Study Sheet – Test 2          Fall 2005

 

Types of neurons – receptors, afferent (sensory), efferent (motor), interneurons

Glia – types of

Know the various parts of neurons

Ribosomes

Axon hillock

Semipermeable membrane

Cajal

Properties of cell membrane of neuron

Blood-brain barrier

Myelin

Oligodendrocytes

Schwann cells

Function of neuron

EPSP, IPSP

Role of squid in neuron research

Microelectrode

Multiple sclerosis

Voltage regulated channels

Local neurons

Synaptic vesicles

Exocytosis

Action potential

Resting potential

Forces that maintain the resting potential – chemical gradient, electrical gradient, etc.

Sodium potassium pump

The chemicals that are involved in maintaining the resting potential

Know the stages and what happens when an action potential occurs

Fugu

All or none law

Absolute and relative refractory period

How action potential is transmitted down the axon

Salutatory conduction

Graded potential

Synapse

Nodes of Ranvier

Ionotropic and metabotropic receptor sites

Know the major neurotransmitter families – gasses, monoamines, catecholamines, GABA, glutamate, melatonin, serotonin, etc.

Know what types of behaviors/disorders the specific neurotransmitters are involved in (e.g., Alzheimer’s disease, schizophrenia, Parkinson’s, addition, etc.)

MAO, AchE

Cuare

Nicotinic and muscarinic receptors

How are transmitters deactivated?

Reuptake inhibitors

Second messenger system

Autoreceptor

Neuromodulator

Synaptic web

Sherrington’s studies with dogs

Temporal and spatial summation

Nicotinic and muscarinic receptors

 

Drugs

Know pre-synaptic and post-synaptic effects of drug actions on neurons

Agonist vs antagoinist

Route of administration

Placebo effects

Nucleus abducens

ED/Ld 50

Factor of 10 rule

Tolerance, withdrawal effects, psychological addition

Opponent process theory

Role of environment in addition – Siegal rat study, experience of soldiers in Vietnam

Major classes of drugs

Depressants, stimulants, hallucinogens, opiates, MDMA, methamphetamine, THC, PCP, mescaline, LSD, etc.

Are drugs memes?

State dependence effect

Disulfriram