GAZI UNIVERSITY INFORMATION PACKAGE - 2019 ACADEMIC YEAR

COURSE DESCRIPTION
PERIPHERAL NERVOUS SYSTEM PHYSIOLOGY/FZY-3030
Course Title: PERIPHERAL NERVOUS SYSTEM PHYSIOLOGY
Credits 2 ECTS 6
Course Semester 1 Type of The Course Elective
COURSE INFORMATION
 -- (CATALOG CONTENT)
 -- (TEXTBOOK)
 -- (SUPPLEMENTARY TEXTBOOK)
 -- (PREREQUISITES AND CO-REQUISITES)
 -- LANGUAGE OF INSTRUCTION
  Turkish
 -- COURSE OBJECTIVES
 -- COURSE LEARNING OUTCOMES
At the end of the course students will be able to define neuron and neuroglial cell types and functions
At the end of this course students will be able to describe how myelin occurs in peripheral nerves
Students will be able to define axonal transport mechanisms at the end of this course
At the end of this course, students will be able to describe the types of neuron injury and neuron regeneratio
At the end of this course, students will be able to define transmitting of the action potential along the axons
Students will be able to define electrical and chemical synaptic transmission at the end of this course
At the end of this course, students will be able to describe the mechanism of synaptic transmission at the nerve-muscle junction and central synapses
At the end of this course, students will be able to define the properties of sensory receptors and classify receptors
Öğrenciler bu dersin sonunda nörotransmitterlerin sentez ve yıkım basamaklarını sayabilir ve fonksiyonlarını tanımlayabilir
At the end of this course, students will be able to count the synthesis and destruction steps of neurotransmitters and describe their functions
 -- MODE OF DELIVERY
  This course will only face-to-face training.
 --WEEKLY SCHEDULE
1. Week   The types and functions of neurons
2. Week   The types and functions of neuroglial cells
3. Week   Axonal transport
4. Week   Wallerian degeneration and regeneration of axons
5. Week  Electrical and chemical synaptic transmission
6. Week  Nerve-muscle synapse (Neuromuscular junction)
7. Week  Diseases affecting the chemical transmission at the nerve-muscle synapse (Myastenia Gravis and Lambert Eaton syndrome, Botulism, Tetanus)
8. Week  Major classes of neurotransmitters: Small molecule neurotransmitter; Exitatory and İnhibitory Aminoacids and Amines, Neuroactive peptides and Gaseous neurotransmitters
9. Week  Mechanism of neurotransmitter release
10. Week  Neurotransmitter receptors- Ionotropic and metabotropic receptors
11. Week  Regulation of receptors: Up-regulation and down-regulation
12. Week  Synaptic potentials: Exitatory and inhibitory synaptic potentials (EPSPs and IPSPs)
13. Week   Synaptic integration: Spatial and Temporal Summations
14. Week  Presinaptik ve postsinaptikfacilitation and inhibition, posttetanic and long term potentiation
15. Week  Article presentation
16. Week   Article presentation
 -- TEACHING and LEARNING METHODS
 -- ASSESSMENT CRITERIA
 
Quantity
Total Weighting (%)
 Midterm Exams
0
0
 Assignment
0
0
 Application
0
0
 Projects
0
0
 Practice
0
0
 Quiz
0
0
 Percent of In-term Studies  
40
 Percentage of Final Exam to Total Score  
60
 -- WORKLOAD
 Activity  Total Number of Weeks  Duration (weekly hour)  Total Period Work Load
 Weekly Theoretical Course Hours
16
2
32
 Weekly Tutorial Hours
0
0
0
 Reading Tasks
16
2
32
 Searching in Internet and Library
16
2
32
 Material Design and Implementation
0
 Report Preparing
0
 Preparing a Presentation
4
4
16
 Presentation
2
1
2
 Midterm Exam and Preperation for Midterm Exam
0
0
 Final Exam and Preperation for Final Exam
4
6
24
 Other (should be emphasized)
0
0
0
 TOTAL WORKLOAD: 
138
 TOTAL WORKLOAD / 25: 
5.52
 Course Credit (ECTS): 
6
 -- COURSE'S CONTRIBUTION TO PROGRAM
NO
 PROGRAM LEARNING OUTCOMES
1
2
3
4
5
1X
2X
3X
4X
5X
6X
7X
8X
9X
10X
 -- NAME OF LECTURER(S)
   (Prof. Sibel Dinçer)
 -- WEB SITE(S) OF LECTURER(S)
   (https://websitem.gazi.edu.tr/site/sdincer)
 -- EMAIL(S) OF LECTURER(S)
   (sdincer@gazi.edu.tr , sdincer2@gmail.com)