Lecture 6 Flashcards
These increase neuronal surface for synaptic contact:
dendrites
Where do afferent axons synapse in CNS?
nerve cell bodies and dendrites
T or F? Input to neurons in the CNS is always excitatory.
F. either
Small protrusions off of dendrites:
spine
Is the shaft synapse excitatory, inhibitory, or either?
either
Is the spine synapse excitatory, inhibitory, or either?
only excitatory
Is the somatic synapse excitatory, inhibitory, or either?
mainly inhibitory
Is the axoaxonic synapse excitatory, inhibitory, or either?
inhibitory
This type of synapse is prevalent in CNS during development - less so in adult CNS:
Electrical
This type of synapse is the only mode of transmission bw cardia and smooth muscle cells:
electrical
What are electrical synapses found in mature neurons?
in interneuronal connections
The synaptic efficacy of this/these type(s) of synapse can be modulated;
chemical
A molecule must be under ____ Daltons to pass through a GAP jucntion:
1000
Coupling bw cell connected via GAP junctions is both:
electrical and metabolic
T or F? The CNS ECM in the synaptic clefts.
F. No ECM
Which are narrower, clefts of the NMJ or clefts of the CNS synapse?
CNS synapse (no ECM)
Which has a greater postsynaptic density, excitatory or inhibitor bouton?
excitatory
What anchors transmitter receptor and intracellular signaling machinery in excitatory synapse?
prominent postsynaptic density
This type of vesicle recycling is involved in high frequency firing:
Kiss-and-run fusion
2 types of vesicle recycling:
Kiss-and-run and fusion and collapse
Step in competence maturation of fusion vesicles:
docked, primed, cocked, armed
What is required for vesicle docking?
Ca binds to receptor and changes conformation
What is the fusion event mediated by?
snare proteins
This snare protein is on the vesicle membrane:
V-snare
This snare protein is on the target membrane:
T snare
These are targets of botulinum:
SNARE proteins
V-snare:
synaptobrevin
T-snare:
syntaxin and SNAP-25
Calcium sensor:
synaptotagmin
T or F? Once a vesicle is armed it can go either pathway, Kiss-and-run or fusion and collapse.
T
This type of vesicle recycling has a readily releasable pool:
Kiss-and-Run
What happens if SNARE proteins encounter botulin toxin?
fusion and exocytosis is prevented, blocking transmission
T or F? The whole vesicle is collapsed in both Kiss-and-run and fusion and collapse.
F. Not in Kiss-and-run
2 major classes of ion channels:
voltage and ion gated
Where does neurotransmitter bind in order for a channel to open?
to a receptor on the ion channel
Are “fast neurotransmitters” used with ligand-gated channels, voltage-gated channels, or either?
ligand-gated