Argosy University, Chicago

COURSE SYLLABUS

PP7530

Neuroanatomy & Neuropathology for Neuropsychologists

Fall 2010

Faculty Information:

Faculty Name: Andy Suth, Ph.D. & Eli Schwartz, Ph.D.

Campus: Chicago

Contact Information:

Office Phone Number: 312-777-7697 & 312-777-7696

E-mail:

Office Hours: By appointment

Course Catalogue Description:

This course will provide an overview of theneuroanatomical structures most related to thetypes of pathological conditions seen in adult andpediatric neuropsychology. This course is meant to provide the student with an overall conceptualunderstanding of the brain systems and to serve as

the foundation for didactic training for those students pursuing a career in neuropsychology.There is an emphasis on functional neuroanatomyand the subsequent psychological and neuropsychological consequences ofdevelopmental and acquired neuropathology. Thecourse will emphasize brain-behavior relationshipsas a means to understand neurocognitivefunctioning and dysfunction.

Course Pre-requistes:PP7040 – Cognitive Basis of Behavior (Preferred)

PP7051 – Biological Basis of Behavior

PP7370 – Cognitive Assessment

PP7371 – Objective Personality Assessment

PP7372 – Projective Personality Assessment (Preferred)

Diagnostic Practicum I & II (Preferred)

Required Textbooks:

Banich, M., & Compton, R. (2010). Cognitive neuroscience (3rded.).

Goldberg, S. (2007). Neuroanatomy made ridiculously simple (3rd ed.). Medmaster Publications

Strub, R. L., & Black, F.W. (2000). The mental status examination in neurology (4th ed.).

Recommended Textbook:

Blumenfeld, H. (2002). Neuroanatomy through clinical cases. Sunderland, MA:Sinauer &

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Course Length: 15 Weeks

Contact Hours: 45

Credit Value: 3

Course Objectives:

Course Objective / Program Goal / Method of Assessment
Students will understand the basic principles of neuroanatomy and neuropathology. / Goal 4 - Science /
  • Quizzes and Anatomy Sections
  • Class Participation

Students will understand the strengths and weaknesses of using neuroscientific principles to explain behavior. / Goal 1- Intervention
Goal 4 - Science
Goal 5 - Scholarship /
  • Quizzes and Anatomy Sections
  • Class Participation

Students will be able to identify the most common forms of neuropathology in adults and children. / Goal 1- Intervention
Goal 4 - Science /
  • Quizzes and Anatomy Sections
  • Class Participation

Students will be able to demonstrate this knowledge through multiple methods (applied, through testing and discussion). / Goal 1- Intervention
Goal 2 - Assessment
Goal 4 - Science
Goal 5 - Scholarship /
  • Quizzes and Anatomy Sections
  • Class Participation
  • Take Home Assignments
  • Final Project

Assignments:

There will be an in-class quiz at the beginning of selected class periods.Quiz length will be 8-12 questions in true/false, multiple choice and fill-in-the-blank format.Each quiz will cover the material from the previous week.There will also be a “perfect mastery” approach to learning major brain areas, cranial nerves and cerebral vasculature.This will be conducted through repeat weekly assignments.

Take-home assignments will be distributed each week, which will be done using the course materials and some additional reading.The format for these assignments will be discussed in class.However, the majority of weekly assignments are devoted to the diagnosis of specific neuropathological conditions.

There will be a final project to cover lecture material using case vignettes and/or raw test data.This will take the format of “Grand Rounds” and will be held in classes on weeksfourteen and fifteen.Students will be graded on their ability to think through clinical cases.

Class participation will be a critical component of the grading and will be measured through lecture and in-class assessment presentations.

Assignment Table:(Prior to Week 1: Read Entire Book – Goldberg)

Week / Topic / Readings / Assignment
1 / Syllabus, Grading System, General Structure of Course.
Prepare for Presentation of General Topgraphy of CNS / Banich Ch. 1 (Intro to the Nervous System)Ch. 4 (Hemispheric Specialization) / Take-Home Assignment Distributed
2 / Neurohistology: Neurons, glia, ganglia, nerve fibers, synapse, receptors, and reaction of neurons to injury. / Banich TBA / Take-Home Assignment Distributed
3 / Spinal cord, spinal nerves & clinical correlates: External and microscopic anatomy, spinal cord neurotransmitters and neuropeptides, reflexes, functional overview, sensory and motor disorders, and spinal cord syndromes. / Banich TBA
Blumenfeld CH. 6 (Corticospinal tract & other motor pathways) / Take-Home Assignment Distributed
4 / Medulla Oblongata, Pons and clinical correlates: gross and internal structures, cranial nerve nuclei, reticular formation, neurotransmitters and neuropeptides, functional overview, medullary syndromes, pontine syndromes / Banich Ch. 11 (Attention) / Take-Home Assignment Distributed
5 / Mesencephalon (midbrain), Diencephalon, and clinical correlates: gross and microscopic structures, functional overview (light reflex, gaze, eye movements, internal capsule,mesencephalic syndromes, thalamic infarcts / Banich Ch. 6 (Early Perceputal Processing)
Blumenfeld CH. 13 (Brainstem II: Eye Movements and Pupillary Control) / Take-Home Assignment Distributed
6 / Basal Ganglia and Cerebellum, control of posture and movement, and clinical correlates: internal organization of the B.G. and its functions, cerebellar structures and functions, hyperkinetic and hypokinetic disorders, cerebellar syndromes, vascular and developmental syndromes, / Banich Ch. 12 (Executive Functioning)
Blumenfeld, CH. 15 (Cerebellum), CH 16. (Basil Ganglia) / Take-Home Assignment Distributed
7 / Cerebral Cortex and clinical correlates: gross and microscopic anatomy, functional organization, electrophysiology, hemispheric specialization, cortical syndromes, callosal syndrome, Alzheimer’s and other syndromes. / Banich Ch. 7 (Object Recognition)Ch. 10 (Memory)
Blumenfeld CH. 10 (Cerebral Hemipsheres and Vascular Supply) / Take-Home Assignment Distributed
8 / Hypothalamus, Limbic System, and clinical correlates: hypothalamic regions, connections and functions; metabolic disorders, rhinencephalic and limbic structures and functions, affective and memory disorders, schizophrenia, Alzheimer’s and other syndromes. / Banich Ch.13 (Emotion & Social Cognition)
Blumenfeld CH. 18 (Limbic System: Homeostasis, Olfaction, Memory and Emotion) / Take-Home Assignment Distributed
9 / Senses and sensory-motor pathways, and clinical correlates: olfaction, taste, vision, audition, vestibular sensation, exteroception, proprioception and sensory syndromes / Banich Ch. 5 (Motor Control); & Ch. 8 (Spatial Recognition).
Blumenfeld CH. 7 (Somatosensory Pathways) / Take-Home Assignment Distributed
10 / CNS Development and clinical correlates: prenatal and postnatal growth, functional maturation, genetic/constitutional syndromes, developmental disorders, white matter disorders / Banich Ch. 9 (Language) / Take-Home Assignment Distributed
11 / Cerebral circulation and vascular syndromes; Cerebrospinal fluid and the barrier system, and related syndromes; Reticular Formation, wakefulness, sleep and related syndromes. / Banich review Ch. 11 (Attention) Ch. 12 (Executive Functioning)
Blumenfeld CH. 14 (Brainstem III: Internal Structures and Vascular Supply) / Take-Home Assignment Distributed
12 / The Mental Status Examination in Neurology / Strub and Black CH 1 (TheMental Status Examination: A Rationale and Overview), 2 (History and Behavioral Observations), 3 (Level of Consciousness), 4 (Attention), 5 (Language), 6 (Memory)
Banich TBA / Take-Home Assignment Distributed
13 / The Mental Status Examination in Neurology / Strub and Black Ch. 7 (Constructional Ability), 8 (Higher Cognitive Functions), 9 (Related Cognitive Functions), 10 (Summary of Examination), 11 (Further Evaluations).
Banich TBA / Take-Home Assignment Distributed
14 / FINAL PROJECTS
PRESENTATIONS
15 / FINAL PROJECTS
PRESENTATIONS

The required texts will provide the basis for a foundational understanding of neuroanatomy as it applies to the clinical neuropsychologist.Selected chapters from the Blumenfeld text will be used for this course.The Goldberg text is a supplemental piece to help break down some of the complicated memorization required for this course.Students will be provided in class with additional readings for specific lectures.

The reading assignments are a combination of functional relatedness and consistency of workload.Most weeks will consist of 80 to 150 pages of required reading.Please be advised that the material is very much factual in nature.Grading assignments are weekly and thus prerequisite courses are a necessity as there is little opportunity for students to remediate missing foundation topics.We will expect all reading to be done before class and will lecture and conduct presentations with that expectation in mind.

Grading Criteria:

Your performance in this course will be based upon the assignments described above and class participation. Final grades will be determined as follows:

Grading ScaleGrading Requirements

Weekly Quizzes / 25 %
Anatomy Exercises / 25 %
Take Home Assignments / 25 %
Final Project / 15 %
Class Participation / 10 %
100%
A / 100 – 93
A- / 92 – 90
B+ / 89 – 88
B / 87 – 83
B- / 82 – 80
C+ / 79 – 78
C / 77 – 73
C- / 72 – 70
F / 69 and below

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Information Literacy: Argosy University’s Information Literacy Tutorial was developed to teach fundamental and transferable research skills, including selecting sources appropriate for academic-level research, searching periodical indexes and search engines, and evaluating and citing information. In the tutorial, students study concepts and practice them through interactions. At the conclusion of each module, they can test their comprehension and receive immediate feedback. Each module takes less than 20 minutes to complete. Please view the tutorial at

Academic Policies

Academic Dishonesty/Plagiarism: In an effort to foster a spirit of honesty and integrity during the learning process, Argosy University requires that the submission of all course assignments represent the original work produced by that student. All sources must be documented through normal scholarly references/citations and all work must be submitted using the Publication Manual of the American Psychological Association, 5th Edition (2001). Washington DC: American Psychological Association (APA) format. Please refer to Appendix A in the Publication Manual of the American Psychological Association, 5th Edition for thesis and paper format. Students are encouraged to purchase this manual (required in some courses) and become familiar with its content as well as consult the Argosy University catalog for further information regarding academic dishonesty and plagiarism.

Scholarly writing: The faculty at Argosy University is dedicated to providing a learning environment that supports scholarly and ethical writing, free from academic dishonesty and plagiarism. This includes the proper and appropriate referencing of all sources. You may be asked to submit your course assignments through “Turnitin,” ( an online resource established to help educators develop writing/research skills and detect potential cases of academic dishonesty. Turnitin compares submitted papers to billions of pages of content and provides a comparison report to your instructor. This comparison detects papers that share common information and duplicative language.

Americans with Disabilities Act Policy

It is the policy of Argosy University to make reasonable accommodations for qualified students with disabilities, in accordance with the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA). If a student with disabilities needs accommodations, the student must notify the Director of Student Services. Procedures for documenting student disability and the development of reasonable accommodations will be provided to the student upon request.

Students will be notified by the Director of Student Services when each request for accommodation is approved or denied in writing via a designated form. To receive accommodation in class, it is the student’s responsibility to present the form (at his or her discretion) to the instructor. In an effort to protect student privacy, the Department of Student Services will not discuss the accommodation needs of any student with instructors. Faculty may not make accommodations for individuals who have not been approved in this manner.

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I hereby state that I have read, reviewed and understand the syllabus and course requirements for the course Neuroanatomy & Neuropathology for Neuropsychology (PP 8950, CRN ), taught by Peter Dodzik, PsyD, ABPdN, ABPN during the Summer II Semester 2008.This signed statement will be kept on file until the grade appeal time allotment has passed.

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Thank you in advance for your cooperation.If you need any additional information feel free to contact Dr. Dodzik or your Department Head.