excitable cells

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Decks in this class (23)

ELM1 - Structure and development of nervous system
What is decussation,
What is cortical folding,
What are the roles of the cerebra...
38  cards
ELM2 - Cells of the Nervous System
What is golgi s role in the histo...,
What was cajal s role in the hist...,
What is cajal s principle of dyna...
36  cards
Lecture 1 - History of Neuroscience
What did edwin smith papyrus cont...,
What did hippocrates of kos contr...,
What is humoral theory
11  cards
Lecture 2: Cerebral palsy and Neurodevelopmental Disorders
What are some causes of cerebral ...,
What mechanism leads to the devel...,
What are the three different type...
19  cards
ELM4: Water, membranes and ions
What is meant by the polarity of ...,
What is an ion,
What are three uses of ions
34  cards
ELM5: Electrochemical gradients
Why do aqueous molecules move aro...,
What is the average distance betw...,
What are the components of fick s...
14  cards
ELM7: The action potential
What are classes as excitable cells,
What is the function of excitable...,
What is meant by action potential...
14  cards
ELM8: Transmission within neurons
What is meant by attenuated curre...,
What reasons mean that attenuatio...,
What causes non attenuated transm...
16  cards
ELM9: Synapses
What are the characteristics of a...,
Why don t drosophila have the esc...,
What are some characteristics of ...
17  cards
ELM10: Neurotransmitters
What are monoamines,
What are neuropeptides,
What are the 5 different groups o...
26  cards
ELM11: Synaptic integration
What is convergence,
What is divergence,
How does excitatory input determi...
16  cards
ELM12: Electrophysiology
What is the overall idea of elect...,
What are some advantages of elect...,
What are the three types of elect...
28  cards
ELM14: Sensory systems, vision
What are the two features of light,
What is meant by the wavelength o...,
What is meant by the amplitude of...
37  cards
ELM13: Optogenetics and dyes
How do fluorescent reporter dyes ...,
What is fluorescence,
How does fluorescence work in a s...
27  cards
ELM15: Sensory systems 2
What is the basic structure of th...,
What is basic structure of olfact...,
What is the structure of the huma...
28  cards
ELM16: Muscle 1
What is the h zone in the sarcomere,
What is the a band in the sarcomere,
What is the i band in the sarcomere
40  cards
ELM17: Muscle 2
What are the characteristics of a...,
What is the tetanus state of a mu...,
What is hennemans size principle
30  cards
ELM18: Learning and memory 1
What is the definition of learning,
What is the definition of memory,
What is included in declarative e...
35  cards
ELM19: Learning and memory 2
Why are aplysia used to study lea...,
How long are aplysia,
What is the gill and siphon withd...
24  cards
ELM 20: Sleep and rhythms
What are some physiological impac...,
What are some cellular impacts of...,
What are some diseases associated...
37  cards
ELM 21: Neurotechniques
What is cranial trepanation,
What was experimental ablation,
What is an example of a lesion study
25  cards
ELM22: Neuropathology
What are synaptopathies,
What are the three different mech...,
What effect does ltp have on dend...
41  cards
Lecture 21: Cancer
What are carcinomas,
What are squamous cell carcinomas,
What are adenomas and adenocarcin...
23  cards

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