Course content

Neurobiology of behavioral disturbances and psychiatric disorders

Code:

144875

Abbreviation:

PSIBI253

Higher education institution:

Faculty of Croatian Studies

ECTS credits:

3.0

Load:

30(L)

Issuing teachers:

Professor Zdravko Petanjek, MD, PhD

Course contractors:

Professor Zdravko Petanjek, MD, PhD (L)

Course description:

The general aim of the course is to familiarize students with the basic characteristics of the most common mental illnesses and their biological background, with special emphasis on the characteristic features visible with methods of brain imaging. 1. Imaging of brain structure (MRI, CT, ultrasound))in the study and diagnosis of psychomotor and cognitive disorders. Imaging of brain function (fMRI, PET, SPECT, EEG, MEG) in the study and diagnosis of psychomotor and cognitive disorders 2. Classical neuro-histopathological methods. Methods of molecular biology in the research and diagnosis of psychomotor and cognitive disorders 3. The neurobiology of schizophrenia - brain imaging methods. The neurobiology of schizophrenia --structural and chemical change 4. Neurobiology of manic-depressive psychosis - brain imaging methods. Neurobiology of manic-depressive psychosis - structural and chemical changes 5. Neurobiology of normal aging - brain imaging methods. Changes in the structure of the brain in normal aging and its correlation with psychological changes 6. Brain imaging and methods used in dementia diagnostics. Neurobiology of Alzheimer s disease and other dementias 7. Brain imaging and methods used in dementia diagnostics. Neurobiology of Alzheimer s disease and other dementias 8. Parallel processing in the visual system and disorders of the visual recognition. Functional classification of associative visual areas and the correlation with specific visual dysfunctions 9. Consciousness and attention: the functional activity of the brain in normal and abnormal states of consciousness 10. Neurobiology of cerebral palsy. Neurobiology of degenerative motor disorders 11. The biological predisposition for development of addiction. Changes in functional brain activity in addicts 12. Stress and brain. Neurobiology of PTSD 13. The neurobiology of learning and memory. Functional brain activity in learning and memory disorders 14. Pathophysiological mechanisms of stroke. The neurobiology of brain hemorrhage 15. Mechanisms of brain plasticity in the adult human. Visualization of brain plasticity using fMRI. Anatomical, histological and molecular changes in the brain during normal and abnormal aging

Mandatory literature:

1. Priručnik: Neurobiologija poremećaja ponašanja i psihičkih bolesti. M. Knežević, Z. Petanjek (ur.), web izdanje;

Recommended literature:

2. John P. J. Pinel; Biološka psihologija; (2002), str. (object Object)

Course in study programme:

Code	Name of study	Level of study	Semester	Required/Elective
3	Psychology	undergraduate	1	elective *
3	Psychology	undergraduate	2	elective
3	Psychology	undergraduate	3	elective *
3	Psychology	undergraduate	4	elective

* the course is not taught in that semester

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