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Astrocytes (Glial Cell)

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Work in healing, tissue repair; regulate ion concentrations, synapse formations and more; Create a supportive framework for neurons - VERY DIVERSE!

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Ogliodendrocytes (Glial Cell)

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Form and maintain myelin in the CNS

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Microglia (Glial Cell)

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CNS macrophages; Important immune system workers of the CNS

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Ependymal Cells (Glial Cell)

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Create cerebral spinal fluid in the CNS

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Schwann Cells (Glial Cell)

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Create myelin in the PNS

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What does amitotic mean?

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It doesn’t divide

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Why do neurons need a lot of glucose and have a lot of ATP?

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They have a very high metabolic rate

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Are neurons the most abundant cell in the CNS?

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No, glial cells are.

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What is the function of an afferent neuron?

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Transmit information INTO the central nervous system from receptors at their peripheral endings

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What is the function of an efferent neuron?

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Transmit information OUT of the central nervous system to effector cells, particularly muscles, glands, or other neurons

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Where are interneurons located?

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Entirely within the CNS

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Where is an afferent neuron located?

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Cell body and long peripheral process of axon - PNS

Short central process of axon - CNS

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Where is an efferent neuron located?

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Cell body, dendrites, a small segment of the axon - CNS

Majority of the axon - PNS

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Which neuron accounts for greater than 99 percent of all neurons?

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Interneurons

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If axons are severed, can they repair themselves?

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It depends; Only if the damage occurs outside of the CNS and does not affect the neuron’s cell body

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How quickly does axon regrowth occur?

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Only 1 mm per day

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What happens (at the cellular level) with a crush injury to the spinal cord?

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Apoptosis (cell death) of the oligodendrocytes (myelin-producing cells)

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What is the Resting Membrane Potential?

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The difference in the charge between the outside of the cell and the inside of the cell

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How is membrane potential established?

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Neurons use a Na+/K+ pump to pump 3 Na+’s OUT for every 2 K+’s IN (creates a relatively negative interior)

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What happens during depolarization?

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Na+ channels open, Na+ comes in, and the interior cell becomes less negative

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What happens during Summation?

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The EPSP’s and the IPSP’s add up to a depolarization of 15mV or more, threshold potential has been reached

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What happens at Threshold potential?

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Sodium channels are open; signal fires

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What are the steps of an Action Potential?

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  1. Resting Membrane Potential
  2. Threshold Reached
  3. Depolarization - Na+ fly into cell
  4. Na+ channels close (signal can’t go backwards), slower K+ channels open
  5. Membrane Repolarizes
  6. Hyperpolarization (makes it even more difficult for signal to transmit backwards)
  7. K+ channels close, Na+ channels are reactivated
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How do Lidocaine, Procaine, and Marcaine inhibit an action potential?

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By blocking the voltage-gated Na+ channels

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What is the absolute refractory period?
When the plasma membrane cannot respond to another stimulus (another action potential cannot be sent at this time)
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What is the relative refractory period?
When another action potential can be sent ONLY if it's strong enough to overcome hyperpolarization AND the normal amount of depolarization
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Where do action potentials occur?
The nodes of Ranvier
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What is saltatory conduction?
- When myelin acts as an insulator that allows ions to flow between segments rather than along the entire length of the membrane - This results in increased velocity of neuronal conduction
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What are three benefits of myelin?
1. Add speed 2. Reduce metabolic cost 3. Save room in the nervous system because axons can be thinner
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What are synapses?
When nerves reach out and almost touch each other
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How can synapses pass information?
1. Chemically | 2. Electrically
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Can synapses be excitatory and inhibitory?
Yes (depends on what neurotransmitter is being used)
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What happens during an electrical synapse?
Pre and post synaptic cells are connected via gap junctions
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What happens during a chemical synapse?
- Pre-synaptic neurons release neurotransmitters from their axon terminals - Neurotransmitter binds to receptors on post-synaptic neurons
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Where are neurotransmitters produced and stored?
In the vesicles of the axon terminal
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What steps occur during docking of the vesicles and release of neurotransmitters?
1. Action potential reaches terminal 2. Voltage-gated calcium channels open 3. Calcium enters axon terminal 4. Neurotransmitter is released and diffuses into the cleft 5. Neurotransmitter binds to post-synaptic receptors 6. Neurotransmitter is removed from synaptic cleft
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What makes it possible for the vesicles to bind to the plasma membrane?
SNARE proteins
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How is the neurotransmitter released?
Through exocytosis
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What is the function of autoreceptors?
- Neurotransmitters will bind to autoreceptors and turn off further release from pre-synaptic cell - Build-in break system - Negative feedback! - Autocrine cell signaling
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How are Neurotransmitters removed from the synapse?
1. Diffusion of the transmitter from the cleft 2. Degredation of the transmitter by enzymes 3. Reuptake into the pre-synaptic cells for reuse 4. Removal of the receptors in the post-synaptic cell's membrane
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Which neurotransmitter is ALWAYS the first signaler on efferent pathways to the peripheral nervous system?
Acetylcholine
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What enzyme is responsible for breaking down Acetylcholine into AcCoA and Choline?
Acetylcholinesterase (AChE)
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Which neurotransmitters are made from the amino acid tyrosine?
1. Dopamine 2. Epinephrine 3. Norepinephrine
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Which neurotransmitters are important in the Sympathetic Nervous System?
Norepinephrine and Epinephrine
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If dopamine, epinephrine, and norepinephrine aren't taken back up into the pre-synaptic neuron, how are they destroyed?
By monoamine oxidase (MAO)
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Which neurotransmitter is made from the amino acid Tryptophan?
Serotonin
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This neurotransmitter acts more like a modulator than a true transmitter.
Serotonin
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Serotonin excites what pathway?
Muscle
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Serotonin inhibits what pathway?
Sensory
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What are Endogenous Opioids?
Short polypeptides (15 to 25 amino acids long)
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How are Endogenous Opioids different from other transmitters?
Made in the cell body, put into vesicles, and transported all the way down the axon for release
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How are Endogenous Opioids broken down?
Peptidases
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"Runner's High" has been attributed to what neurotransmitter?
Endogenous Opioid
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What do Endogenous Opioids have an effect on?
Appetite, mood, and emotion
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How does Clostridium tetani affect synaptic mechanisms?
Prevents vesicle fusion with the membrane, inhibiting release of GABA– a neurotransmitter that would normally inhibit muscle contraction
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How does Clostridium botulinum affect synaptic mechanisms?
Interferes with actions of SNARE proteins at excitatory synapses that activate muscles
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What does the Forebrain contain?
Cerebrum and Diencephalon (thalamus, hypothalamus, epithalamus)
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Subcortical nuclei are interneurons that...
1. Bring information into the cerebrum 2. Carry information out 3. Connect different areas within a a hemisphere
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Each hemisphere of the brain contains...
1. Cerebral cortex (outer shell of gray matter composed mostly of cell bodies that give the area a gray appearance) 2. Inner layer of white matter (area that contains myelin)
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What is the corpus callosum?
A massive bundle of nerve fibers that connects the cortex layers of the right and left hemispheres
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Why is the cortex highly folded?
To increase surface area - increasing volume of the brain (4 times larger)
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What are the four lobes of the brain?
1. Frontal 2. Parietal 3. Temporal 4. Occipital
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What are the functions of the frontal lobe?
Reasoning*, planning*, parts of speech, movement*, emotions, and problem solving
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What are the functions of the parietal lobe?
Movement*, orientation, recognition, perception of stimuli*
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What is the function of the occipital lobe?
Visual processing
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What are the functions of the temporal lobe?
Perception and recognition of auditory stimuli*, memory*, and speech
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What are upper motor neurons?
The brain's neurons that direct voluntary movements and integrate signals to create many involuntary muscle activities
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What are lower motor neurons?
Neurons that go to a muscle | cell body is in the spinal cord, axon is in the periphery
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What is the function of basal ganglia?
Control movement and posture; complex aspects of behavior
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What are the functions of the cerebral cortex?
- *Integration* - Collecting afferent information and processing it - Effects motor and endocrine systems based on that info
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What is the function of the thalamus?
Arousal and focusing attention
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What is the function of the hypothalamus?
- Master commander for neural-endocrine coordination | - Eating, drinking, reproduction
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What is the function of the epithalamus?
Regulate biological rhythms
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What is the limbic system?
A “coalition” of forebrain areas (parts of cerebrum, thalamus, and hypothal) which coordinates emotional centers and and endocrine signals

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