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Principles of Anatomy and Physiology of the Nervous System; main diagnostic methods in neurology; main pathologies of the Nervous System; nursing care for neurological patients

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Gain knowledge on:
1) notes on the functional anatomy of the SN; 2) symptoms and signs of SN pathology;
3) notes on the diagnostic methods used in neurology;
4) notes on the main pathologies of the SN;
5) nursing care for neurological patients

Principles of: biology, pathology, anatomy and physiology of the Nervous System; nursing care

Frontal lessons

Oral exam

1. Cellular and anatomical organization of the CNS
2. Cerebral hemispheres + Meninges
3. Brainstem
4. Cerebellum
5. Spinal Cord
6. Peripheral nervous system, neuromuscular plate, autonomic nervous system
7. Motor system (+ syndromes) and movement disorders
8. Somato-sensory and sensorial system (+ syndromes)
9. Cognitive functions, memory (+ syndromes)
10. Diagnostic procedures (Anamnesis, Neurological examination, neuropsychological evaluation, diagnostic spinal centesis, EEG, ENMG, PE, CT, MRI)
11. Notes on the main pathologies of the nervous system:
- Headaches
- Intracranial hypertension
- Epilepsy
- Dementia (Alzheimer's disease)
- Parkinson's disease, Huntington's disease
- Meningitis and Encephalitis
- Multiple Sclerosis
- Cerebrovascular disease (ischemic and hemorrhagic stroke)
- Cranial and Spinal Traumas
- CNS tumors
- Syncope
- ALS
- Spinal Muscular Atrophy
- Pathologies of the intervertebral disc
- Guillain-Barrè syndrome
- Main neuropathies
- Main myopathies
- Myasthenia Gravis and Lambert-Eaton Syndrome
- Disorders of the state of consciousness and brain death
12. Nursing care for neurological patients