FSS:PSY461 Fundamentals of Neuroscience - Course Information
PSY461 Fundamentals of Neuroscience
Faculty of Social StudiesSpring 2011
- Extent and Intensity
- 1/0/0. 4 credit(s). Type of Completion: zk (examination).
- Teacher(s)
- PhDr. Adam Chalupníček (lecturer)
doc. MUDr. Jan Roubal, Ph.D. (assistant) - Guaranteed by
- doc. MUDr. Jan Roubal, Ph.D.
Department of Psychology – Faculty of Social Studies - Timetable
- each even Wednesday 12:00–15:40 U32
- 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
- Psychology (programme FSS, N-PS)
- 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"
- 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
- ŠMARDA, Jan. Biologie pro psychology a pedagogy. Praha: Portál, 2004, 420 pp. 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
- MYSLIVEČEK, Jaromír. Základy neurověd. Vyd. 1. V Praze: Triton, 2003, 346 s. ISBN 8072542346. 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 - 25 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
- Enrolment Statistics (Spring 2011, recent)
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