FSS:PSYn4610 Fundamentals of Neuroscience - Course Information

PSYn4610 Fundamentals of Neuroscience

Extent and Intensity

1/0/0. 5 credit(s). Type of Completion: zk (examination).

Teacher(s)

doc. MUDr. Robert Roman, Ph.D. (lecturer)
doc. PhDr. Miroslav Světlák, Ph.D. (lecturer)
Mgr. Elizabeth Štimecová (assistant)

Guaranteed by

doc. MUDr. Robert Roman, Ph.D.
Department of Psychology – Faculty of Social Studies
Supplier department: Department of Psychology – Faculty of Social Studies

Timetable

Tue 20. 2. 16:00–17:40 P52, Tue 5. 3. 16:00–17:40 P52, Tue 19. 3. 16:00–17:40 P52, Tue 2. 4. 16:00–17:40 P52, Tue 16. 4. 16:00–17:40 P52, Tue 30. 4. 16:00–17:40 P52, Tue 14. 5. 16:00–17:40 P52

Prerequisites (in Czech)

! PSY461 Fundamentals of Neuroscience

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 65 student(s).
Current registration and enrolment status: enrolled: 44/65, only registered: 1/65

fields of study / plans the course is directly associated with

• Psychology (programme FSS, N-PS)
• Psychology (programme FSS, N-PSY)

Course objectives

The course aims to acquaint students with the basic anatomy and neurophysiological principles of the nervous system from the cellular level to the complex brain functions that are the basis of cognition and action.

Learning outcomes

After completion of the course student will be able to:
- describe basic anatomy of nervous system;
- define basic neurophysiological terms;
- explain neurophysiological mechanisms of perception, information processing, movement, memory and learning, behaviour, motivational systems, emotions and feelings;
- explain the relationship of defense behaviour and stress response to the aetiology of some mental diseases.

Syllabus

• 1) Brain and behavior, environment of the neuron. Synapse.
• 2) Information processing in the nervous system.
• 3) Physiology of sensory organs. Somatosensory system.
• 4) Motor system. Autonomic system.
• 5) Learning and memory. Language. Functional asymmetry of the hemispheres
• 6) Arousal mechanisms, sleep. Modulatory systems of the brain. Limbic forebrain and motivation.
• 7) Implicit and explicit emotional processes.

Literature

recommended literature
• MERKUNOVÁ, Alena and Miroslav OREL. Anatomie a fyziologie člověka : pro humanitní obory. Vydání 1. Praha: Grada, 2008, 302 stran. ISBN 9788024715216. URL info
• Neuroscience. Edited by Dale Purves. 6th ed., Oxford University Press, 2018, ISBN10 1605353809
• SILBERNAGL, Stefan and Agamemnon DESPOPOULOS. Atlas fyziologie člověka. 6. vyd., zcela přeprac. a r. Praha: Grada, 2004, xiii, 435. ISBN 9788024706306. info
• PURVES, Dale. Principles of cognitive neuroscience. 2nd ed. Sunderland, Mass.: Sinauer Associates, 2013, xxii, 601. ISBN 9780878935734. info
• LeDoux, J.E. & Damasio, A.R. (2013). Emotions and feelings. In: Kandel, E.R., Schwartz, J.H., Jessell, T.M., Siegelbaum, S.A. & Hudspeth, A.J. (Ed.). Principles of neural science. New York: McGraw-Hill,s. 1079–1094. LeDoux, J.E. (2000). Cognitive-emotio

Teaching methods

Lectures, self-study.

Assessment methods

Fundamental Neuroscience course is completed by a written test: the student write answers to three open questions within one hour. Every question will be assessed A-F. To pass the exam, student must obtain at least grade E in each assessed question. In the last part of the test student is required to draw selected anatomical structures into schemas of the brain.
In distance learning, the examination takes place in an analogous form of the test in the MU Information System.
The examination date will be specified during the last lecture.

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.

• Enrolment Statistics (Spring 2024, recent)
  
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