Essentials of Neurophysiology - FD50006

• Title: Essentials of Neurophysiology
• Guaranteed by: Department of Physiology (15-130)
• Faculty: Faculty of Medicine in Hradec Králové
• Actual: from 2020
• Semester: winter
• Points: 0
• E-Credits: 1
• Examination process: winter s.:
• Hours per week, examination: winter s.:15/0, C [HT]
• Capacity: unlimited
• Min. number of students: 5
• 4EU+: no
• Virtual mobility / capacity: no
• State of the course: not taught
• Language: English
• Teaching methods: full-time
• Teaching methods: full-time
• Note: course can be enrolled in outside the study plan; enabled for web enrollment
• Guarantor: prof. MUDr. Michaela Adamcová, Ph.D.
• Co-requisite : FD10019
• Pre-requisite : FD10002
• Is incompatible with: FV121
• Is interchangeable with: FV121

Requirements to the exam

Last update: Ivana Altmannová (17.09.2019)

Credit:

The students are required to attend the lectures and pass the written test (in the form of a multiple choice questionnaire) to obtain a credit.

Syllabus

Last update: Ivana Altmannová (17.09.2019)

Lecturers

• Assoc. Prof. Michaela Adamcova, Ph.D.

 

Lectures

 

16. 10. 2019      Resting membrane potential. Action potential. All-or-nothing principle. Chronaxy. (Adamcova 1)

16. 10. 2019      Excitation, propagation of action potential. Degeneration and regeneration of nerves, elektroneurogram. (Adamcova 1)

16. 10. 2019      Synaptic transmission. Excitatory and inhibitory post-synaptic potentials. Pre-synaptic inhibition and facilitation. Summation and occlusion. Classification of neurotransmitters. (Adamcova 1)

23. 10. 2019      Contraction of skeletal muscle. Neuromuscular junction of skeletal muscle. Energy source and metabolism of muscle contraction. Heat production in muscle. Excitation - contraction coupling. Muscle fatigue. (Adamcova 1)

23. 10. 2019      Contraction and excitation of smooth muscle. Neuromuscular junctions of smooth muscle. Neural and homronal control of smooth muscle contraction. (Adamcova 1)

23. 10. 2019      Stimulus, receptor and generation potential, adaptation of receptors (Adamcová 1)

30. 10. 2019      Tactile sensation, perception of temperature and pain in the orofacial area. (Adamcova 1)    

30. 10. 2019      Vision. (Adamcova 2)

  6. 11. 2019      Hearing and vestibular apparatus. (Adamcova 2)

  6. 11. 2019      Smell and taste. (Adamcova 1)

13. 11. 2019      Test + credit. (Adamcova 3)

 

Notes:

This elective subject is recommended for the students of Dentistry - 2nd year and contains the chapters which are not involved in the mandatory subject Physiology. Prerequisite for enrolling is to pass Anatomy.

Literature

Last update: Ivana Altmannová (17.09.2019)

Compulsory literature

1. W. F. Ganong Review of Medical Physiology, 19th ed., Appleton and Lange, 1999. ISBN 0-8385-8252-4
2. Z. Cervinkova et al. A Manual in Laboratory Studies in Physiology (obtained at the 1st practical class)