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
Major classes of drugs
Depressants, stimulants, hallucinogens, opiates, MDMA, methamphetamine, THC, PCP, mescaline, LSD, etc.
Are drugs memes?
State dependence effect
Disulfriram