Fundementals of neurophysiology and neuropsychology in motor control and motor learning

Teacher(s)

Duque Julie (coordinator); Missal Marcus;

Language

French

Prerequisites

The prerequisite(s) for this Teaching Unit (Unité d’enseignement – UE) for the programmes/courses that offer this Teaching Unit are specified at the end of this sheet.

Main themes

- Introduction to the most important techniques in Neurosciences: recordings, reversible lesions, transcranial magnetic stimulation, functional brain imaging' - Receptors and transduction mechanisms - Central processing of sensory informations: vision, tactile, pain, proprioception and balance. - Motor control: spinal reflexes, muscle tone, posture, corticospinal system, motor cortical areas, basal ganglia, cerebellum, voluntary movements, locomotion, motor coordination' - Sensori-motor integration; role of the posterior parietal cortex in movement control. - Distinct forms of learning and memory.

Learning outcomes

At the end of this learning unit, the student is able to :
1	- To study the normal function of the sensory systems, especially the visual and somatosensory systems. - To study the neurophysiological mechanisms responsible for controlling movements, from the simple reflexes to the most sophisticated voluntary hand movements. - To investigate the neural basis of learning and memory. - To provide the basic knowledge for further advanced Neuroscience courses.

Content

- Introduction to the most important techniques in Neurosciences: recordings, reversible lesions, transcranial magnetic stimulation, functional brain imaging - Receptors and transduction mechanisms - Central processing of sensory informations: vision, tactile, pain, proprioception and balance. - Motor control: spinal reflexes, muscle tone, posture, corticospinal system, motor cortical areas, basal ganglia, cerebellum, voluntary movements, locomotion, motor coordination - Sensori-motor integration; role of the posterior parietal cortex in movement control. - Distinct forms of learning and memory.

Teaching methods

Lectures.

Evaluation methods

Written exam with multiple choices questions. There are 30 questions with 5 choice but only one is correct. The threshold to pass is set to 10/20 or more. This threshold is fixed to at least 18 correct responses over 30. Below 18/30 : the exam is failed (9 or less). Those modalities will stay the same for all sessions of this académique year.

Other information

Rating: Review written or oral and / or elements of continuous assessment Support: Syllabus and / or book (s) Framing: Holder (s)

Online resources

Lectures available on Moodle:
https://moodleucl.uclouvain.be/course/view.php?id=5603

Bibliography

• https://moodleucl.uclouvain.be/course/view.php?id=5603

Neurosciences, Purves et al. Editeur: De Boeck Supérieur.

Teaching materials

• https://moodleucl.uclouvain.be/course/view.php?id=5603

Faculty or entity

FSM