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Systems neuroscience

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circuits of neurons that interact to perform some function

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Neural Coding

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How information is represented in neural activity

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Action Potential Frequency

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External information is represented by the number of action potentials that a neuron admits in a certain time window
Higher firing rate = stronger sensory singal

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Coordinated Activity

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Precision of spikes among different neurons (more precision = stronger signal)

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Graded Potential

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Amplitude of depolarization codes for the strength of a sensory signal (Greater amplitude = greater strength)

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Central Pathway

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Sensory signal transmitted from peripheral neurons to central neurons in the brain

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Sensory Receptors

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Convert external sensory information into neural activity so that other neurons can recognize it.
Cells that transduce energy to electrical activity to be passed on to other neurons; Can be specialized to detect different features of the same input

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Receptive field

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location in the environment of surface of body from which the appropriate stimulus will change the cell’s activity

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Topographic Map

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Orderly representation of the sensory space in the nervous system

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Phototransduction

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Conversion of light energy into neural activity

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Pupil

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Opening that allows light to enter the eye

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Iris

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Colored part of the eye: Controls amount of light reaching the eye by changing the size of the pupil

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Cornea

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Covers pupil and iris, involved in refraction of light

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Sclera

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White part of the eye

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Extraocular Muscles

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Control eye movement

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Fovea

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Center of vision, where light can directly reach photoreceptors, provides color and high resolution vision

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5 Major Types of cells in the retina

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  1. Retinal Ganglion cells
  2. Amacrine cells
  3. bipolar
  4. Horizontal cells
  5. Photoreceptor cells
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Photoreceptors

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Only cell type directly affected by light

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Retinal ganglion cells

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only cells that generate action potentials in the retina

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Linear (Direct) pathways

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  • Photoreceptors -> Bipolar cells -> Retinal ganglion cells
  • Parallel to the path of light
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Lateral (indirect) Pathway

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-Photoreceptors -> Horizontal cells -> bipolar cells -> amacrine cells -> RGC
- Perpendicular to the path of light

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Rods

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Sensitive to light, low acuity vision, achromatic, rare in fovea

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Cones

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High acuity vision, low sensitivity to light, color sensitive, concentrated in fovea

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Photoreceptors in the dark

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-cGMP binds to cGMP gated Na+ Channel
-cGMP keeps channel open, allows Na+ influx
- Photoreceptor cell membrane remains depolarized (-30 mV)
- Glutamate constantly released at terminal

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Photoreceptors in the light

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  • Light stimulation reduces cGMP
  • Na+ channel closes, membrane hyperpolarizes (-65mV)
  • Glutamate release stopped
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Rhodopsin

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light-sensitive protein, where transduction takes place

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1st step of light decreasing cGMP

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light hits rhodospin

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2nd step of light decreasing cGMP

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Conformation of rhodopsin changes, activates transduction (G-protein)

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3rd step of light decreasing cGMP

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transducin activates phosphodiesterase catalyzes hydrolysis of cGMP to GMP

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4th step of light decreasing cGMP

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Na+ channels close, cell hyperpolarizes (degree depends on light intensity)

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Action potential by a neuron in a pain system

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perception of pain

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Action potential by a neuron in the visual system

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perception of sight

32
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action potential by a neuron in a motor system

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movement

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Action potential by a neuron in a system underlying emotion

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feeling of fear or another emotion

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Subsystems

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neurons in different subsystem code for different functions.

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How images are projected onto the retina

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image is inverted, different receptive fields correspond to different parts of the image

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Photoreceptor receptive field

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-circular
-determined by location in the retina
-responds to changes in light intensity

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Periphery receptive field

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consists of all photoreceptors in one area, has a bigger receptive field, consists of Magno-type ganglion cells

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Fovea receptive field

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consists of few photoreceptors, has a smaller receptive field allowing for higher resolution vision, consists of parvo- type ganglion cells

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Receptive field overlap

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Divergence of signals from one photoreceptor cell onto multiple neighboring retinal ganglion cells

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RGC Receptive field

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Center sorround

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On center ganglion cells

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light increase in center = AP firing increase
Light increase in surround = AP firing decrease

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Off center ganglion cells

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light increase in center = AP firing decrease
Light increase in surround = AP firing increase

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On Center bipolar cell

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  • contains inhibitory glutamate receptors
  • Hyperpolarized in darkness, depolarized in light
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Off center bipolar cell

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  • Contains excitatory glutamate receptors
  • depolarized in darkness, hyperpolarized in light

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