8266 (v.8) OT 106 - Neuroscience


Area: School of Biomedical Sciences
Credits: 12.5
Contact Hours: 2.5
 
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Lecture: 1 x 1 Hours Weekly
Seminar: 1 x 1.5 Hours Weekly
Prerequisite(s): 1643 (v.7) Human Biology 133 or any previous version
Co Requisite(s): 303034 (v.2) Human Biology 132
 
Syllabus: Normal development of the nervous system. Nervous system structure and function - brainstem and cranial nerve structure and function and role of hypothalamus. Somatosensory systems - ascending tracts, role of thalamus and sensory cortex. Motor systems - spinal cord control, role of brainstem, basal ganglia, cerebellum and motor cortex in controlling posture and co-ordinated movement. Normal aging in the nervous system.
 
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Field of Education: 060100 Medical Studies (Narrow Grouping)
Funding Cluster: 09 - Dentistry, Medicine, Veterinary Science
SOLT (Online) Definitions*: Not Categorised
*Extent to which this unit or thesis utilises online information
Result Type: Grade/Mark

Availability

Year Location Period Internal Partially Online Internal Area External Central External Fully Online
2005 Bentley Campus Semester 2 Y        
Area
External
refers to external course/units run by the School or Department or offered by research.
Central
External
refers to external and online course/units run through the Curtin Bentley-based Distance Education Area
Partially
Online
Internal
refers to some (a portion of) learning provided by interacting with or downloading pre-packaged material from the Internet but with regular and ongoing participation with a face-to-face component retained. Excludes partially online internal course/units run through the Curtin Bentley-based Distance Education Area which remain Central External
Fully
Online
refers to the main (larger portion of) mode of learning provided via Internet interaction (including the downloading of pre-packaged material on the Internet). Excludes online course/units run through the Curtin Bentley-based Distance Education Area which remain Central External