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Nerve physiology

Nerve physiology. Physiology of Nerves. There are two major regulatory systems in the body, the nervous system and the endocrine system. The endocrine system regulates relatively slow, long-lived responses The nervous system regulates fast, short-term responses. Neuron structure.

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Nerve physiology

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  1. Nerve physiology

  2. Physiology of Nerves • There are two major regulatory systems in the body, the nervous system and the endocrine system. • The endocrine system regulates relatively slow, long-lived responses • The nervous system regulates fast, short-term responses

  3. Neuron structure • Neurons all have same basic structure, a cell body with a number of dendrites and one long axon.

  4. Types of neurons

  5. Divisions of the nervous system

  6. Non-excitable cells of the nervous system

  7. Structure of gray matter

  8. Signal transmission in neurons

  9. Resting potential

  10. Ionic basis of Em • NaK-ATPase pumps 3Na+ out for 2 K+ pumped in. • Some of the K+ leaks back out, making the interior of the cell negative

  11. Electrochemical Gradients Figure 12.12

  12. Ion channels • Remember Ohm’s Law: I=E/R • When a channel opens, it has a fixed resistance. • Thus, each channel has a fixed current. • Using the patch-clamp technique, we can measure the current through individual channels

  13. Gated channels: ligand-gated

  14. Gated channels: voltage-gated

  15. Gated channels: mechanically-gated

  16. Graded potential • A change in potential that decreases with distance • Localized depolarization or hyperpolarization

  17. Graded Potentials

  18. Graded Potentials

  19. Action Potential • Appears when region of excitable membrane depolarizes to threshold • Steps involved • Membrane depolarization and sodium channel activation • Sodium channel inactivation • Potassium channel activation • Return to normal permeability

  20. The Generation of an Action Potential Figure 2.16.1

  21. Graded potentials vsAction Potential

  22. Characteristics of action potentials • Generation of action potential follows all-or-none principle • Refractory period lasts from time action potential begins until normal resting potential returns • Continuous propagation • spread of action potential across entire membrane in series of small steps • salutatory propagation • action potential spreads from node to node, skipping internodal membrane

  23. The Generation of an Action Potential

  24. Induction of an action potential I

  25. Induction of an action potential II

  26. Voltage-gated Na+ channels • These channels have two voltage sensitive gates. • At resting Em, one gate is closed and the other is open. • When the membrane becomes depolarized enough, the second gate will open. • After a short time, the second gate will then shut.

  27. Voltage-gated K+ channels • Voltage-gated K+ channels have only one gate. • This gate is also activated by depolarization. • However, this gate is much slower to respond to the depolarization.

  28. Cycling of V-G channels

  29. Action potential propagation • When the V-G Na+ channels open, they cause a depolarization of the neighboring membrane. • This causes the Na+ and K+ channels in that piece of membrane to be activated

  30. AP propagation cont. • The V_G chanels in the neighboring membrane then open, causing that membrane to depolarize. • That depolarizes the next piece of membrane, etc. • It takes a while for the Na+ channels to return to their voltage-sensitive state. Until then, they won’t respond to a second depolarization.

  31. Propagation of an Action Potential along an Unmyelinated Axon

  32. Saltatory Propagation along a Myelinated Axon

  33. Saltatory Propagation along a Myelinated Axon

  34. Schwann cells cont. • In unmyelinated nerves, each Schwann cell can associate with several axons. • These axons become embedded in the Schwann cell, which provides structural support and nutrients.

  35. Synaptic transmission

  36. g Aminobutyric Acid • Also know as GABA • Two know receptors for GABA • Both initiate hyperpolarization in the post-synaptic membrane • GABAA receptor allows an influx of Cl- ions • GABAB receptors allow an efflux of K+ ions

  37. Transmitter effects on Em • Most chemical stimuli result in an influx of cations • This causes a depolarization of the membrane potential • At least one transmitter opens an anion influx • This results in a hyperpolarization.

  38. EPSPs and IPSPs • If the transmitter opens a cation influx, the resulting depolarization is called an Excitatory Post Synaptic Potential (EPSP). • These individual potentials are sub-threshold. • If the transmitter opens an anion influx, the resulting hyperpolarization is called an Inhibitory Post Synaptic Potential (IPSP • All these potentials are additive.

  39. Post-synaptic integration

  40. Signal integration

  41. Signal integration cont.

  42. Presynaptic inhibition

  43. Presynaptic facillitation

  44. Neural circuits I

  45. Neural circuits II

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