1997 Swinburne Higher Education Handbook

SP525 Applied Biophysics A
8 credit points 4 hours per week Hawthorn Prerequisites:
SM3415, SE240 Assessment: examination and laboratory
reports
A final year subject in the Bachelor of Applied Science
(Medical Biophysics and Instrumentation)
0 bjective
This subject examines a number of modelling techniques and
tools which can be applied to physiological systems.
Content
Physiological control systems control theory, signal flow
diagrams, fundamental block representations, open-loop
gain.
Computer packages for solutions of ordinary differential
equations. The MATLAB package and SIMULINK
software.
Dynamic responses Bode and Nyquist analysis, transfer
function discovery - examples of physiological
investigations.
Cardiovascular system, mathematical models of the arterial
system.
Respiratory, and thermal control.
Multicompartment systems and methods of analysis, models
of membrane systems, channel statistics.
Modelling of endocrine systems.
Volume conductor theory; application to EEG.
Neurovolume conductors, models of brain electrical and
magnetic activity.
Recommended reading
Ingram, D.& Bloch, R.F., Mathematical Methods in Medicine,
Wiley, 1984
Hobbie, R. K., Intermedicate Physicsfor Medicine and Biology, 2nd
edn, Wiley, 1983
SP527 Neurophysiology of the Normal Brain
7.5 credit points 4 hours per week Hawthorn
Prerequisite: SP431 Assessment: examination and
assignments
A final year subject in the Bachelor of Applied Science/
Bachelor of Arts co-major(Psycho1ogy and Psychophysiology)
V)
-. & Objectives
Provide knowledge of the physiological and behavioural
processes underlying normal sleep, dreaming, attention and
3
E.
disorders of these states.
-
" Content
Attention: mechanisms, neurophysiology, models.
Assessment and disorders of attention. Interaction with
other cognitive behaviour.
Sleep: consciousness, coma, stages of sleep,
desynchronisation of EEG activity, functional models of
sleep, sleep monitoring, sleep disorders.
Recommended Reading
Kandel E.R., Schwanz J. H. & Jessel T.M., Principles of Neural
Science. 3rd edn., London, Appleton Lange, 1991.
SP528 Higher Cortical Functions
10 credit points Si hours per week Prerequisite: SP431
Assessment: examination, assignments and seminar
presentation
A final year subject in the Bachelor of Applied Science/
Bachelor of Arts co-major (Psychology and Psychophysiology)
Objective
Provide a knowledge of the neurophysiological and
behavioural processes of attention memory, speech and
language, and purposive behaviour, and disorders of
these states.
Content
Introduction to Behavioural Neuroscience:-
Basic Techniques in Neuroscience; Problems in Relating
Brain and Behaviour; Anatomical and Histological; Brain
Lesion and Stimulation; Biochemical; Radiographic brain
imaging ; Electrophysiological; Optical Imaging;
Behavioural Analysis.
Mechanisms of Motivation:.
Basic Perspectives; Peripheral versus Central Factors in
Motivated Behaviour; Mechanisms of Eating Behaviour;
Mechanisms of Drinking Behaviour; Intracranial Self-
Stimulation Studies - and their implications; Nonhomeostatic
Drives .
Speech and Language:-
Neurophysiological Basis; Origins of Speech and Language;
Neurological Models of Language; Psychophysiological and
Behavioural Measures; Brain Laterality in Language;
Gender differences; Recognition of Faces; Prefrontal
Contributions;
Memory and Language:-
Memory and Memory Pathophysiology:
Historical Perspective; Quantifying Memory; The
Taxonomy of Memory;
The consolidation Hypothesis of Memory; Interference
with Memory; Determinants of Memory Performance;
Hebb s Neurobiological Model of Memory; The Anatomy
and Neurochemistry of Memory; Neuropsychological Tests
of memory; Neuropsychological Anatomy of Memory;
Other Topics in Memory Pathophysiology;
Connectionist Models of Memory Processes.
Recommended Reading
Kandel E.R., Schwanz J. H. & Jessel T.M., Principles of Neural
Science. 3rd edn., London, Appleton Lange, 1991.
SP530 Scientific Instrumentation B
10 credit points 4 hoursper week Hawthorn
Prerequisite: SP3430 Assessment: examination, assignments
and laboratory reports
A final year subject in the Bachelor of Applied Science
(Medical Biophysics and Instrumentation)
Content
Lectures and practical work in:
Nuclear Instrumentation, semiconductor detectors,