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1
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Trepanation

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Drilling holes in skull to relieve pressure

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2
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IACUC

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Institute animal care and use committee- laws for animal research

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3
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Hippocrates

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Brain=sensation and intelligence

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4
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Galen

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Founded 1st anatomy text - cerebrum, cerebellum and ventricles

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5
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Brain studies in Renaissance?

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Cadavers from graveyards

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6
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Descartes

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Mind brain problem

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7
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Ventral is synonymous to

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Efferent and motor sensor

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8
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Dorsal

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Afferent and sensory nerves

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9
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Gray vs white matter

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White has myelin

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10
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Central subdivision

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Brain and spinal cord

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11
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Peripheral division

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Network of nerves through body

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12
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Bell and magendie

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Dorsal and ventral root clippin experiments on puppies

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13
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Cerebellum is origin of

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Motor fibers

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14
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Cerebrum is destination of

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Sensory fibers

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15
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Frans joseph gall

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Phrenology bumps on skull reflect personality

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16
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Marie flourens

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Ablation method removing of specific neurons

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17
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Paul broca

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Discovered region of cerebrum for speech

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18
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Darwin

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Evolution of nervous system, animals can correlate w humans

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19
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Neuron

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Basic unit of brain

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20
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DLAR

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Division laboratory animal resources- decide if research on animals serves purpose =proposal

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21
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Noninvasive method for learning nervous system

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MRI scans

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22
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Neurophilosophy

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No seperation of mind and brain

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23
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Glia cells function

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Support insulate and protect neurons

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24
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Glia outnumber neurons by

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10-1

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25
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What is function of neurons

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Process sense communication and command

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26
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Stain facilities cytoarchitecture in CNS

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Nissl stain

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27
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Cell body is

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Soma

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28
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Neurites

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Dendrites and axons

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29
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Cajal introduced

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Neurons communicate through synapse (contact)

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30
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Purpose of dendrites spines

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Increase surface area

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31
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Myelin is an

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Insulator for axon

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32
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How long are axons

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3ft long shaped by microtubules

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33
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Smooth ER makes

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Lipids and steroid hormones for detox

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34
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Golgi apparatus sorts

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Proteins into specific locations

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35
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Aftin

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5-8 nm cytoskeleton

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36
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Neuro filaments

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10-12 nm cytoskeleton

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37
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Microtubules

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20-22nm cytoskeleton alpha/beta tubulin

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38
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Disease of nervous system coded by a gene

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Huntingtons disease

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39
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Decision maker for firing synapses

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Axon Hillock

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40
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Anterograde

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Soma to terminal

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41
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Retrograde

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Terminal to soma

42
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Neurons for special senses

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Uni and bipolar

43
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Stellate cells

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Star shaped

44
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Pyramidal cell

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Pyramid shaped

45
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Protein used for visual aid for classifying neuron experiments

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Green fluorescent protein

46
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Astrocytes

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Numerous glia and regulates chemical content of extra cellular space

47
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Myelinating glia in CNS

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Oligodendroglial cells

48
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Myelinating glia in PNS

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Schwann cells

49
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Name of axon region exposed

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Nodes of ranvier

50
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Ependymal cells

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Help move CSF

51
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Microglial cells

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Phagocytes release cytokines from immune response

52
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Vasculature

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Blood vessels oxygen and nutrients

53
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Where do reflexes occur

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Spinal cord

54
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Solvent is water?

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Polar solvent

55
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Covers cations and anions and reason to move charges

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Spheres of hydration

56
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What dissolves in water

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Hydrophilic

57
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What kind lf compound doesnt dissolve in water

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Hydrophobic

58
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Behavior of compounds in channels

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Hydrophilic due to spheres of hydration

59
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Primary protein structure

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Beads- amino acids

60
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Secondary protein structure

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Alpha helix beta sheets

61
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Structure tertiary proteins

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Hydrogen bonds

62
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Structure of quaternary protein

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More than one structure (hemoglobin)

Subunits

63
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Structure of ion channels

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Quaternary

64
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Do channel proteins require energy

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No energy used

65
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Ion pumps are formed by

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Membrane spanning proteins

66
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Ion pumps require

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ATP for energy

67
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Neurons are physically connected by

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Gap junctions

68
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The energy used by ion oumps from atp breakdown results from

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Neuronal signaling

69
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Factors cause normal cell charge to be negative -65mv

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Protein a and phosphate p

70
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Factor about channels change voltage

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Location of open channels

71
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Nernst equation accounts for

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Charge of ion
Temp
Ratio int/external ion concentration

72
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NaK pump

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Enzymes breaks down atp when sodium is present

73
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Which ion controls resting membrane potential

74
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Low potassium can lead to

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Epilepsy and other neural disorders

Strokes

75
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Why do ion channels need a small diameter

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Precent excess water from coming into cell - lysis

76
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What cell regulates ext potassium concentration through spatial buffering

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Astrocytes

77
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Why sodium potassium pump is important

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Maintains rmp equilibrium and prevents accumulation of sodium

78
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Why is sodium affected by electrochemical gradient

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Na wants to satisfy both concentration and electrical gradient

79
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Ions more concentrated inside cell

80
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Ions more concentrated outside cell

81
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Where does action potential occur on neuron

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Axon hillock,

82
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Temporal summation

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Single presynaptic neuron fires many times in succession to reach threshold

83
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Spacial summation

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Excited potentials from different presynaptic neurons to reach threshold

84
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Purpose of myelin sheath

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Protect insulate and enhance transmission of electric impulses

85
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Device used to study action potential

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Oscilloscope

86
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Optogenetics

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Using light to control neurons

87
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Depolarization

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Influx of na+

88
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Repolarization

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Efflix of K+

89
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What mV categorized as hyperpolarization

90
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When does sodium channel protein open

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Changes shape at -55mV threshold

91
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Absolute refractory period

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Channels are inactive

92
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Tetrodotoxin TTX

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Clogs na permeable pore

93
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Red tide saxitoxin

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Na channel blocking toxin

94
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Batrachotoxin

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Blocks inactivation so channels remain open

95
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Channel fastest to open

A

Na channel

96
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Purpose lf delayed rectifier potassium conductance

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Reset membrane potential

97
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What happens when theres no ball and chain

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Hyperpolarization sodium keeps going in cell

98
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Orthodromic

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Action potential travels in one direction soma to terminals

99
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Antidromic

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Backward propagation

100
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Factors influence conduction velocity

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Spread of action potential along membrane
Path of positive charge
Axonal excitability

101
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Characteristics of Nodes of Ranvier

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Saltatory conduction

Where sodium channels are most concentrated

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