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NRSC 2100: EXAM 1
Types of Glial Cells
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Oligodendrocytes, Schwann Cells, Astrocytes, Microglia, Ependymal Cells |
Oligodendrocyte |
Create myelin sheaths for multiple axons within the CNS |
Schwann Cell |
Creates myelin sheaths for single axons in the PNS |
Astrocytes |
Provides nutrients and oxygen to neurons (at Blood-Brain Barrier), regulates concentration of K+, removes waste products |
Microglia |
act as phagocytes, cleans up waste and dying cells/cell debris
|
Ependymal Cells |
Lines the ventricles and other cavities in the brain, also might make Cerebrospinal fluid |
Egyptian Beliefs
(2500-600 BC) |
Thought the heart to be the seat of the soul. Did not consider the brain to be important at all |
Greek Beliefs
(500-200 BC) |
Hippocrates- Believed the brain to be an organ of sensation and the seat of intelligence
Aristotle- believed the heart to be the seat of intelligence and that the brain was just a cooling unit for blood |
Roman Era
(0-200 AD) |
Galen- named major nerves in the brain, supported Hippocrates' views, differentiated between cerebellum (for muscle control) and cerebrum (for the senses) |
Early Renaissance Era (c. 1500) |
Janssen- invented compound microscope (~1663)
Hooke- discovered cells by looking at cork slices |
Bell and Megandie (1810) |
Identified distinction between motor and sensory neurons, also that they are often bundled together |
Gall (1827) |
developed notion of phrenology, believed size of brain regions correlates to certain functions |
Flourens (1823)
|
believed mental function to be equally localized |
Broca (1861) |
provided evidence that certain functions *are* localized (Broca's area, for producing organized speech) |
Pre-Civilized Humans (~7000 BC) |
performed trepenation to cure symptoms, obviously thought brain to be of some importance |
Basic Structure of a Neuron |
1) cell body (called soma or perikaryon)
2) dendrites and dendritic spines
3) Axon
4)Myelin Sheaths
5) Nodes of Ranvier
6) Axon Terminals
7) Axon Hillock |
Cellular Components of a Neuron
|
Cell membrane, cytoplasm, nucleus, ribosomes and Rough ER, Golgi Apparatus, Mitochondria, Smooth ER, |
Microtubules |
~20 nm, made of tubulin, regulated by “tau”. Provides structure to axon-- not in axon terminals |
Neurofilament
|
~10 nm, made of actin, attaches to cell membrane |
Microfilament |
~5 nm, made of actin, wraps up in strands of polymers like a rope- protein transport |
Axon Hillock
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takes incoming signals and integrates them. If a threshold is reached, the cell fires an action potential down the axon |
Axon |
a long myelinated strand that conducts an electrical signal down to the axon terminals (the pre-synaptic component) |
Axoplasmic Transport |
Antereograde- kinesin carries vesicles away from soma
Retrograde- dynein travels up towards soma, informs of metabolic changes |
Electrical Synapse
|
Allows for direct ion transfer through Gap Junction. Gap Junctions are made up of two "connexons", each of which are made up of three "connexins" |
Chemical Synapse |
Chemicals (neurotransmitters) are released by vesicles into synaptic cleft, which bind to protein receptors in post-synaptic membrane |
Types of Chemical synapes based on Connection |
Axo-dendritic,
Axo-sematic,
Axo-axonic |
Types of chemical synapses based on Neurotransmitter |
Excitatory synapse (glutamate, aspartate)
Inhibitory Synapse (GABA, glycine)
Modulatory Synapse (Adrenergic, such as dopamine and adrenaline) |
Forces that Act upon Ion concentration |
Diffusion- ions move down concentration gradient to reach equilibrium
Electrical Forces- like-repels-like, positive ions will repel one another until equilibrium is reached |
Depolarization
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inside of neuron becomes less negative. Na+ ions flow into cell |
Hyperpolarization
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Inside of cell becomes more negative. Cl- ions flow in, or K+ ions flow out of cell |