AIMS AND CONTENT

AIMS AND LEARNING OUTCOMES

Attendance and active participation in the proposed training activities (frontal lessons and outpatient activities) and individual study
will allow the student to:

- describe and classify the main neurological diseases describing their symptoms

- recognize motor and cognitive aspects of the main neurological pathologies, with particular reference to the presentation and clinical course of the strength deficit, the appearance of spasticity, muscle-tendon retractions and repercussions on walking

- recognize the syndromic pictures characterized by motor involvement following injury of the peripheral rather than central nervous system

SYLLABUS/CONTENT

Cerebrovascular pathology
Dementias
Movement disorders
Alterations of the state of consciousness and coma
Epilepsy and syncopes
Headaches and neuralgia
Motor neuron diseases
Neuropathies with particular reference to radiculopathies and entrapment neuropathies
Neuromuscular and muscle junction disorders
Demyelinating syndromes
Encephalitis and meningitis
Traumatic pathologies of brain and spinal cord
Neoplastic pathology of the central and peripheral nervous system

RECOMMENDED READING/BIBLIOGRAPHY

Slides available on Aulaweb.

"Neurologia pratica" by A. Federico et al, EdiSES (Napoli)

"Neurologia di Fazio-Loeb" by Andrea Seitun, Società Editrice Universo (Roma)

TEACHERS AND EXAM BOARD

Exam Board

LAURA MORI (President)

PIETRO FIASCHI

LINO NOBILI

LUCIO MARINELLI (President and Coordinator of Integrated Course)

LESSONS

LESSONS START

March 2021 as detailed in the shared calendar

Class schedule

The timetable for this course is available here: Portale EasyAcademy

EXAMS

EXAM DESCRIPTION

Oral exam

ASSESSMENT METHODS

The oral exam will allow you to evaluate whether the student acquired the notions presented in the classroom and during the individual study, within the scope of the course.

Exam schedule