Prof. Alberto Oliverio
Academic Year 2016-2017
SAPIENZA, UNIVERSITA' DI ROMA
Psicobiologia-Psychobiology
What it is A course for the
students of
Neurobiologia
(6 CFU)
Please note that lectures will be in
English.
When Second quarter AA
2017-2018
Program 1. Mind-Brain
relationships. CNS evolution. EEG and imaging. 2. Biological
approaches to the Mind. Individual and species differences: Genes and
behavior. 3. CNS phylogeny and ontogeny: from the spinal cord to
cortical structures. Spinal reflexes, species-specific behaviors,
imprinting, memory and learning. Motor functions: from basal ganglia
to motor cortex. - Cerebral cortex: Hemispheric functions, cortical
areas.. - Spinothalamic pathways. 4. The limbic system and emotions.
5. CNS postnatal development. Nervous plasticity: From early stages
to the adult. Memory as a form of plasticity. Sex and the brain. CNS
and aging.
Textbook
Watson e Breedlove: Il cervello e la mente,
Zanichelli (Ask for a copy at the library) (Please note that this
text also exists in English) (You may also choose another similar
textbook)
Lectures From
Thursday, March 1st at 9.00 am Every Tuesday and Thursday from 9.00
to 11.00, Lecture room B, Fisiologia Generale Building
Tutoriung Tuesday
11-12 and Thursday 11-12 (click
HERE
to locate my room)
Exams
scheduyle Exams at 9,00 am,
anti-aula A, ground floor of Fisiologia Generale, Must book with
INFOSTUD
Materiale didattico:
Here you will find 29 PPT files with the schemes of the
lectures. Click "
HERE".
Students may download scientific readings at:
http://151.100.42.7:8080
Identify yourself as: USER: Student password: STUDENT. Click on the
folder "File Station" and after on "Public", "Oliverio", "Letture
studenti".Choose a file and download it. At the end logout
Laurea specialistica in
Neurobiologia: clicca
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Email: alberto chiocciola oliverio punto it