Lecture 14 Flashcards
nAchR
Nicotine Acetyl choline receptor
What do these proteins have to function as first?
A receptor before a channel
What is a terminal axon?
Most distal part of pre-synaptic cell
What is the inhibitor Curare?
Plant alkaloid - found in South America.. poison arrows
Partially blocks receptor site.
What is the inhibitor Alpha Bungarotoxin?
Venom from the Southeast Asian banded Krait
High affinity for AchRs (stronger affinity, binds stronger)
95 Amino Acid Sequence
Irreversible Binding
What is a Motor Unit?
A motor neuron and all of the muscle fibres it plugs into
What is a single motor apha neuron
No muscle fibres
Is an inhibitory neuron active?
Yes. Always active - just releases different neurotransmitter.
What is an inward current?
Sodium rushing into the cell.
Where is the cell body?
In the grey matter of the ventral root.
What is the predominant form of neurons operating?
Inhibitory neurons - control
Where is the Alpha Motor Neuron located?
Cell Body (ventral root) of spinal cord
What is an excitatory neurotransmitter?
Glutamate
Where does Glutamate come from?
Upper motor neurons, sensory neurons via Interneurons (cell body confined in grey matter)
What is a primary reflex?
Don’t need the neural impulse to hit the interneuron first
What are inhibitory neurotransmitters?
Glycine and GABA via spinal cord interneurons
What is the purpose of endocytosis?
Obtain cell nutrients, absorb/digest pathogens and cell debris (broken cells)
Where is Pinocytosis seen?
In neuromuscular junction.
How many AcH sites are there on the primary synaptic cleft
20,000 binding sites per micrometer squared