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    PROGRAM

    Spinal reflexes: miotatic reflex, muscle spindle and postural tone; di-sinaptic reflex; polisinaptic reflex and its possible role in walking. Brainstem reflexes: the vestibular system and the vestibulo-ocular  reflex; the superior colliculus and the orienting reflex. Descending control of sensory afferents: the saccadic suppression. Somaesthesia: sensory transduction, classification and type of receptors, coding of intensity, duration, location and modality of sensory stimuli; receptive fields, acuity, sensory pathways, somatosensory cortex, cortical plasticity. Subdivision, properties, organization and functions of primary and associative regions of the cerebral cortex.  Voluntary movement: types of movements and their control by sensory feedback; motor equivalence. Cortico-spinal systems: pyramidal and extrapyramidal ones. Cortical organization of movement: primary motor and premotor areas; mirror neurons. Motor function of the posterior parietal cortex; fronto-parietal network and channels for action and for perception. Basal ganglia: direct and indirect pathways for the generation of voluntary movement. Cerebellum: subdivisions and their role in motor control.

    SUGGESTED BOOKS:

    PRINCIPLES OF NEUROSCIENCE, by Kandel & Schwarz, Elsevier

    or any language version of: 
    FUNDAMENTAL NEUROSCIENCE, by Squire et al., Academic Press.
    NEUROSCIENZE, di D. Purves et al. Zanichelli
    NEUROSCIENZE, Esplorando il cervello, di M.F. Bear, et al., Masson-Elsevier

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    Spinal reflexes

    • Spinal reflexes 3.5 File PPTX

      General organization of the spinal cord. Classification of peripheral fibers. Classification of spinal reflexes. Monosynaptic reflex. Muscle spindle. H Reflex. Reciprocal inhibition. Di-synaptic reflex. Polisynaptic reflexes. Flexion reflex. Synaptic organization of the spinal cord. Synaptic integration. General organization of the motor system.

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    Brainstem reflexes

    • Brainstem reflexes File PPTX

      General organization of the brainstem. Vestibular reflexes. Vestibular apparatus. Vestibular receptors. Movement of the cupola and otolithes. Trasduction in hair cells. Vestibular nuclei. Vestibular nystagmus. Optocinetic nystagmus. Orienting reflex. W ganglion cells. Extra retina-geniclulo-cortical visual pathways. Superior colliculus. Stability of visual perception. Saccadic suppression. Blindsight

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    Somaesthesia

    • Somaesthesia File PPTX

      Sensory modalities and senses. Sensory transduction. Cutaneous mechanoceptors. Receptive field. Coding of stimulus duration: slow and fast receptors. Coding of stimulus intensity. Population effect. Spatial and temporal summation. Divergence and convergence. Discharge zone. Coding of duration, modality and location. Tactile acuity. Lemniscal and spino-thalamic pathways. Cerebral cortex. Laminar organization. Primary sensory area. Coding of stimulus location and modality


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    Cerebral cortex

    • Cerebral cortex 3.5 File PPTX

      Functional subdivisions of the cerebral cortex. Brodman’s areas. Laminar organization. Cortical columns. Development and maturation. Cortical plasticity. Primary areas. Association areas

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    Voluntary movement

    • Voluntary movement File PPTX

      Kinds of movement. Kinds of movement control. Motor equivalence. Overall organization of the motor systems. Pyramidal tract. Primary motor cortex. Premotor areas. Working memory. Mirror neurons. Functional streams. Action and perception. Timing for motor production

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    Basal ganglia and Cerebellum

    • Basal Ganglia and Cerebellum File PPTX

      General organization of motor systems. Overview of the basal ganglia. Relation of basal ganglia with the cerebral cortex. Direct and indirect pathways. Disorders of the basal ganglia. Overview of the cerebellum. Functional organization. Input and output pathways

    • Basal Ganglia and Cerebellum: Videos File PPTX
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    Pain

    • Pain File PPTX

      Definition of pain. Nociceptive pain. Skin nociceptors. Hyperalgesia and allodynia. Pathways of pain. Aspects of pain perception. Spinal and descending control of pain sensation. Referred pain.