SYNAPSES

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SYNAPSES

TWO TYPES OF SYNAPSE

ELECTRICAL

CHEMICAL: THE SYNAPSE

EVENTS IN CELLULAR COMMUNICATION

HOW ARE WE WIRED?CONNECTIONS BETWEEN NERVE CELLS

THE NATURE OF CHEMICAL TRANSMISSION BETWEEN NERVES

PRESYNAPTIC EVENTS

INCOMING ACTION POTENTIAL

THE SYNAPSE

THE SYNAPSE: INCOMING ACTION POTENTAL

CALCIUM INFLUX

THE SYNAPSE: CALCIUM CHANNELS OPEN

THE SYNAPSE: NEUROTRANSMITTER ENTERS SPACE

POST SYNAPTIC EVENTS

IONOTROPIC CHANNELS

THE SYNAPSE:NEUROTRANSMITTER BINDS TO POSTSYNAPTIC RECEPTOR

HOW ARE WE WIRED?CONNECTIONS BETWEEN NERVE CELLS

POSTSYNAPTIC POTENTIALS

SPATIAL SUMMATION

SPATIAL SUMMATION

TEMPORAL SUMMATION

TEMPORAL SUMMATION

THE GOLDMAN-HODGKIN-KATZ (GHK) EQUATION

TEMPORAL SUMMATION

EPSP-IPSP CANCELLATION

HOW EXCITATION OCCURS-THE ROLE OF DEPOLARIZATION AND HYPERPOLARIZATION

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NEURO TRANSMITTERS

IN THE SPACE

THE SYNAPSE

THE SYNAPSE

Author: Don Mikulecky

Email: mikuleck@hsc.vcu.edu

Home Page: http://views.vcu.edu/~mikuleck/

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