Neurosciences II (251008)

Learning Outcomes

1.    Deepen the study of the nervous structures of the brain.
2.    Deepen the understanding of the relationship between brain and behavior.

Study Program

I. INTRODUCTION: Overview of functional neuroanatomy, brain mapping and brain and behavior relationships 

II. ANATOMICAL & FUNCTIONAL ORGANIZATION OF BRAIN LOBES AND LESIONAL CONSEQUENCES 
1.    Frontal lobes: Executive functions, personality, language and cognition. Frontal syndrome, Broca's aphasia and apraxia. 
2.    Temporal lobes: memory, language and hearing. Amnesia, Wernicke's aphasia and epilepsy. 
3.    Parietal lobes: Notion of the body, spatial orientation, reading and mathematics. Alexia, acalculia, apraxia and hemineglect. 
4.    Occipital lobes: Optic tract and visual fields. Occipital lesions and behavioral changes. Cerebral blindness. Visual agnosia. Alexia agnostic. Visual hallucinations. 
5.    Limbic: Memory and emotions. Memory and emotional disorders.

III. BRAIN-BEHAVIOR RELATIONSHIP  
1.    Motivation. Neuronanatomia and neurophysiology. 
2.    Stress. Neuronanatomia and neurophysiology
3.    Hunger and Thirst. Reinforcement and reward. Neuronanatomia and neurophysiology. 
4.    Emotions. Response to stress. Neuronanatomia and neurophysiology. 
5.    Sleep and circadian rhythms. Dreams. Neuronanatomia and neurophysiology. 
6.    Memory/amnesia. Neuronanatomia and neurophysiology. 
7.    Sexual brain organization. Neuronanatomia and neurophysiology. 

Bibliography

MAIN REFERENCES: 

Bear, M., Connors, B., & Paradiso, M. (2002). Neurociências: Desvendando o sistema nervoso (2ª Ed.) São Paulo: Artmed Editora
Kolb, B., & Whishaw, I. Q. (2001). Neurociência do Comportamento. São Paulo: Ed. Manole.