Base Knowledge
The student should have knowledge on the principals of anatomy and international nomina.
Teaching Methodologies
The adopted methodology is actively expository using slides, videos and texts. It will be also encouraged team work to solve key problems in order to apply acquired knowledge.
Learning Results
The student must acquire knowledge on:
• Detailed Anatomy of the Central and Peripheral Nervous System.
• Pathophysiological mechanisms of neurological pathologies.
The student should acquire skills and competences of:
• Identification and description of neuroanatomical structures according to international terminology;
• Correlation of neuroanatomical structures with their function;
• Clinical cases discussion: anatomo-clinical correlation;
• Discussion of different neurological pathologies regarding their anatomical substrate, pathophysiology and clinical manifestations.
Program
Fundamentals of the Nervous System: constitution and signaling.
Spinal cord
Brainstem
Reticular formation
Cerebellum
Cranial nerves
Diencephalon
Hemispheres Cerebral/telencephalon
Ventricular system and meninges
Vascularization
Somatosensorial systems
Visual system
Auditory and vestibular systems
Limbic System
Autonomic Nervous System
Peripheral Nervous System: organization and major components.
Curricular Unit Teachers
Internship(s)
NAO
Bibliography
Primary:
– Snell RS. Clinical Neuroanatomy for Medical Students (8th. edition), Philadelphia: Lippincot Williams and Wilkins LWW, 2018;
– Nolte’s The Human Brain: An Introduction to Its Functional Anatomy (8th edition), Elsevier, 2020.
– Netter Atlas of human anatomy: A systems approach (8th edition), Elsevier, 2022.
Secondary:
– Fitzgerald M et al. Clinical Neuroanatomy and related Neuroscience (4th edition), Edinburgh: Saunders, 2002.
– Publicações relevantes da área científica.