NEUROANATOMY AND IMAGING

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NEUROANATOMY AND IMAGING

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NEUROANATOMY AND IMAGING

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Academic year 2017/2018

Course ID

SVB0063

Teaching staff

Prof. Giancarlo PANZICA
Prof. Stefano Gotti

Degree course

Cellular and Molecular Biology

Year

1st year

Teaching period

First semester

Type

Distinctive

Credits/Recognition

Course disciplinary sector (SSD)

BIO/16 - anatomia umana

Delivery

Formal authority

Language

English

Attendance

Lessons optional and laboratories mandatory

Type of examination

Written and oral

Prerequisites

Morphology, Physiology and Biology of the cell. Tissue organization. Vertebrate Anatomy. Use of computer

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Course objectives

This teaching contributes to the realization of the Master's Degree Program in Cellular and Molecular Biology by contributing to a graduate degree that has in-depth and integrated knowledge of biological systems and complex organisms; It also enables students to deepen their knowledge and abilities in the human neuromorphology

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Results of learning outcomes

Knowledge and understanding skills
At the end of the teaching the student should:
- Describe the anatomical and functional structures of the nervous system
- to acquire an advanced scientific training in basic neuroscience
- Link the genesis of pathological processes with the analysis of complex systems (tissues and organs, organism).

- Ability to use software image manipulation programs and image analysis.
- Understanding the characteristics of the digital image, the principles of morphometry and statistical interpretation

Judgment autonomy
At the end of the course the student should:
- to integrate knowledge gained in neuroanatomy fields with data obtained from scientific literature
- Ability to choose between various alternatives for solving problems of image analysis

Communicative Skills
At the end of the course the student should:
- Communicate neuroscience knowledge at the dissemination or specialist level

- Presentation of the results in statistical tables

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Course delivery

The teaching is articulated in 40 hours of formal in‐class lecture time for the Neuroanatomy module and in 56 hours of formal in‐class lecture time and work solving practical exercises for the Imaging module.

Practical exercises of Macro-Anatomy are provided, where possible.

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Learning assessment methods

Neuroanatomy module:

The teaching grade is determined solely on the basis of a written examination (1 hour) conducted with multiple choice questions and with at least one open question, and an optional oral examination. The examination will focus on all teaching arguments. Hopefully, there will be an optional oral examination to improve the written mark.
The written examination will be evaluated in thirtieths.

Imaging module:

The teaching grade is determined on the basis of the results of a series of home works and a final PowerPoint presentation of a plug-in of the Image J program that was not discussed during the laboratory. The examination will be evaluated in thirtieths.

The final mark (in thirtieths) will be the average of marks obtained in the two modules.

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Support activities

For the Imaging module weekly homework sets will be assigned, and their solution will be posted and (if time allows) discussed in class.

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Program

Neuroanatomy module:

Introduction to the course. General and Anatomical Nomenclature.

Endocrine system: hormone and receptor. Hypothalamus, pituitary gland. Epiphysis. Thyroid. Parathyroids. Pancreas. Adrenal gland. Gonads. 

The integument Apparatus: skin, skin appendages, vascularization and innervation, the sensorial receptors.

Nervous system: identification, nomenclature, development, spinal cord. Brainstem, cerebellum; diencephalon; telencephalon (cortex and basal ganglia). General sensorial pathway. The special senses. Motor tract. Cranial Nerves. Spinal nerves. Autonomic nervous system.

Imaging module:

Image theory. The digital image: limits, future developments, manipulation. Shooting techniques. Limits and possibilities of correction. The programs for image manipulation. The open access programs GIMP and Image J Standardization of imaging. Examples of the use of Image J: morphometric analysis, fractional area, densitometry, three-dimensional reconstructions.

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