová, Věra a kol. Člověk, jeho mozek a svět. Praha: Grada, 2009"
  • ŠMARDA, Jan. Biologie pro psychology a pedagogy. Praha: Portál, 2004, 420 pp. info
  • MYSLIVEČEK, Jaromír. Základy neurověd. Vyd. 1. V Praze: Triton, 2003, 346 s. ISBN 8072542346. info
    recommended literature
  • KOUKOLÍK, František. Mozek a jeho duše. Illustrated by Vladimír Renčín. 3., rozš. a přeprac. vyd. Praha: Galén, 2005, 263 s. ISBN 8072623141. info
  • TROJAN, Stanislav. Lékařská fyziologie. 4. přeprac. a dopl. vyd. Praha: Grada, 2003, 771 s. ISBN 8024705125. info
  • Neuropsychologie. Edited by Petr Kulišťák. 1. vyd. Praha: Portál, 2003, 327 s., xi. ISBN 80-7178-554-7. info
  • KOUKOLÍK, František. Lidský mozek :funkční systémy : norma a poruchy. 2., aktualiz. a rozš. vyd. Praha: Portál, 2002, 451 s. ISBN 80-7178-632-2. info
Teaching methods
lectures
Assessment methods
Final exam will take the form of written test - 20 questions.
Language of instruction
Czech
Further comments (probably available only in Czech)
Study Materials
The course is taught annually.
Information on course enrolment limitations: Pro otevření kurzu je potřeba minimálně 10 zapsaných studentů.
Listed among pre-requisites of other courses
The course is also listed under the following terms Spring 2003, Spring 2004, Spring 2005, Spring 2006, Spring 2007, Spring 2008, Spring 2009, Spring 2011, Spring 2012, Spring 2013, Spring 2014, Spring 2015, Spring 2016, Spring 2017, Spring 2018, Spring 2019.
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