PřF:Bi4240 Neural sciences - Course Information

Bi4240 Neural sciences

Faculty of Science
Spring 2009

Extent and Intensity

2/0/0. 4 credit(s). Type of Completion: zk (examination).

Teacher(s)

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Timetable

Tue 7:00–8:50 Kontaktujte učitele

Course Enrolment Limitations

The course is only offered to the students of the study fields the course is directly associated with.

fields of study / plans the course is directly associated with

there are 9 fields of study the course is directly associated with, display

Abstract

Main objectives can be summarized as follows: Brain and behaviour; Ontogenitic development and plasticity of neural tissue; Structures of CNS.

Key topics

Brain and behaviour.
Brain tissue metabolism. Ontogenetic development and plasticity of neural tissue.
Mutual trophic relations among neurons and the target tissue.
Information transmission in the nervous system.
Propagation of the action potential along the neural fibre.
Synapse.
Processing information in the NS.
Sensoric physiology.
Proprioception
Viscerosenzoric perception.
Motoric systems.
Speach functions.
Motivation systems.
Sleep cycles.
Learning, memory.
Cognitive functions.

Study resources and literature

DUBOVÝ, Petr. Struktura a dráhy nervové soustavy člověka (Structure and Pathways of the Human Nervous System). Brno: Vydavatelství MU Brno, 1998, 176 pp. ISBN 80-210-1927-1. info

Method of verifying learning outcomes and course completion requirements

Lecture. Writen test.

Language of instruction

Czech

Further Comments

The course is taught annually.