2-IKV-123 Introduction to Neuroscience
Evaluation during the course: test
Concluding evaluation: test
Subject aim: Introduction to Neuroscience to the
extent appropriate for mastering the study programme.
Brief curriculum of the subject:
Neuro-immuno-endocrine
regulation of human body.
Gross
functional anatomy of the nervous system, the brain as the main regulatory
organ.
The role of
glial cells. Complex functions of the
brain and the brain programmes.
Neuronal
signalling. The membrane potential, receptor potential. Nerve impulses, action
potential. Conduction of nerve impulses.
Stimulation of nerve fibres, refractory periods.
Overview of
neuronal communication, synaptic transmission, the role of myelin.
Developmental
physiology of the brain. Neuronal plasticity. Functional organization of
neuronal circuits.
Electrocorticogram,
electroencephalogram, evoked potentials. Sleep and wakefulness.
Physiology
of emotions, behaviour and motivation. Higher nervous functions including
memory, learning and speech.
Functional
specialization of brain hemispheres and gender dimorphism.
Literature:
Koukolík,F.: Mozek a jeho duše. 3.vyd. Galén, Praha, 2005,
275 s.
Bear, M.F., Connors, B.W.,
Paradiso, M.A.: Neuroscience – exploring the brain. 2nd ed. Lippincott, Williams and Wilkins, Baltimore,
2001, 855 pp.
Gazzaniga,M.S., Ivry,R.B.,
Mangun,G.R.: Cognitive neuroscience – the biology of the mind. W.W.Norton, New
York, 2002, 681 pp.
Kandel, E.R., Schwartz, J.H.,
Jessel, T.M.: Principles of Neural Science. 4th ed. McGraw-Hill Medical, 2000,
1414pp.
Language in which the subject is
taught: Slovak
Date of the last sheet revision: 25.7.2007