Bachelor's degree in Speech and Language Therapy (to qualify as a speech and language therapist)

Clinical and speech therapy in neurological rehabilitation - NEUROANATOMIA E FISIOLOGIA DELLE FUNZIONI CORTICALI SUPERIORI

Course code

4S000191

Name of lecturer

Gian Maria Fabrizi

Number of ECTS credits allocated

2

Academic sector

MED/26 - NEUROLOGY

Language of instruction

Italian

Site

VERONA

Period

LOGO 3^ ANNO - 1^ SEMESTRE dal Oct 3, 2016 al Nov 30, 2016.

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Learning outcomes

The course will pursue a patient-oriented approach in defining the anatomy and physiology of neurocognitive functions.
I will emphasize the clinical-anatomy correlations of neurocognitive dysfunctions as well as of cranial nerve disorders.
I aim at providing students with clues to the physiopathology of major neurological disorders which they will encounter in their future.

Textbooks:
Neuroanatomia clinica. SG Waxman- Piccin 2011
Neurologia per i corsi di laurea in professioni sanitarie. P Bertora- Piccin 2015

Reference book:
Principles of Neuroscience. Kandel ER, Schwartz JH, TM Jessel, SA Siegelbaum, AJ Hudspeth. Fifth Edition

Syllabus

Organization of the central and peripheral nervous system, Elements of cytology and histology.
Principles of clinical neuroanatomy: from the syndrome to the site of lesion. Elements of brain functional imaging.
Definition and functional anatomy of neurocognitive domains: social cognition, comple attenion; executive function; perceptual-motor function; language; learning and memory. Semeiology of neurocognitive domains. From function to dysfuntion of neurocognitive domains: Alzheimer's disease; Fronto-Temporal Dementia (behavioural variant and primary progressive aphasias; degenerative and vascular subcortical dementia; delirium; stroke.
Functional anatomy of cranial nerves; semeiology of cranial nerves; causes of dysarthria and neurogenic dysphagia.

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