Lecture 3 - Synaptic Transmission Flashcards
1. Be able to list stages of chemical synaptic transmission 2. Be able to describe the mechanism by which excitatory and inhibitory neurotransmitters function 3. Distinguish between action potentials and post synaptic potentials 4. Distinguish between temporal and spatial summation 5. Apply basic neurophysiology principles to the knee jerk reflex neural chain 6. Describe the strengths and weakness of two visualization techniques for viewings neuronal circuits
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Synapse history (1904)
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- coined by Charles Scott Sherringham
- Synapse means to join/together
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Adrenaline (1904)
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- Adrenaline wasn’t known back then
- Thomas Renton Elliot thought that the EPI substance (Adrenaline) activated/caused a reaction to the symphatetic nervous system: caused it to beat/be stimulated
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