PT 916 - Neuroscience/Neuroanatomy

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The purpose of this course is for students to learn the fundamentals of how the human nervous system is constructed (i.e. neuroanatomy) and how it works (i.e. neurophysiology). The course is structured to help students to gain a basic understanding of neuroscience and its relationship to the practice of physical therapy. Clinical examples will be utilized throughout the course to illustrate the relationship between “basic neuroscience” and the clinic. The course has two main components:
1. Lectures will provide an overview of the human nervous system. In general, the lectures will follow textbook chapters. Handouts will be provided for study material for indicated lectures. Please see the end of the syllabus for a detailed list of lecture topics.
2. During structured laboratory sessions, students will examine brain models and wet specimens of human brain and spinal cord. Additional laboratory exercises will address clinical aspects of human neuroscience. Please see the end of the syllabus for a list of laboratory topics. Other independent laboratory sessions will be scheduled to allow extra study time with models, specimens.