NEUROLOGY 131

Course overview

HOUR 1EXPLAIN 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 2DESCRIBE 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 3EXPLAIN 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 4EXPLAIN THE ETIOLOGY OF CORTICAL RELEASE SIGNSDESCRIBE THE DETERMINANT OF POSTUREOUTLINE THE TEST FOR NORMAL STANCE AND GAIT AND ANALYZE THE RESULTS