Lecture notes: Introduction to Clinical Neuroscience
University: Coventry University
Year: 3rd year, optional module
Content:
1. Reviewing your basic understanding of neuroanatomy.
2. This includes: basic neuron, neuronal anatomy, and function.
3. Brief overview on brain structure and its...
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What is the definition of clinical neuroscience?
APA (n.d.)
“an emerging field in which basic neuroscience data and the scientific method
are coupled to such fields as clinical psychology, psychiatry, and neurology in
order to better understand the neural underpinnings of mental and nervous
system disorders and to improve their diagnosis and treatment” (APA, n.d.)
The Nervous System
Brain
Spinal cord
1. collection of nerve cells attached at base of brain → information
processing pathways
2. controls simple reflexes (processed by spinal cord, not brain)
CNS communicated with the body through nerves = fibres transmit info out
Introduction to Neuroscience 1
, The nervous system has two main systems:
1. Central Nervous System (CNS)
2. Peripheral Nervous System (PNS)
Central Nervous System (CNS) Support
1. skull & vertebrae
a. 3 layers of protective membranes (meninges)
2. meninges
a. protected membrane (first line of defence)
b. e.g., protects brain from meningitis
3. blood supply
Introduction to Neuroscience 2
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