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Neuro B5 Flashcards

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Ionotropic Receptor

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Receptor that, when activated by an appropriate agonist, functions as an ion channel when appropriately stimulated.

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Metabotropic Receptor

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Receptor that, when activated by an appropriate agonist,interacts with a G protein to produce a change of enzyme activity within the postsynaptic cell

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AMPA receptor

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ionotropic glutamate receptor that is activated selectively by the agonist alpha-amino-3-hydroxy-5methyliosxazole-4-propionic acid (often called a non-NMDA receptor)

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NMDA receptor

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ionotropic glutamate receptor that is activated selectively by the agonist N-methyl-D-aspartate

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Excitatory Postsynaptic Potential (EPSP)

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excitatory depolarizing graded potential driving membrane potential towards the threshold for action potential

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Inhibitory Postsynaptic Potential (IPSP)

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inhibitory hyperpolarizing graded potential driving the membrane potential away from threshold for action potential

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why is there a small synaptic delay between arrival of the impulse and a postsynaptic response?

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time required for release, diffusion and binding of transmitter, opening of ion channels, movement of ions and changes in enzyme activity.

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Exocytosis or quantal release of transmitter is governed by what?

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P- probability that the contents of a given vesicle will undergo release
N- number of vesicles available for release
Therefore the number of vesicles participating in exocytosis is given by pn

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Can the value of p be non zero even in the absence of impulses in the nerve terminal?

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yes due to the increase with Ca2+

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small spontaneous (without nerve stimulation) transient depolarizations can happen where? (Also called minEPPs)

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at the muscle end plate

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What is a standard way of lowering P (probability of release) at the NMJ (neuromuscular junction)?

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replace Ca2+ with Mg2+ —-> this will reduce influx of Ca2+

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When the P (probability of release) is low, what do the EPPs (end plate potentials) look like?

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have amplitudes that are multiples of a set minimum (referred to as quantal fluctuations)

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Quantal Size

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number of transmitter molecules in a vesicle

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Quantum Content

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The number of quanta released by a single impulse

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Mean Quantum Content

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mean size of EPP (end plate potential) / mean size of MinEPP

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Is Botulinum Toxin considered a protease?

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YES :)

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What is Botulinum Toxin produced by?

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produced by Anaerobic Bacillus Clostridium botulinum

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What is the mechanism of action of botulinum toxin?

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Prevents vesicular release of ACh irreversibly. does this by binding to the cholinergic nerve endings, entering the cell and suppressing the docking mechanism by breaking down synaptobrevin (remember that is a v-SNARE protein)

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What are some signs and symptoms of a patient several hours after ingestion of botulinum toxin?

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double vision, dysphagia, dry mouth, and dysarthria followed by weakness of limbs and trunk

20
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what are some clinical uses of Botulinum Toxin?

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treatment of destinies (muscle contractions) or wrinkle reduction

21
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Is Tetanus Toxin considered a protease?

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Yes of course :)

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What is Tetanus Toxin produced by?

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by the anaerobic bacillus Clostridium tetani (from soil)

23
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Does tetanus toxin enter the PNS or CNS?

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PNS via a cut or wound then passes to CNS by retrograde axonal transport

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What is the mechanism of action of Tetanus Toxin?

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Enters glycinergic interneurons and suppresses the docking of vesicles by breaking down synaptobrevin. The suppression of glycine release disinhibits lower motor neurons.

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What is the mechanism of action of aminoglycoside antibotics? (neomycin and streptomycin)

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Inhibit exocytosis of ACh at motor nerve terminals by blocking presynaptic calcium channels. Therefore raising extracellular calcium

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What is the mechanism of action of the drug aminopyridine?

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K+ channel blocking drug prolongs the duration of the impulse and thereby enhances Ca2+ entry tin the motor nerve ending. Hence enhancing quantum content

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Explain what happens in EPSPs? (excitatory post synaptic potentials)

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positive charge flows into the neuron at the dendrite and sonata and passes to adjacent cellular surfaces

28
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As the current spreads further from the synaptic sites do depolarizations decline or increase?

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decline, duh! (EPSPs spread with decrement) ;)

29
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Where is the density of voltage-gated sodium channels the highest?

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At the axon hillock (therefore this is the initiation zone for action potentials)

30
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Where is the initiation zone for sensory neurons?

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close to the sensory ending rather than at the junction of the cell body and axon

31
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Explain spatial summation

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more then one input into the same cell, however, we are adding inputs from different parts of space( could be sufficient to provoke an action potential)

32
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Explain temporal summation

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perhaps 10 impulses at 20ms intervals that serially arrive at the excitatory synapse on a motor neuron

33
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The firing rate of a neuron is dictated by what?

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by the combined effect of the spatial and temporal summation of EPSPs (excitatory post synaptic potentials) and IPSPs (inhibitory post synaptic potentials)

34
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Do both the transmitter release and the cellular effects of transmitters occur briskly?

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No, transmitter release occurs briskly but cellular effects of transmitters may linger for 20ms or far longer

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The transmitter, glutamate, is rapidly removed from the synapatic cleft by transporters, explain the process

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Glutamate when taken up by transporters into astrocyte, is metabolized to glutamine, which has its own neuronal transporter

36
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Are peptide transporters found in blood brain barrier cells?

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yes

37
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How are norepinephrine, epinephrine, dopamine, and serotonin (5-HT) absorbed and then degraded in the outer membrane of mitochondria in the nerve endings?

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absorbed via transporters and then degraded by monoamine oxidase (MAO). NOTE—> can also be degraded by COMT

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