Chapter 4 Neural Conduction and Synaptic Transmission

Chapter 4 Neural Conduction and Synaptic Transmission A Case Study P. 77 The Lizard, a Case of Parkinson’s Disease Neuron’s Resting Membrane Poten...
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Chapter 4 Neural Conduction and Synaptic Transmission

A Case Study P. 77 The Lizard, a Case of Parkinson’s Disease

Neuron’s Resting Membrane Potential Membrane Potential • Difference in electrical charge between the inside and outside of a cell Resting Potential • Steady membrane potential of a neuron at rest -70 mV (millivolts) Ions

• Positively or negatively charged particles Illustration

“Like all salts in a solution, the salts in neural tissues separate into positively and negatively charge particles called ions.” –Pinel, p. 78

Postsynaptic Potentials Excitatory Postsynaptic Potentials (EPSP) • Neurotransmitters from a neural message cause a deplolarization in the next cell -70 mV up to -67 mV • Make it more likely the next cell will fire

Postsynaptic Potentials Inhibitory Postsynaptic Potentials (IPSP) • Neurotransmitters… cause a hyperpolarization in the next cell -70 mV up to -72 mV • Less likely the next cell will fire

Postsynaptic Potentials Factors: Determining EPSP and IPSP • Type of neurotransmitter • Type of receptor Graded Responses • EPSP and IPSP can vary in strength Video: Lecture 4 Neural Communication_Excititory and Inhibitory

Action Potentials “The postsynaptic potentials created at a single synapse typically have little effect on the firing of the postsynaptic neuron (Bruno & Sakmann, 2006). The receptive areas of most neurons are covered with thousands of synapses, and whether or not a neuron fires is determined by the net effect of their activity.” –Pinel, p. 81

Action Potentials Integration • EPSP and IPSP travel to the base of the axon hillock where they are summed

Action Potential Integration • EPSP and IPSP travel to the base of the axon hillock where they are summed • Two EPSPs in rapid succession at one synapse are additive • Same for IPSPs

Action Potentials “Each neuron continuously integrates signals over both time and space as it is continually bombarded with stimuli through the thousands of synapses covering its dendrites and cell body. Remember that, although schematic diagrams of neural circuitry rarely show neurons with more than a few representative synaptic contacts, most neurons receive thousands of such contacts.” -Pinel, p. 82

Action Potentials Threshold of Excitation -65 mV (typically)

Action Potentials Action Potentials • Reversal of the membrane potential, signal travels down the axon, contains neural message (-70 to +50) • Lasts 1 millisecond • All-or-nothing

Action Potentials: How are they Produced? Sodium Ion Channels • When threshold of excitation is reach Sodium Ion Channels open wide • Na+ rushes in

Potassium Channels • Influx of Na+ triggers opening of Potassium channels • K+ pumped out • After cell has been repolarized, they close slowly

Action Potential Refractory Period • Hyperpolarization • 1-2 milliseconds • Keeps action potential moving in one direction Absolute Refractory Period • Impossible to fire Relative Refractory Period • Higher than normal amount of stimulation necessary to fire

Structure of Synapses Structure of Synapses • Synapses can occur between axon and * Dendrite (most common) * Soma * Axons Directed Synapses • Site of release and site of reception are in close proximity

Structure of Synapses Nondirected Synapses • Site of release is at some distance from the site of reception Figure 4.9, p. 87

Neurotransmitter Molecules • Over 100 neurotransmitters molecules Two Types • Small neurotransmitters • Neuropeptides Small Neurotransmitters • Synthesized in terminal button • Packaged in vesicles by the button’s Golgi Complex • Vesilces are smaller, typically near the membrane

Neurotransmitter Molecules Neuropeptides • Chains of amino acids (essentially short proteins) • Synthesized, packaged in vesicles in cell body

Neurotransmitter Molecules • Many neurons only produce one neurotransmitter Coexistence • When one neuron makes a small neurotransmitter and a neuropeptide

Release of Neurotransmitters Molecules Vocab • Presynaptic neuron • Postsynaptic neuron Exocytosis • Release of neurotransmitter molecules • Action potential opens voltage activated calcium channels in the button

Exocytosis • Calcium ions (+) cause vesicles to fuse to membrane • Contents emptied into synaptic cleft

Activation of Receptors Receptor • Protein that contains binding sites for neurotransmitters

“Most neurotransmitters bind to several different types of receptors.” –p. 89

Reuptake and Degradation Reuptake • Almost immediately, neurotransmitters that have been released are drawn back into the presynaptic neuron by transporter mechanisms • Recycling

Enzyme Degradation • Enzymes break apart neurotransmitters

Glial Cells Astrocytes • Release chemicals • Contain receptors for neurotransmitters • Conduct signals • Participate in neurotransmitter reuptake

Gap Junctions Gap Junctions • Narrow spaces between neurons that are bridged by fine tubular channels • Allow electrical signals and molecules to flow from one neuron to the next

Neurotransmitters Small Molecules • GABA • Dopamine • Epinephrine • Norepinephrine • Serotonin • Acetylocholine

Neuropeptides • Over 100 discovered • Some act as hormones and neurotransmitters

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