What You Should Know After Completing Nervous System Lectures & Videos - Understand how the structure of a neuron is related to its function - Describe the parts of a neuron and know the function of each part - List the different types of glial cells and know their roles in nervous system function - Compare and contrast the central nervous system and peripheral nervous system - Understand the function of resting potential - Explain how resting potential of a neuron is maintained - Describe how a neuron becomes depolarized or hyperpolarized - Contrast graded potentials with an action potential - Describe the molecular events at each stage of an action potential - Explain how a nerve signal only travels in one direction down an axon - Describe factors that increase the velocity of a nerve signal down an axon - Given a toxin and its mode of action, predict the effect on the nervous system - Contrast electrical synapses and chemical synapses - Explain the role of neurotransmitters in connecting a presynaptic cell and postsynaptic cell - Compare and contrast EPSPs and IPSPs - Describe summation and it role in propagating an action potential - Describe how acetylcholine works - Describe how serotonin works - Understand the mechanism of SSRIs and why an individual needs to be careful when stopping the use of SSRIs - Compare the somatic an autonomic nervous systems - Compare and contrast the sympathetic, parasympathetic, and enteric divisions of the autonomic nervous
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