Neurophysiology
[PSP1133]
[37.5h + 4h] 3 credits
This course is taught in the 2d semester.
Teacher(s): André Roucoux
Language: French
Level: First
Aims
- to describe the great principles of the functional organisation of the central and peripheral nervous system (transduction, structure, function, parallel processing, hierarchical processing, specialisation, control systems...)
- to approach the laws of the nerve development processes, with the help of some examples.
- to supply the basic knowledge essential for the understanding of other neuroscience courses (psychophysiology, neuropsychology, neurology...)
Main themes
2. Sense organs and transduction mechanisms
3. Central mechanisms of information processing: vision, audition, taste, olfaction, somesthesia, pain, proprioception, balance).
4. Motor control (tonus, posture, spinal reflex, pyramidal and extrapyramidal control, automatic and voluntary movements, locomotion, manipulation, motor coordination...).
5. Sensory-motor integration.
6. Vegetative nervous system (ortho and parasympathetic) and basic principles of neuroendocrinology.
7. For some of these themes, chosen as paradigms (ex. visual system) the aspects of development and compared neurophysiology will be approached.
Content and teaching methods
- to describe the great principles of the functional organisation of the central and peripheral nervous system (transduction, structure, functioning, function, parallel processing, hierarchical processing, specialisation, control systems...)
- to approach the laws of the nerve development processes, with the help of some examples.
- to supply the basic knowledge essential for the understanding of other neuroscience courses (psychophysiology, neuropsychology, neurology...)
Other information (prerequisite, evaluation (assessment methods), course materials recommended readings, ...)
Lectures + 2 neuroanatomy demonstrations