Functional Neuroscience and Neurorehabilitation I

Catalog description

This course is an integrated approach to human nervous system structure and function, and the application of these principles to occupation and occupational therapy assessment following neurological injury or disease. Additionally neuroplasticity and implications for learning, memory, and recovery will be addressed. The course will cover sensory (somatic and special), motor (somatic and autonomic), limbic, cognitive, visual, vestibular, and ventricular systems and their interactions. Common neurological diagnoses and OT assessment of the sensory, motor, and postural systems in a neurological population will be introduced. The laboratory portion of the course includes gross examination of the human nervous system as well as activities designed to integrate neurological concepts. Prerequisite: OT 5530 .