Key Points Flashcards

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Charges on the two layered membrane

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Outer has lots of positive ions (like Na and K)
Inner has negatively charged proteins

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2
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When a signal is received the membrane is….

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depolarised.
Both sides become positive

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3
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Efferent Neurons

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Take information from the receptors to the brain
Sensory

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Signal transmission

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  • Resting potential
  • Stimulus activation
  • Depolarization
  • Repolarisation
  • Hyperpolarisation
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Presynaptic membrane or element
Action potential
Activates Ca2+ ion channel
Neurotransmitters
Post synaptic membrane
Exert Action

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6
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_ receptors seem to increase sympathetic traits and _ receptors tend to decrease them

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1 and 2

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7
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Glutamate is the main _ transmitter in the CNS

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Excitatory

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8
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NMDA receptor

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Dual gated Na+/Ca2+ channel
Na+ out, K+ out, Ca2+ in
Voltage and ligand gated, depolarisation required to relieve Mg block
Much slower time course than AMPA

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AMPAr receptor

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Ligand gated Na+ channel
Permeable to Na+ in and K+ out
Ca2+ permeable if there is no GluA2 subunit
Fast excitatory transmission

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10
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The principle … transmitter in the CNS

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Inhibitory

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GABA A

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  • Ligand gated ion channels
  • Permeable to Cl- ions
  • Hyperpolarises membrane
  • Primarily postsynaptic
  • Mediate fast inhibition
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GABA B

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  • G-protein-coupled receptors (GPCR)
  • Coupled to Ca2+ and K+ ion channels
  • Pre and postsynaptic
  • Mediate slow inhibition (seconds-minutes)
  • Also inhibit transmitter release
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13
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Main treatment for anxiety

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Benzodiazepines

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14
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Method of Action of Benzodiazepines

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Binds with specific modulatory site on GABA A receptor
Enhances GABA activity
Opening of Cl- channels
Hyperpolarisation of cells
Depression of CNS

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15
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Nociception

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The physical process of detection and transmission of damaging or potentially damaging (noxious) stimuli

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Sequence of nociception

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  • Noxious stimulus
  • Primary transduction
  • Secondary transduction
  • Depolarisation and action potential generation
  • Transmitter release
  • Second order neuron response
17
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Opiates

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Act on the opioid receptors
Mimic endogenous opioids
Examples: morphine, heroine and fentanyl

18
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What is a stroke?

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A stroke is a transient or permanent interruption in the cerebral blood supply.
This has a cardiovascular cause and leads to ischaemia, which is a lack of O2 and glucose.

19
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Ischaemic stroke

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Everything downstream of the blockage becomes ischaemic.
Incidence is 85%
Lower mortality than haemorrhagic

20
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Excitotoxicity

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  • Excessive release of glutamate
  • The neurones are “excited to death”
  • Ca2+ overload within neurons.
21
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Neurodegeneration

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Progressive loss (death) of neurons beyond that of the normal aging process.
It is a problem because neurons cannot be replaced.

22
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Possible causes of ND

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Aggregates - toxicity
Inflammation - microglia going wrong
Oxidative stress - tau
Mitochondrial damage

23
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What does Motor Neuron Disease refer to?

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A group of conditions characterised by a degeneration of lower motor neurons and/or upper motor neurons

24
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Progression of ALS

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Gradually muscles under voluntary control are affected
Individuals lose strength, ability to sleep, eat, move and breath.
Most people with ALS die of respiratory failure within 3 to 5 years of onset

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What happens to upper and lower MN in ALS?
They degenerate and die Unable to function, the muscles degenerate
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Etiology
The cause, set of causes, or manner of causation of a disease or condition.
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K+ channels
Allows K+ out of the cell Repolarisation
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Cl- channel
Allow Cl- into the cell Repolarisation
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