physiology question

Lectures and subsections, which should be discussed through the presentation:

1. Motor and somatosensory cortex areas.

● Somatosensory cortex area – localization and function ● Localization and function of superior motor areas

2. Association areas and processing information from sensory organs

● Areas of processing stimuli from the senses ● Localization and function of association areas (3)

3. Physiological basis of EEG.

● Origin, types and characteristics of waves ● Synchronization and desynchronization of EEG ● Sleep depending EEG alterations

4. Neuroelectrophysiological diagnostic methods.

● Electrooculography ● Evoked potentials ● Electromyography

5. Circadian rhytms. Pineal function ● Extrinsic and intrinsic rhytms ● Function and localization of suprachiasmatic nucleus ● Melatonin (function and regulation of secretion) ● Regulation and synchronization of circadian rhytms ● Rhythmics of physiological functions

6. Emotions. Reward and punishment centers.

● Limbic system as reward and punishment center ● Role of emotional control structures

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7. Hypothalamus

● Hypothalamus localization and functions

8. Diffuse modulatory systems. Reticular formation

● Neurons modulating behavioral state system – division, localization and function

● Reticular formation – localization, function and connections

9. Parts of the brain and their functions

● Localization and basis function of individual parts of the brain

10. Memory and learning

● Memory trace formation ● Memory types ● Consolidation process ● Hippocampus role in memorizing

11. Language

● Function and localization of Wernicke’s and Broca’s areas ● Path of the stimulus during speech processing ● Role of cerebellum in speech modulation ● Origin and symptoms of Wernicke’s aphasia and motor aphasia

12. Cerebrospinal fluid system

● CSF composition and functions ● Comparison of the CSF composition to a plasma ● Formation, flow and absorption of CSF ● Evaluation of CSF in diagnostic

13. Blood-brain barrier

● Structure, function and selectivity of BBB. ● Circumventricular organs ● BBB clinical significance

14. Sleep

● Somatic and vegetative symptoms of sleep

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● Role of sleep and consequences of its deficiency ● Phases of sleep and their characteristics ● Sleep alterations in ontogenesis

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