Final Exam (material from previous tests) Flashcards
Microglia
Digest damaged neurons and infectious agents
Oligodendrocytes
Provide myelin in CNS
Retrograde
Terminal –> soma (dynein)
Anterograde
Soma–> terminal (kinesin)
RNA splicing
Removes noncoding regions from genes
Where do proteins synthesized in free ribosome go to?
Cytosol
Pontine nuclei
Sends input to primary motor cortex –> cerebellum
Ventral lateral nucleus
Cerebellum provides indirect input back to motor cortex via VLN of thalamus
Excitatory cells
Pyramidal, spiny, radial
Inhibitory cells
GABAgeric, aspinous, tangential
Neuron Doctrine
Neurons are separate, distinct entities
Proof: Use of electron microscope
Difference between dendrites and axons
- Branches (angles) 2. Length 3. Protein synthesis or not 4. Myelin or not
4 ways CNS is protected
- Bones 2. Meninges 3. Spinal fluid 4. Blood barrier
Fiber tract types
Association, commisural, projection
Golgi apparatus
Directs proteins to be inserted into cell membrane around membrane
Microtubules
Dynamically regulated (assembled and disassembled)
Initial site of protein synthesis
Free ribosomes
Atypical site of protein synthesis
Dendrite
Organized in dermatomes
Somatic
Contains a ventricular system
Central
Cranial nerves
Peripheral
Thoracic efferents to smooth muscles
Sympathetic
Exhibits ipsilateral control of sensory and skeletal motor systems
Spinal cord
LGN (location and function)
Diencephalon, vision
Pontine nucleus (location and function)
Metencephalon, motor
Periaqueductal gray (location and function)
Mesencephalon, pain
Inferior olive
Myelencephalon, motor
Induces formation of floor plate
SHH
Governs fate of gliogenic stem cells
Notch
Promotes aggregation of structures in anterior half of cerebrum
pax6
Diffusible repellant of axons in spinal cord
Slit
Antagonizes induction of neural plate
BMP
Causes cell-to-cell contact repulsion of growth cones
Ephrin
Promotes columnar organization of neocortex
Semaphorin-3A
Promotes formation of synapses
Agrin
Promotes differentiation of sensory neurons in PNS
Wnt
Membrane conductance
Proportional to resting ion channel density, limits flow across membrane
Membrane capacitance
Created by phospholipid bilayer which separates and stores charge, affects how fast membrane potential changes when ion channels open