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Course code
4S008588
Name of lecturer
Stefano Tamburin
Coordinator
Stefano Tamburin
Number of ECTS credits allocated
10
Academic sector
MED/26 - NEUROLOGY MED/34 - PHYSICAL AND REHABILITATION MEDICINE
MED/39 - CHILD NEUROPSYCHIATRY
MED/43 - FORENSIC MEDICINE
M-PSI/01 - GENERAL PSYCHOLOGY
M-PSI/02 - PSYCHOBIOLOGY AND PHYSIOLOGICAL PSYCHOLOGY
M-PSI/08 - CLINICAL PSYCHOLOGY

Language of instruction
Italian
Location
VERONA
Period
not yet allocated
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Learning outcomes

Present the main neurological conditions

Syllabus

1 Clinical and diagnostic framework of dementias
2 Neuropathological classification of dementias
3 Genetics of dementia
4 Rapidly progressive dementias: clinical setting and instrumental diagnostics
5 Lecture: biomarkers, multiomics and Alzheimer's disease
6 Alzheimer's dementia, diffuse Lewy body dementia, fronto-temporal dementia: clinical framework and instrumental diagnostics
7 Neuropsychological evaluation of dementias and batteries of evaluation of mental deterioration
8 Behavioral and neuropsychiatric disorders of dementia (BPSD): clinical setting, non-pharmacological treatment and indications for the caregiver
9 Behavioral and Neuropsychiatric Disorders of Dementia (BPSD): Drug Treatment
10 Sleep disturbances as possible risk factors for cognitive decline and neurodegenerative diseases
11 Parkinson's disease: clinical setting and therapy
12 Atypical Parkinsonisms: Clinical Overview
13 Genetics of Parkinson's disease and parkinsonisms
14 Functional movement disorders
15 Parkinson's disease and parkinsonisms: cognitive profile and neuropsychological evaluation
16 Impulse control disorder in Parkinson's disease: neuropsychological picture and neuroimaging correlates; clinical cases
17 Cerebrovascular diseases: clinical framework and diagnostic and therapeutic path
18 The aftereffects of cerebrovascular diseases: motor and cognitive deficits
19 Cerebrovascular diseases: cognitive profile and neuropsychological evaluation
20 Head traumatology and severe acquired brain injuries: clinical framework and diagnostic and therapeutic path
21 Head traumatology and severe acuiqisite brain injuries: cognitive profile and neuropsychological evaluation
22 Multiple sclerosis and demyelinating diseases: clinical picture and cognitive involvement
23 Multiple sclerosis and demyelinating diseases: cognitive profile and neuropsychological evaluation
24 Neurodevelopmental disorders: clinical and diagnostic framework
25 Neurodevelopmental disorders: neuropsychological profile
26 Neurodevelopmental Disorders: Rehabilitation Approach
27 Neuropsychiatric comorbidity in neurological pathologies
28 Autoimmune Encephalitis

Reference books

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Assessment methods and criteria

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