Ch 2 Cognition & the Brain
... (1) What are the building blocks of the brain? (2) How do they work? (3) How are things in the environment, such as faces, trees, or houses, represented in the brain? (4) How is the brain organized? (5) What methods do we have to study the link between neurobiology and human behavior? ...
... (1) What are the building blocks of the brain? (2) How do they work? (3) How are things in the environment, such as faces, trees, or houses, represented in the brain? (4) How is the brain organized? (5) What methods do we have to study the link between neurobiology and human behavior? ...
A Neuron - Gordon State College
... – Plasticity: the flexibility of the brain to alter its neural connections following injury – Hemispherectomy: a radical surgical procedure in which one of the cerebral hemispheres is removed to control life-threatening epileptic seizures. The remaining healthy hemisphere takes over many of the func ...
... – Plasticity: the flexibility of the brain to alter its neural connections following injury – Hemispherectomy: a radical surgical procedure in which one of the cerebral hemispheres is removed to control life-threatening epileptic seizures. The remaining healthy hemisphere takes over many of the func ...
Spinal Cord – Gross Anatomy
... Has two grooves that run its length separating it into right and left halves o Anterior (Ventral) median fissure o Posterior (Dorsal) median sulcus The central portion has a canal called the central canal Each cord segment is associated with a pair of ganglia called the dorsal root ganglion Ganglia ...
... Has two grooves that run its length separating it into right and left halves o Anterior (Ventral) median fissure o Posterior (Dorsal) median sulcus The central portion has a canal called the central canal Each cord segment is associated with a pair of ganglia called the dorsal root ganglion Ganglia ...
CHAPTER 46 NEURONS AND NERVOUS SYSTEM
... a. The vertebrate brain is at the anterior end of the dorsal tubular nerve cord. b. The vertebrate brain is customarily divided into the hindbrain, midbrain, and forebrain. 1) A well-developed hindbrain regulates organs below a level of consciousness; in humans it regulates lung and heart function e ...
... a. The vertebrate brain is at the anterior end of the dorsal tubular nerve cord. b. The vertebrate brain is customarily divided into the hindbrain, midbrain, and forebrain. 1) A well-developed hindbrain regulates organs below a level of consciousness; in humans it regulates lung and heart function e ...
Jenny - Brookings School District
... • The occipital lobe is the visual-processing center of the brain. • The parietal lobe is associated with sensory skills. ...
... • The occipital lobe is the visual-processing center of the brain. • The parietal lobe is associated with sensory skills. ...
1. Identify the functions of the nervous system and relate nervous
... 8. Which part of the PNS effects a change upon muscles, organs, and glands? ...
... 8. Which part of the PNS effects a change upon muscles, organs, and glands? ...
Chapters 11: Introduction to the Nervous System and Nervous
... ____________– provide support and protection for neurons, maintain their environment, divide and fill space when a neuron dies - CNS: ...
... ____________– provide support and protection for neurons, maintain their environment, divide and fill space when a neuron dies - CNS: ...
Chapter 11- 14 Integration of Nervous System Functions
... • Secondary receptors: Have no axons or have short axon like projections • Causes release of neurotransmitters that bind to receptors on a neuron causing a receptor potential eg. Smell, taste, hearing, balance ...
... • Secondary receptors: Have no axons or have short axon like projections • Causes release of neurotransmitters that bind to receptors on a neuron causing a receptor potential eg. Smell, taste, hearing, balance ...
Presynaptic Questions
... glutamine (glutamine synthetase) The glutamine is then transferred back to the pre-synaptic nerve ending where it is used to produce new GABA What enzymes are involved in the degradative metabolism of catecholamines? Monoamine oxidase and catechol-o-methyltransferase Catecholamines can be further de ...
... glutamine (glutamine synthetase) The glutamine is then transferred back to the pre-synaptic nerve ending where it is used to produce new GABA What enzymes are involved in the degradative metabolism of catecholamines? Monoamine oxidase and catechol-o-methyltransferase Catecholamines can be further de ...
ANATOMICAL TERMS
... or impossible to stimulate that region of a neuron to fire again o Absolute refractory period – no stimulus of any strength will trigger a new action ...
... or impossible to stimulate that region of a neuron to fire again o Absolute refractory period – no stimulus of any strength will trigger a new action ...
Title: Nervous System
... 7. Second messenger system (G-proteins). Binding of a signal molecule – into an intracellular response that modifies the behavior of target cell a) Phase I – binding of first messenger (transmitter) to the receptor (T+R) b) Phase II – transduction of a signal into the intracellular compartment. T+R ...
... 7. Second messenger system (G-proteins). Binding of a signal molecule – into an intracellular response that modifies the behavior of target cell a) Phase I – binding of first messenger (transmitter) to the receptor (T+R) b) Phase II – transduction of a signal into the intracellular compartment. T+R ...
NERVOUS SYSTEM GENERALITY – INTRODUCTION
... 1. the somatic nervous system (SNS), including all the somatic motor neurons that innervate skeletal muscles. 2. the autonomic nervous system (ANS), including the visceral motor neurons that innervate all other peripheral effectors (smooth muscle, cardiac muscle, glands and adipose tissue). - signal ...
... 1. the somatic nervous system (SNS), including all the somatic motor neurons that innervate skeletal muscles. 2. the autonomic nervous system (ANS), including the visceral motor neurons that innervate all other peripheral effectors (smooth muscle, cardiac muscle, glands and adipose tissue). - signal ...
Graded Potentials
... Discuss the factors that affect the speed with which action potentials are propagated. Describe the structure of a synapse, and explain the mechanism involved in synaptic activity. Describe the major types of neurotransmitters and neuromodulators, and discuss their effects on postsynaptic memb ...
... Discuss the factors that affect the speed with which action potentials are propagated. Describe the structure of a synapse, and explain the mechanism involved in synaptic activity. Describe the major types of neurotransmitters and neuromodulators, and discuss their effects on postsynaptic memb ...
Total Control - Beacon Learning Center
... that impulses travel across on their way to and from the brain. For instance, if my knee itches, the neurons in my knee send an impulse along the path to my brain. My brain then reports the itch and sends an impulse to my finger to scratch the itch. Of course all the muscles of my arm must be told t ...
... that impulses travel across on their way to and from the brain. For instance, if my knee itches, the neurons in my knee send an impulse along the path to my brain. My brain then reports the itch and sends an impulse to my finger to scratch the itch. Of course all the muscles of my arm must be told t ...
Communication within the Nervous System
... Membrane depolarized past threshold through a series of graded potentials. Voltage-gated Na ions open, Na enters 3. Voltage-gated K channels open, K exits. K channels slowly close and membrane returns to resting potential. The Action Potential lasts about 1 millisecond ...
... Membrane depolarized past threshold through a series of graded potentials. Voltage-gated Na ions open, Na enters 3. Voltage-gated K channels open, K exits. K channels slowly close and membrane returns to resting potential. The Action Potential lasts about 1 millisecond ...
The Nervous System - History with Mr. Bayne
... CNS – Central Nervous System (brain and spinal cord) PNS – Peripheral Nervous System (nerve cells that send messages from CNS to all parts of the body) ...
... CNS – Central Nervous System (brain and spinal cord) PNS – Peripheral Nervous System (nerve cells that send messages from CNS to all parts of the body) ...
UNIT XI
... action potential (AP). Facilitator Neuron • Prolonged AP releases Ca++ Channel large amounts of Ca++. Serotonin • Facilitatory neuron can cAMP also act on postsynnaptic membrane. ...
... action potential (AP). Facilitator Neuron • Prolonged AP releases Ca++ Channel large amounts of Ca++. Serotonin • Facilitatory neuron can cAMP also act on postsynnaptic membrane. ...
The Brain - Misty Cherie
... • In the past, some patients who had various forms of epilepsy underwent a cerebral commissurotomy, which severed the corpus callosum • This was sometimes knows as “split brain” surgery, because patients experienced a dissociation of the left and right sides of their brains • This created peculiar p ...
... • In the past, some patients who had various forms of epilepsy underwent a cerebral commissurotomy, which severed the corpus callosum • This was sometimes knows as “split brain” surgery, because patients experienced a dissociation of the left and right sides of their brains • This created peculiar p ...
POWERPOINT VERSION ()
... • between cerebral hemispheres and brainstem • surrounds third ventricle • thalamus • hypothalamus • optic tracts • optic chiasm • infundibulum • posterior pituitary • mammillary bodies • pineal gland ...
... • between cerebral hemispheres and brainstem • surrounds third ventricle • thalamus • hypothalamus • optic tracts • optic chiasm • infundibulum • posterior pituitary • mammillary bodies • pineal gland ...
to find the lecture notes for lecture 6 nervous tissue click here
... some CNS neurons • Can be excitatory at some synapses and inhibitory at others • Inactivated by an enzyme acetylcholinesterase • Blockage of the ACh receptors by antibodies = myasthenia gravis - autoimmune disease that destroys these receptors and progressively destroys the NMJ – Anticholinesterase ...
... some CNS neurons • Can be excitatory at some synapses and inhibitory at others • Inactivated by an enzyme acetylcholinesterase • Blockage of the ACh receptors by antibodies = myasthenia gravis - autoimmune disease that destroys these receptors and progressively destroys the NMJ – Anticholinesterase ...
NervousSystemPPT
... is absorbed back into the bloodstream, rinsing the metabolic waste from the central nervous system through the blood–brain barrier. This allows for homeostatic regulation of the distribution of neuroendocrine factors, to which slight changes can cause problems or damage to the nervous system. For ex ...
... is absorbed back into the bloodstream, rinsing the metabolic waste from the central nervous system through the blood–brain barrier. This allows for homeostatic regulation of the distribution of neuroendocrine factors, to which slight changes can cause problems or damage to the nervous system. For ex ...