NEUR30003 Lecture Notes - Lecture 5: Electromagnetic Spectrum, Grey Matter, Electroencephalography

• School: University of Melbourne
• Department: Neuroscience
• Course: NEUR30003
• Professor: Peter

Document Summary

* neuroscientists are usually seeking reductionist, causal mechanistic explanations of how system components interact to produce system behaviour the physicochemical interactions of molecules. * a key part of neurological diagnosis is to localise the location of damage by examination of site- specific functions. * clinical means at the bedside literally what can a physician gather from a patient by doing simple thi(cid:374)gs that do(cid:374)(cid:859)t (cid:396)el(cid:455) o(cid:374) (cid:272)o(cid:373)ple(cid:454) high te(cid:272)h e(cid:395)uipment. * in addition to general observations and patient reports of nervous system dysfunction (vital signs, consciousness, neuropathic pain) the neurological exam includes specific functional tests to localise the site of nervous system dysfunction. So, looking at specific deficits and relate that to bits of the nervous system is still present in the neurological exam today. * in the neurological exam you look at responses of the nervous system to tell whether the various parts are function properly.