LABORATORY OF APPLIED NEUROSCIENCE

Università degli Studi
"G. d'Annunzio"

Chieti - Pescara

Course Sheet

Course code:

PSICLI006

Academic Year of enrolment:

2019

Year of supply:

2019/2020

Divisions:

Cognomi P-Z

Degree:

Course of 2nd Cycle Degree in CLINICAL AND HEALTH PSYCHOLOGY

Disciplinary Sector:

Neurology

Is part of:

LABORATORY OF APPLIED NEUROSCIENCE

Location:

CHIETI

Credits:

Programme Year:

Professor and Collaborators:

SENSI Stefano

Cycle:

First semester

Hours of classroom activity:

Individual study hours:

Prerequisites:

Nope

Objectives

The goal is to increase the student knowledge and understanding of the most up-to-date methods and themes of the field. The course aims at achieving this result through group reviews of key articles on the topics listed in program.

Contents

The laboratory is set to provide a practical "hands on" experience on the neurosciences topics that have strong impact in clinical psychology.

Extended Syllabus

Course program:

Week 1: Neurotransmission

Week 2: The neuroimaging of cognitive processes - Group reading of 3 reviews on the topic.

Week 3: Molecular mechanisms of long-term depression- Group reading of 3 reviews on the topic

Week 4: Molecular mechanisms of longterm potentiation - Group reading of 3 reviews on the topic.

Wee k5 : Neurophysiology of aging - Group reading of 3 reviews on the topic.

Week 6: Neuroimaging of aging - Group reading of 3 reviews on the topic

Week 7: Neurophysiology of cognitive impairment in Alzheimer's disease and cognitive Mild
Impairment - Group reading of 3 reviews on the topic.

Week 8 (3 hours): Neuroimaging in Alzheimer's disease and Mild Cognitive Impairment -Group reading of 3 reviews on the topic

Recommended Bibliography

Kandel, Principles of Neural Science, Fifth Edition

Teaching Methods

Lecture and guided review of the most prominent literature on the selected topic.

Evaluation methods

Verification of learning:

The final test will be finalized to an informal colloquium that ascertains the overall level of knowledge accrued by the student at the end of the course. Attendance is strongly encouraged, the colloquium is reserved for those who have attended the course for at least 75% of the time. Where frequency has not been possible, the student will be assessed by a written test made of 20 multiple choice questions. The questions will be based on notions contained in the chapters from 1-20 and 59- 63 of the recommended textbook as well as in the reviews discussed in class. To pass the written test the candidate will have to correctly answer at least 11 out of 20 questions.

Università degli Studi
"G. d'Annunzio"

Chieti - Pescara

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