CODE 68146 ACADEMIC YEAR 2024/2025 CREDITS 1 cfu anno 2 ORTOTTICA ED ASSISTENZA OFTALMOLOGICA 9283 (L/SNT2) - GENOVA SCIENTIFIC DISCIPLINARY SECTOR MED/26 LANGUAGE Italian TEACHING LOCATION GENOVA SEMESTER 2° Semester MODULES Questo insegnamento è un modulo di: APPLIED NEUROSCIENCES TEACHING MATERIALS AULAWEB AIMS AND CONTENT AIMS AND LEARNING OUTCOMES The aim is to present the main neurological signs and symptoms to students and provide general concepts of the most frequent neurological diseases with particular interest for those involving the visual apparatus and ocular motility. TEACHING METHODS Frontal lessons with use of slides. SYLLABUS/CONTENT Elements of anatomy and pathophysiology of the Central Nervous System (CNS) and Peripheral (PNS): - cranial nerves; motor and sensory pathways; motor coordination Clinical features of the most frequent neurological diseases: -Cerebrovascular Diseases -Multiple sclerosis -Neurodegenerative diseases: Parkinson's disease and main forms of dementia. - Headaches and cranial neuralgia - Epilepsy and syncopes - Infectious diseases (ophthalmic herpes zoster) - Intracranial hypertension, trauma, hernias and brain tumors - Neuromuscular diseases with interest for diseases involving ocular motility RECOMMENDED READING/BIBLIOGRAPHY Neurologia di Fazio e Loeb (Soc. Ed. Universo -SEU-) Teacher's slides TEACHERS AND EXAM BOARD ANTONIO UCCELLI CHRISTIAN CORDANO Exam Board CHRISTIAN CORDANO ELISA DE GRANDIS ALICE LARONI MICHELE IESTER (President and Coordinator of Integrated Course) LESSONS LESSONS START II semester Class schedule The timetable for this course is available here: Portale EasyAcademy EXAMS EXAM DESCRIPTION Oral It is necessary to register fort the exam at: https://servizionline.unige.it/studenti/esami/ ASSESSMENT METHODS Oral exams on topics revised during lessons to assess the knowledge acquired and determine the students' ability to communicate ideas in coherent sentences. Exam schedule Data appello Orario Luogo Degree type Note 13/01/2025 13:00 GENOVA Orale 05/02/2025 13:00 GENOVA Orale 11/06/2025 13:00 GENOVA Orale 09/07/2025 13:00 GENOVA Orale 10/09/2025 13:00 GENOVA Orale