MMED3930 Sensory Motor Systems

2019

4.5

2 x 50-minute lectures weekly
1 x 50-minute tutorial weekly
1 x 1-hour on-line exercises weekly
2 x 10-hour project works per semester

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MMED3923 has been successfully completed

Assignments; On-line Quizzes; Examination

This topic covers the structure and function of the nervous system involved in sensory and motor control. This topic would appeal to students interested in the biological basis of how the brain works. Topic content includes organisation of the sensory and motor systems, sensory systems (sensory receptors and modalities, visual pathways, hearing, touch, chemical senses, visceral senses), motor systems (brain stem motor control), vestibular apparatus and the cerebellum, cortical motor control, premotor centres, basal ganglia, voluntary movement, eye movement and integration of posture and movement.

The topic consists of studies of the sensory and motor functions of the Nervous System.

Including:

• organisation of the sensory and motor systems

• sensory systems (sensory receptors and modalities, touch, pain, visual pathways, hearing)

• motor systems (brain stem motor control)

• vestibular apparatus and the cerebellum

• cortical motor control (premotor centres, basal ganglia, voluntary movement, eye movement) -integration of posture, vision and movement.

The students will become familiar with the fundamental organisation and function of the sensory and motor systems and its integration in higher vertebrates including humans. They will also learn to summarise and discuss primary research material in their assignments. This will enable them to entertain further studies of integrative and high brain functions or to become involved in postgraduate studies in neurosciences with an excellent basis in the whole organism perspective.