2020-2021 / SBIM0473-1

Functional neuro-anatomy in vertebrates

Duration

30h Th

Number of credits

 Master in biomedicine (120 ECTS)3 crédits 

Lecturer

Rachelle Franzen

Language(s) of instruction

French language

Organisation and examination

Teaching in the first semester, review in January

Schedule

Schedule online

Units courses prerequisite and corequisite

Prerequisite or corequisite units are presented within each program

Learning unit contents

Table of Contents 1) Introduction: anatomical and functional organisation of the nervous system. 2) The brain protections: the skull and the meninges / CSF 3) The brain 4) The brainstem and cranial nerves 5) The cerebellum: anatomy - histolgy - functions. 6) The spinal cord: anatomy - histology - functions 7) The CNS vascularization 8) The peripheral nervous system - Nervous plexi 9) The visuel system 10) Olfaction and Taste 11) Auditon and Equilibrium 12) The sensitive pathways 13) The motor system 14) The limbic system 15) The upper cortical functions

Learning outcomes of the learning unit

Learning objectives:
1) To know the anatomy of the Nervous System, and to localise the main structures 2) To describe the main motor and sensitives modalities 3) To explain the successive steps leading to a voluntary mouvement and its control 4) To know the functions of the cerebellum and its afferences/efferences 5) To explain the general organization of the autonomous NS 6) To be able to explain the different components of pain: localization, perception, emotion, autonomous component and control. 7) To cite the cerebral strucutres involved in langage (production & comprehension) 8) To kno circuits and structures involved in memory 9) To know all cranial erves and teir organzation, their nuclei and their respective functions 10) To explain brain and spinal cord vascularization

Prerequisite knowledge and skills

Planned learning activities and teaching methods

Mode of delivery (face to face, distance learning, hybrid learning)

30h (september to december)

Organisational adjustments related to the current health context

Recommended or required readings

All slides are given to the students at the end of each courses.

Assessment methods and criteria

Below you will find information on the evaluation methods planned for in-person and remote exams as well as those planned for hybrid sessions. Depending on how the health crisis evolves, the chosen method will be communicated to you no later than one month before the start of the exam session.

oral evaluation

Work placement(s)

Organizational remarks

Contacts

Franzen Rachelle, PhD
Assistant Professor in Neuroanatomy Department of Biomedical and Preclinical Sciences GiGA Neurosciences
Tel: 04/366.51.92
rfranzen@uliege.be