K. Fountas, K. Paterakis, V. Tsimourtou PhD, E Kapsalaki, V. Siokas, A Provatas, V. Valotasiou, Μ. Sgantzos Z.Tsouris

Attendance and successful examination in:

i. Neurophysiology and Endocrine Physiology

ii. Anatomy of Nervous System and Sensory Organs

Face to face

Lectures

Microsoft (Power Point) software is used during the delivery of the courses.

Ability to communicate with the course supervisor via email

The course aims to introduce students to the scientific field of Neurology.

On this grounds, the course is the basis on which the student will acquire basic knowledge on the clinical symptoms of neurological diseases, neurological examination, etiology and treatment of neurologic diseases. .

Finally, the aim of the course is for students to understand the importance in routine medical clinical practice in neurology and its emergence as an independent medical specialty.

Upon successful completion of the course the student will be able to:

• Understand and recognizes the signs and symptoms of the various pathways of the nervous system
• Perform a satisfactory clinical neurological examination to locate the site of damage to the nervous system
• Have adequate knowledge of clinical symptoms, etiology and treatment of various neurologic diseases
• Use the appropriate neurological differential diagnosis
• Use the neurological outpatient examination to reach a diagnosis

Collaborate with his fellow students to research and analyze the international literature.

1. Motor control system (Clinical tutorial)
2. Sensory System, (Clinical tutorial)
3. Cranial nerves, (Clinical tutorial)
4. Extrapyramidal system, Movement disorders, involuntary movements, Chorea, Athetosis, Ballism, Dystonia, Tremors, Tics and Tourette syndrome, Stereotypies, Myoclonus (Clinical tutorial)
5. Cerebellum (function, disorders) ataxia, gait disorders, (Clinical tutorial)

6. Cognition, Aphasia, Apraxia, Neuropsychological examination (Clinical tutorial)
7. Autonomous Nervous System, Disorders. Neurologic examination, Coma, Localization of a lesion, Brain lobes/brainstem/spinal cord syndromes, peripheral nervous system (Clinical tutorial)
8. Brain and spinal cord vascular diseases
9. Brain and spinal cord lesions, Aneurysms, Vascular malformations, subarachnoid hemorrhage
10. Traumatic brain injury, Spinal cord injury, Syringomyelia
11. Brain and spinal cord infections
12. Spinal cord disorders
13. Peripheral nervous system (nerves and roots) disorders, Polyneuropathy, polyradiculopathy
14. Autoimmune Neurology, CNS, PNS, Paraneoplastic syndromes
15. Myasthenia, neuromuscular junction disorders, Myopathies
16. Epilepsy, Vertigo, Dizziness, Loss of consciousness
17. Extrapyramidal tract diseases, Parkinson’s disease, Essential tremor, Corticobasal degeneration, Progressive Supranuclear Palsy, Lewy Body Dementia, Huntington’s disease
18. Multiple Sclerosis and other demyelinating disorders
19. Primary and secondary Headaches, Neuralgias, Intracranial hypertension/hypotension
20. Spasticity, Bladder and bowel problems in neurological diseases, Rehabilitation in Strokes
21. Dementias
22. Basic principles of Neuro-rehabilitation
23. Neurologic manifestations of systemic diseases and metabolic disorders
24. Motor neuron diseases
25. Electroencephalogram (EEG)/Electromyography (EMG), Evoked potentials
26. Neuroimaging
27. Nuclear medicine in neurology
28. Lumbar puncture (spinal tap), CSF circulation and disorders
29. U/S doppler of extracranial and intracranial arteries
30. Sleep disorders, Neurocutaneous disorders, Congenital, perinatal disorders

Fundamentals of Neurology: An Illustrated Guide 2nd edition, Heinrich Mattle, Marco Mumenthaler

ISBN-13: 978-3131364524

ISBN-10: 9783131364524