B3 Neuro Foundations Complete Study Guide for DPT Students

B3 Neuro Foundations — The DPT Student’s Complete Study Guide

Build a stronger neuro foundation without digging through scattered notes, lecture slides, and multiple resources.

The B3 Neuro Foundations Study Guide is a comprehensive, student-friendly resource designed to help DPT students learn, visualize, apply, practice, and review the foundational neuroscience concepts that show up throughout physical therapy school.

Instead of being a quick cheat sheet covering one isolated concept, this guide brings the major Neuro Foundations topics together into one organized study resource.

What’s Inside

✓ Nervous system organization — CNS vs. PNS, afferent vs. efferent, somatic vs. autonomic

✓ Neuron anatomy, glial cells & myelination

✓ Resting membrane potential & ion gradients

✓ Action potentials, refractory periods & saltatory conduction

✓ Synaptic transmission & graded potentials

✓ EPSPs, IPSPs & summation

✓ Major neurotransmitters and their functions

✓ Sensory receptors & proprioception

✓ Dermatomes vs. peripheral nerve distributions

✓ Upper vs. lower motor neurons

✓ Reflex arcs & reflex interpretation

✓ Sympathetic vs. parasympathetic nervous systems

✓ Peripheral nerve injury concepts

✓ Clinical neuro localization fundamentals

✓ High-yield comparison tables

✓ Memory tricks & common exam traps

✓ Section knowledge checks

✓ Rapid “night-before-the-exam” review

✓ 40-question cumulative exam with answers and rationales

Made for DPT Students

The goal isn’t just to give you more information—it’s to make difficult neuro concepts easier to organize, understand, and remember.

Whether you’re learning these concepts for the first time, preparing for an upcoming neuro exam, or need a foundational review before more advanced coursework, this guide is designed to become a resource you can return to throughout PT school.

Learn | Visualize | Apply | Practice | Review

Created for DPT Students by a DPT Student

B3 PT & Performance

Digital educational resource. For educational and study purposes only. This guide does not replace university instruction, required textbooks, faculty guidance, medical advice, diagnosis, treatment, or licensed clinical education.