MNNR081 Neurology

Faculty of Medicine
spring 2025
Extent and Intensity
1/0/0. 1 credit(s). Type of Completion: z (credit).
In-person direct teaching
Teacher(s)
MUDr. Jan Kočica, Ph.D. (lecturer), MVDr. Halina Matějová (deputy)
MUDr. Peter Krkoška, Ph.D. (lecturer)
MUDr. Jan Kolčava, Ph.D. (lecturer), MVDr. Halina Matějová (deputy)
doc. MUDr. Eva Vlčková, Ph.D. (lecturer)
Ing. Veronika Išová (assistant)
MVDr. Halina Matějová (assistant)
Ing. Kateřina Novohradská (assistant)
Guaranteed by
doc. MUDr. Eva Vlčková, Ph.D.
Department of Public Health – Theoretical Departments – Faculty of Medicine
Contact Person: doc. MUDr. Eva Vlčková, Ph.D.
Supplier department: Department of Public Health – Theoretical Departments – Faculty of Medicine
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
The aim of the course is to acquire basic knowledge of neurology. The content of the study will focus on basic and specific nutritional care in patients with neurological diseases. The student will know prevention, diagnostics, treatment and specialized nutritional procedures in individual diseases, will be able to assess the nutritional status of the client / patient and to draw up a plan of individual nutritional care for clients / patients and evaluate the effectiveness of individual nutritional procedures.
Learning outcomes
The student will know prevention, diagnostics, treatment and specialized nutritional procedures in individual diseases, will be able to assess the nutritional status of the client / patient and to draw up a plan of individual nutritional care for clients / patients and evaluate the effectiveness of individual nutritional procedures.
Syllabus
  • A spectrum of nutritionally hazardous neurological diseases. Diagnosis, treatment options, complications. Determination of nutritional needs in relation to diagnosis, length of hospitalization, organism adaptation, rehabilitation and follow-up care. Importance and role of interdisciplinary cooperation. Syllabus of lectures: Neuron, neural cell structure. Structure of central and peripheral nervous system. Primary muscle diseases. Diseases of the peripheral nervous system. Functions of brain hemispheres. Vascular supply to the brain. Symptoms of stroke ischemic and haemorrhagic. Synapses and neurotransmitters. Physiological and pathological functioning of synapses. Structure and function of the cerebral cortex. Epilepsy and epileptic syndromes. Headaches. Structure and function of basal ganglia. Degenerative diseases of the brain and extrapyramidal diseases. Cerebellum structure and function. Structures of the brain stem. Cerebellar syndromes, stem syndromes. Inflammatory diseases of the nervous system. Multiple sclerosis. Spinal cord structure and function. Spinal cord syndromes. Motor and sensory disorders due to spinal cord lesions. Spinal and intracranial tumours. Brain and spinal cord traumas. Structure and function of the spine. Vertebrogenic diseases.
Literature
    required literature
  • TYRLÍKOVÁ, Ivana and Martin BAREŠ. Neurologie pro nelékařské obory. Vyd. 2., rozš. Brno: Národní centrum ošetřovatelství a nelékařských zdravotnických oborů, 2012, 305 s. ISBN 9788070135402. info
Teaching methods
lectures
Assessment methods
credit - written test
Language of instruction
Czech
Further comments (probably available only in Czech)
The course is taught annually.
The course is taught: every week.
Information on the extent and intensity of the course: 15.
The course is also listed under the following terms Spring 2014, Spring 2015, Spring 2016, Spring 2017, Spring 2018, spring 2019, spring 2020, spring 2021, spring 2022, spring 2023, spring 2024.
  • Enrolment Statistics (spring 2025, recent)
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