Lecture 10 & 11 Terms Flashcards by Chrissa Constantinides

5-hydroxytryptamine (5-HT)

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absolute refractory peri

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acetycholine (ACh)

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acetylcholinesterase (AChE)

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action potentials (APs)

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Adrenaline (= epinephrine)

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adrenergic

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adrenergic receptors

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all-or-none phenomenon

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AMPA receptors

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amplitude

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analgesia

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aspartate

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astrocytes

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autocrine

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automatic division

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axon hillock

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axon terminal (=synaptic terminal)

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axonal transport

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axons

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bipolar

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brain

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bursting

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carbon monoxide (CO)

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cell body

central nervous system (CNS)

chemical synapses

cholinergic

cholinergic receptors

convergence

cytoplasmic resistance

demyelinating disease

dendrite spines

dendrites

depolarize

divergence

dopamine

efferent neurons

electrical synapses

electrochemical gradient

enteric nervous system (ENS)

ependyma

ependymal cells

epinephrine

equilibrium potential

excitability

excitable tissues

excitatory postsynaptic potential (EPSP)

fast synaptic potential

gamma-aminobutyric acid (GABA)

gap junctions

gases (CO, NO)

glial cells

glutamate

Goldman-Hodgkin-Katz (GHK) equation

graded potentials

hyperkalemia

hyperpolarize

hypokalemia

inactivation

inactivation gates

ion influx

inhibitory

inhibitory postsynaptic potentials (IPSP)

initial segment

interneurons

ionotropic

lipids

local current

metabotropic

microglia

monoamine oxidase (MAO)

multiple sclerosis

Guillian Barre disease

multipolar

muscarine

muscarinic

myelin

Nernst equation

nervous system

neuroepithelium

neurons

neurotoxins

neurotransmitters

neurotrophic factors

nicotine

nicotinic

nitric oxide (NO)

NMDA receptors

N-methyl-D-aspartate

nodes of Ranvier

noradrengeric neurons

norepinephrine

nucleus

oligodendrocytes

overshoot

paracrine signals

parasympathetic

peptide neurotransmitters

neurocrine

neuromodulator

peripheral nervous system (PNS)

postsynaptic cell

postsynaptic inhibition

presynaptic cell

presynaptic facilitation

presynaptic inhibition

processeses

pseudounipolar

refractory refractory period

relative refractory period

saltatory conduction

schwann cells

sensory nerves

serotonin

slow synaptic potentials

somatic motor division

spatial summation

spikes

spinal cord

subthreshold

suprathreshold

sympathetic

synapse

synaptic cleft

temporal summation

threshold voltage

tonically active

trigger zone

trophic

varicosities

refractory

activation

adenosine

adenosine monophosphate (AMP)

adenosine triphosphate (ATP)

afferent (sensory)

amines

amino acids

amplitude

anaxonic

axon terminal

flow

cable properties

cannabinoid receptors

capacitance

channel kinetics

cholecystokinin (CCK)

collaterals

conductance

conduction

current flow (I)

current leak

efflux

emergent properties

excitatory

fast axonal transport

fusion pore

ganglion

growth cones

I ion

innervated

kiss-and-run pathway

length constant

long-term depression (LTD)

long-term potentiation (LTP)

mixed nerves

motor nerves

nerves

neural stem cells

neuroncrine

ohm's law

opioid peptides (enkephalins and endorphins)

oxidative stress

phrenic nerve

plasticity

purinergic

purines

rectifying synapse

resistance

satellite cells

slow axonal transport

substance P

synaptic plasticity

time constant

undershoot

Lecture 10 & 11 Terms Flashcards

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