36948 - Anatomy of the Central Nervous System

Academic Year 2009/2010

  • Teaching Mode: Traditional lectures
  • Campus: Bologna
  • Corso: Second cycle degree programme (LM) in School of Animal Biotechnology (cod. 8207)

Learning outcomes

The course provide the structural features of the Cental Nervous System.

Course contents

Subdivisions of the nervous system. Spinal cord: regional anatomy and internal structure. Spinal cord: fiber tracts. Regional organization and internal structure of the brainstem (medulla, pons, and midbrain). Cerebellum: regional organization and structure. Regional organization and internal structure of the diencephalon. Regional organization and internal structure of the telencephalon.

Readings/Bibliography

Bortolami R., Callegari E. Neurologia ed Estesiologia degli Animali domestici. Edagricole, Bologna (1999).

Teaching methods

Lectures practicals. Lab.

Assessment methods

Oral examination.

Teaching tools

Projector, PC, laboratory, and microscope.

Office hours

See the website of Cristiano Bombardi