VSNV041p Neurosciences - lecture

Faculty of Medicine
Spring 2010
Extent and Intensity
4/1.5/0. 6 credit(s). Recommended Type of Completion: zk (examination). Other types of completion: RZk (examination).
Teacher(s)
prof. RNDr. Petr Dubový, CSc. (lecturer)
prof. MUDr. Bohumil Fišer, CSc. (lecturer)
prof. MUDr. Miloslav Kukleta, CSc. (lecturer)
prof. MUDr. Ivan Rektor, CSc. (lecturer)
prof. MUDr. Alexandra Šulcová, CSc. (lecturer)
MUDr. Bc. Eva Závodná, Ph.D. (seminar tutor)
MUDr. Ilona Klusáková, Ph.D. (assistant)
Ing. Hana Pavlicová (assistant)
Guaranteed by
prof. MUDr. Bohumil Fišer, CSc.
Department of Physiology – Theoretical Departments – Faculty of Medicine
Timetable
Tue 7:20–9:00 P31 Posluchárna A. I. Bláhy, Thu 7:30–9:20 P31 Posluchárna A. I. Bláhy
  • Timetable of Seminar Groups:
VSNV041p/a: Tue 8:00–9:50 249, Tue 14:00–15:50 KOM 200
Prerequisites (in Czech)
VSFY0321c Physiology I - practice && VSFY0321s Physiology I - seminar && VSAN0333s Anatomy III s && VSAN0333c Anatomy III p
Course Enrolment Limitations
The course is only offered to the students of the study fields the course is directly associated with.
fields of study / plans the course is directly associated with
Course objectives
At the end of the Neuroscience course, students will have sufficient theoretical background required for physician. Students should be able to recall known principles of central and peripheral nervous systems. Students will be able to explain brain development, interneuron communication, and its impairment of experience or disease. Students will be able to give reasons why a human being is moving, perceiving, thinking and remembering.
Syllabus
  • Neural science is based on the integration of morphology and function. Excitable Tissue: Nerve. Synaptic and Junctional Transmission. Initiation of Impulses in Sense Organs. Reflexes. Cutaneous, Deep and Visceral Sensation. Vision. Hearing and Equilibrium. Smell and Taste. Alert Behavior, Sleep and the Electrical Activity of the Brain. Control of Posture and Movement. The Autonomic Nervous System. Central Regulation of Visceral Function. Neural Basis of Instinctual Behavior and Emotions."Higher Functions of the Nervous System": Conditioned Reflexes, Learning and Related Phenomena.
Literature
  • GANONG, William F. Přehled lékařské fyziologie. 20. vyd. Praha: Galén, 2005, xx, 890. ISBN 8072623117. info
  • GANONG, William F. Review of medical physiology. 22nd ed. New York: Lange Medical Books/McGraw-Hill, 2005, xii, 912. ISBN 0071440402. info
  • DUBOVÝ, Petr. Struktura a dráhy nervové soustavy člověka (Structure and Pathways of the Human Nervous System). Brno: Vydavatelství MU Brno, 1998, 176 pp. ISBN 80-210-1927-1. info
Teaching methods
Lessons are led in the form of lectures.
Assessment methods
Students write answers to 3 - 5 questions during two hours period.
Language of instruction
Czech
Further comments (probably available only in Czech)
Study Materials
The course is taught annually.
Teacher's information
http://www.med.muni.cz/fyziol
The course is also listed under the following terms Spring 2000, Spring 2001, Spring 2002, 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.
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