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Lecture 1 - ORGANISATION OF NERVOUS SYSTEM
Sponges jellyfish 1,
Invertebrates cord 2,
Vertebrates cord 3
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Lecture 2 – CELLULAR ORGANISATION OF THE NERVOUS SYSTEM
Golgi and the reticular theory 1,
Cajal and the neuron doctrine 2,
The development of the electron m...
27
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Lecture 3 – MEMBRANES, IONS, WATER AND PROTEINS
Polarity 1,
Water 2,
Hydrogen bonds 3
18
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Lecture 4 – ELECTROCHEMICAL GRADIENTS
Movement down concentration gradi...,
Situation more complex when there...,
A gap in the membrane 3
14
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Lecture 5 – IONIC BASIS OF MEMBRANE POTENTIAL
Concentration gradients 1,
Ion gradients in cells 2,
What direction do ions move 3
14
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Lecture 6 – THE ACTION POTENTIAL
Excitable cells 1,
The action potential 2,
The anatomy of an action potential 3
11
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Lecture 7 – SALTATORY CONDUCTION
Transmission can be broken down i...,
Why does dendritic current attenu...,
Cable theory 3
12
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Lecture 8 – SYNAPTIC TRANSMISSION
Information processing in the ner...,
The problem 2,
Some terminology 3
20
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Lecture 9 – NEUROTRANSMITTERS
Neurotransmitters 1,
Receptors 2,
Agonists and antagonists 3
20
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Lecture 10: Information Processing in the Nervous System
How does a post synaptic cell dec...,
Synaptic integration 2,
The events of a chemical synapse 3
16
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Lecture 11 – ELECTROPHYSIOLOGICAL TECHNIQUES
What is electrophysiology 1,
Why are electrophysiological reco...,
Extracellular 3
21
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Lecture 12 – Optogenetics and Dyes
Non invasive methods to record co...,
Ions move when ion channels open 2,
Calcium sensitive dyes are chelat...
13
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Lecture 13 – Sensory Systems 1: Vision and the Eye
Properties of light 1,
The structure of the vertebrate e...,
Imperfections of the vertebrate e...
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Lecture 14 – Sensory Systems 2 SMELL, TASTE, HEARING AND TOUCH
Senses 1,
Human olfactory receptors 2,
Combinatorial coding 3
16
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Lecture 15 – Motor Pathways I: Muscles (the other excitable cells)
Classification of muscle 1,
Skeletal muscle structure 2,
Skeletal muscle fibre 3
17
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Lecture 16 – Motor Pathways II
Action potential vs contraction 1,
Twitch and tetanus 2,
Henneman s size principle 3
20
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Lecture 17 - Learning and Memory 1
Is the brain wired 1,
Basic principles of learning and ...,
Learning and memory 3
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Lecture 18 - Learning and Memory 2
Model systems for studying the ne...,
Learning in invertebrates 2,
Aplysia californica the sea hare 3
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Lecture 19 – Strokes
Overview 1,
Preclinical clinical stroke studi...,
Recent failures high risk disease...
20
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Lecture 20 – Brain Killers
Brain killers 1,
Brain 2,
An efficient transport system 3
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Lecture 21 – Excitable cells in plants and microbes
Characteristics of excitable cells 1,
Used for 2,
Evolutionary origin of ion channe...
19
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