Enrollment year
2022/2023
Academic discipline
BIO/09 (PHYSIOLOGY)
Department
DEPARTMENT OF BRAIN AND BEHAVIORAL SCIENCES
Course
PSYCHOLOGY, NEUROSCIENCE AND HUMAN SCIENCES
Curriculum
PERCORSO COMUNE
Period
1st semester (03/10/2022 - 21/12/2022)
Lesson hours
36 lesson hours
Activity type
WRITTEN AND ORAL TEST
Prerequisites
General knowledge of cellular biology and physiology, gross anatomy of the central nervous system.
Learning outcomes
Students will learn how the nervous system works, how neuronal excitability and connectivity
explain emerging functions, and they will be able to understand the basis of higher cognitive
functions and dysfunctions.
Students will learn how to approach neurophysiological research.
Course contents
A general outline of the course is:
- Introduction and history of neuroscience
- Cellular neurophysiology (including glia, neurons, membrane potentials, ion fluxes, membrane excitability, action potentials, synaptic transmission,
neurotransmitter,
neuromodulators)
- Anatomy of the nervous system
- Sensory and motor systems
- Autonomous systems
- Neuromodulatory systems
- Motivation
- Emotion
- Brain rhythms (including sleep and wakefulness)
- Consciousness
- Mental illness
- Learning and memory
Teaching methods
Lectures
Reccomended or required readings
Neuroscience: Exploring the Brain
Bear, Connors, Paradiso
Fourth ed
Wolters Kluwer
Supplementary materials will be provided during the course.
Assessment methods
Written and oral exam
Further information
In the download area of the website https://psychology.unipv.it/ , the slides and materials used
during the course will be made available
Sustainable development goals - Agenda 2030