NEUROLOGY 130 - 132

Course overview

HOUR 1DESCRIBE THE IMPORTANCE OF THE PRIMITIVE REFLEXESEXPLAIN THE ROLE OF FUNDAMENTAL PATTERNSSUMMARIZE THE GENERATION OF CORTICAL RELEASE SIGNS HOUR 2DIAGRAM THE MUSCLE – BRAIN INTERACTIONS AND THE HYPOTHALAMUS – HORMONAL FEEDBACK LOOPDEFINE DEAFFRENTATIONEXPLAIN SPINAL DYSCOUPLING AND ITS EFFECT ON THE NEURAXISHOUR 3EXPLAIN HOW THE BALANCE SYSTEM DEPENDS ON SYMMETRICAL INPUTDESCRIBE THE RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN THE DEEP TENDON MONOSYNAPTIC REFLEXES AND POSTURE CONTROLEXPLAIN THE IMPORTANCE OF THE TONIC NECK REFLEXES TO POSTURE AND FUNCTIONAL ASSESSMENTHOUR 4DESCRIBE THE FLEXION AND EXTENSION SYNERGISTIC PATTERNSEXPLAIN THE FUNCTION OF THE FLEXOR WITHDRAWAL REFLEX IN RELATION TO CENTRAL PATTERN GENERATORSOUTLINE THE ROLE OF THE GALANT REFLEX IN POSTURAL CONTROLHOUR 5EXPLAIN THE RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN THE FLEXOR WITHDRAWAL REFLEX AND THE CROSSED EXTENSOR REFLEX.DESCRIBE THE ANTICIPATED RESPONSE IN TESTING THE UPPER GALANT REFLEXOUTLINE THE NORMAL DISPLAY OF THE TONIC LUMBAR REFLEXHOUR 6EXPLAIN THE ETIOLOGY OF CORTICAL RELEASE SIGNSDESCRIBE THE DETERMINANT OF POSTUREOUTLINE THE TEST FOR NORMAL STANCE AND GAIT AND ANALYZE THE RESULTS HOUR 7DESCRIBE THE TYPES OF MUSCLE FIBERS AND HOW THEY RESPOND TO DEAFFRENTATIONOUTLINE THE ANATOMY OF THE CEREBELLUMEXPLAIN THE FUNCTION OF THE VARIOUS AREAS OF THE CEREBELLUMHOUR 8OUTLINE THE AFFERENT CEREBELLAR PATHWAYSDESCRIBE THE EFFERENT CEREBELLAR PATHWAYS AND THEIR INTERCONNECTIONSSUMMARIZE THE BLOOD SUPPLY TO THE CEREBELLUM AND BRAIN STEMHOUR 9DESCRIBE THE RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN CEREBELLAR OUTPUT AND AUTONOMIC FUNCTIONLIST THE SIGNS OF PATHOLOGICAL CEREBELLAR EXPRESSIONEXPLAIN THE CONCEPT OF SURROUND INHIBITIONHOUR 10RECOGNIZE HOW VARIATIONS IN FUNCTIONAL MUSCLE TESTING PROCEDURE WILL YIELD DIFFERENT CLINICAL INFORMATIONEXPLAIN THE DIFFERENCE IS THE INFLUENCE OF UNIARTICULATE MUSCLES VERSUS MULTIARTICULATE MUSCLE ON STABILITY AND AFFRENTATIONDESCRIBE THE NORMAL RESPONSES OF THE PRIMITIVE REFLEXESHOUR 11EXPLAIN THE ROLE OF THE PYRAMIDAL AND EXTRAPYRAMIDAL SYSTEMSSELECT APPROPRIATE PROCEDURES TO TEST FOR PYRAMIDAL DISTRIBUTION OF WEAKNESSDESCRIBE EXERCISES TO ADDRESS PYRAMIDAL DISTRIBUTION OF WEAKNESSRECOGNIZE THE FOUNDATIONAL CONCEPT OF RECEPTOR INPUTEXPLAIN THE ROLE OF THE PRIMITIVE REFLEXES AS A DIAGNOSTIC TOOLSUMMARIZE HOW FUNCTIONAL MANUAL MUSCLE TESTING CAN REVEAL THE PRESENCE OF DEAFFRENTATION