'Neurotransmitter release' presentation slideshows

SYNAPTIC TRANSMISSION I Tim Murphy NRSC 500, 2011

SYNAPTIC TRANSMISSION I Tim Murphy NRSC 500, 2011 The definition of synaptic transmission is simply the communication between two nerve cells. Communication believed to involve specialized structures termed "synapses". We will focus on: 1) The discovery of synaptic transmission

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Effects of Brominated Flame Retardants: Health and Regulation

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Academic Half-Day Neuropharmacology

Academic Half-Day Neuropharmacology. Ruba Benini Pediatric Neurology (PGY-2) McGill University April 6th, 2011. Preamble. Neuropharmacology: the study of how drugs affect cellular function in the nervous system Basic neurophysiological properties of the nervous system

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Calcium Imaging and Voltage-sensitive dyes

Calcium Imaging and Voltage-sensitive dyes. Membrane Biophysics 10/26/2007. - Joseph M. Breza -. Outline. 1) Backgroud Calcium-sensitive dyes, Calcium imaging.

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Recreational Drugs in ED Toxidromes and Toxidramas

Recreational Drugs in ED Toxidromes and Toxidramas. Angelina Pera ED Registrar. Objectives: Understand the basics. Classifying recreational drugs and their toxidromes Case scenarios of some common recreational drugs Discuss their effects and the current treatments

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Strategy 2: Make the tissue more resilient to poor plumbing.

Strategy 2: Make the tissue more resilient to poor plumbing. Pros: Likely a pharmacological treatment Can be administered more quickly by 1 st response team Can extend therapeutic time window. May be of benefit to a large number of people. Cons: - Does not exist. How to treat stroke.

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Strategy 2: Make the tissue more resilient to poor plumbing.

Strategy 2: Make the tissue more resilient to poor plumbing. Pros: Likely a pharmacological treatment Can be administered more quickly by 1 st response team Can extend therapeutic time window. May be of benefit to a large number of people. Cons: - Does not exist. How to treat stroke.

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Synaptic transmission

Synaptic transmission. Chapter 6 pages 156 - 169. Information transmission. Action potentials (APs) initiated by depolarizing stimulus Two general sources of depolarizing stimulus in neurons Receptor potentials from sensory transduction Information transmission between neurons

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Does Math Matter to Gray Matter? (or, The Rewards of Calculus).

Does Math Matter to Gray Matter? (or, The Rewards of Calculus). Philip Holmes, Princeton University with Eric Brown (NYU), Rafal Bogacz (Bristol, UK), Jeff Moehlis (UCSB), Juan Gao, Patrick Simen & Jonathan Cohen (Princeton); Ed Clayton, Janusz Rajkowski & Gary Aston-Jones (Penn).

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Storage Chapter 8, Lecture 3

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15. The Special Senses: Part C. The Ear: Hearing and Balance. The three parts of the ear are the inner , outer , and middle ear The outer and middle ear are involved with hearing The inner ear functions in both hearing and equilibrium Receptors for hearing and balance :

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Micro-Neuroscience

Micro-Neuroscience. Daniel Ohngemach and Michael Putman. Neurons and Glia. Cells of the Nervous System are divided into two types: Neurons are specialized to transmit information in the form of electrical signals. Glia serve more diverse roles: Myelination (Schwann Cells, Oligodendrocytes)

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Fluid, Electrolyte and Acid-Base Balance

Fluid, Electrolyte and Acid-Base Balance. CHAPTER 27. Introduction. The maintenance of normal volume and normal composition of the extracellular fluid is vital to life. Three types of homeostasis are involved in this maintenance:fluid balance, electrolyte balance, and acid-base balance.

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Information Transfer at Dynamic Synapses: Effects of Short-Term Plasticity

Patrick Scott 1 Anna Cowan 1 Andrew Walker 1 Christian Stricker 1,2 1 Division of Neuroscience, John Curtin School of Medical Research, ANU, Canberra, ACT. 2 ANU Medical School. Information Transfer at Dynamic Synapses: Effects of Short-Term Plasticity. Background.

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ANALGESICS

NARCOTIC & OPIOID. ANALGESICS. narke----any substance that relieved pain, dulled the senses, or induced sleep Opiate receptors are distributed widely in the brain , and are found in the spinal cord and digestive tract . narcotic=substance that binds to opiate receptors or

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Sir Humphry Davy

Sir Humphry Davy. By: Rocky Kessler. Born on December 17, 1778 in Penzance, Cornwall, England His father died in 1794, Davy, in an effort to help support his family, became an apprentice to a surgeon-apothecary, J. Binghan Borlase. Early Life. Contributions to Electronics.

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Drugs & Neurotransmitters

Drugs & Neurotransmitters. At a substrate level ~ Tryptophan increases serotonin substrate ? potentiation of other serotonergic meds Nerve condution ~ Role ions; Ca ++ & ?Mg + to stabilise ? One site of Li action ? subsequent reduced neurotransmitter release Presynoptic Autoreceptors

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Application of web-based neuroscience concepts in two settings

Application of web-based neuroscience concepts in two settings. Lower motor neurons. CNS. PNS. Kathryn Lovell, PhD; Michigan State University. PA Stewart, Functional Neuroanatomy. note: boundary between CNS and PNS; change from oligodendrocytes to Schwann cells forming myelin.

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