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Lecture 2 Flashcards

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neurophysiology

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study of life processes of neurons

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anion

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negatively charged

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cation

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positively charged

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4
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microelectrode

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used to show the interior was mroe negative than exterior in membrane

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5
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resting potential inside membrane

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-50 to -80 mV

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ion channels

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allow ions to pass through

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7
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leaky potassium channels

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open all the time

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8
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neurons are

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selectively permeable

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9
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diffusion

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movement along concentration gradient

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electrostatic pressure

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movement of ions to oppositely charged areas

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11
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sodium potassium pump

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3 sodium out for 2 k+ in

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12
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equilibrium potential

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electrical charge that balances the opposing forces –> concentration gradient and electrostatic potential

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13
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axon hillock

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membrane potential originates just after here

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14
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hyperpolarization

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increased membrane potential –> charge moves even further from zero

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depolarization

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interior becomes less negative

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16
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graded response

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change in potential –> greater the stimulus the greater the response

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17
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local potential

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as potnetial moves further away from point of stimulation, it decreases

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18
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threshold

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depolarization to about -40 mV that triggers action potential

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all or none porperty

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action potential either fires or it doesn’t –> amplitude of action potential is not relates to stimulus size

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20
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after potential

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small changes in membrane potential after action potential

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21
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voltage gates channels

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change shape and open in response to changes in charge *like depolarization

22
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absolute refractory period

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no action potentials can be produced

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relative refractory phase

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only strong stimulation can produce action potential

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conduction velocity

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speed of propagation of action potentials vary with axon diameter

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myelin

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insulation around axon, formed by glial cells that speed conduction

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nodes of ranvier

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gap in insulating myelin sheath –> channels are here

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saltatory conduction

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potential traveling inside axon jumps from node to node

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postsynaptic potentials

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breif changes in the membrane potential in reponse to neurotransmitters

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excitatory postsynaptic potentials

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thing that push post synaptic neuron closer to action potential

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inhibitatory postsynaptic potential

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pushes cell further awawy from theshold –> like Cl- ions

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spatial summation

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summing of all potentials that reach axon hillock from locations across the body

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temporal summation

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summing of potentials that reach the axon hillock based on time of arrival

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closer together in time the potentials the greater their imapct and likelihood of producing action potential

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synpatic delay

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delay ebtween action potentail reaching axon terminal and creating postsynaptic potential

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ligands

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molecules that fit into receptors and activate or block them

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acetylcholine

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curare and bungarotoxin

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block acH receptors

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nicotine

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mimics aCH receptors

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degradation

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rapid breakdown and inactivation of transmitter by an enzyme

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reuptake

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trasnmitter is cleared from teh synapse by being absorbed back into the. presynaptic axon terminal

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transporters

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special receptors that bring transmitter back insdie

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axo dendritic

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axon terminal synapse to dendrite

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axo somatic

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axon and cell body

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axo axonic

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axon and axon

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dendro dendritic

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between two sdendrites

46
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EEG

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recording of spontaneous brain potentials

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ERPS

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EEG response to strong stimulus

48
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epilepsy

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brain disorder characterized by seizures

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seizure

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abnormally schronous electrical activity

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grand mal seizure

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abnormal EEG activity throughout brain

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petit mal seizure

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seizure activity for 5-15 seconds and may occur several times a day

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complex partial seizure

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do not involve entire brain and preceded by unusual aura

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