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Descartes View. K&W 4-1. Luigi Galvani (1737-1798). Electrified Frogs. Luigi Galvani Frog legs attached to wire in market Electrical storm made legs move Early idea of electrical properties of nervous system. Electrical Stimulation. K&W 4-2. Neural Communication.
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Descartes View K&W 4-1
Electrified Frogs • Luigi Galvani • Frog legs attached to wire in market • Electrical storm made legs move • Early idea of electrical properties of nervous system
Electrical Stimulation K&W 4-2
The journey of nerve message As message passes along the nerve, Electrode indicates a shift from negative to positive and then back to negative again K&W 4-4
Cell body end of axon Direction of neural impulse: toward axon terminals Neural Communication
Hodgkin and Huxley Two Cambridge profs and a squid get together (1939)
Squid and axon K&W 4-5
Microelectrodes KW 4-7
Recording from an axon K&W 4-6
Reversal of charges K&W 4-15
Ions on the move Concentration gradient: move from area of higher concentration to area of lower concentration K&W 4-8
Ions meet a barrier No pores = No movement of ions With pores, ions can move. Charge develops Electrical Gradient: opposite charges attract (+ --) like charges repel (+ +) K&W 4-9
Ions of the axon KW 4-10
Resting Cell Recording KW 4-10
Resting Cell Charges KW 4-10
Depolarization A Graded Potential KW 4-11
Hyperpolarization KW 4-11 A Graded Potential
Axons get polarized K&W 4-11
When an action potential occurs, Na+ and K+ work together KW 4-13
Phases of the action potential K&W 4-14
Cell body end of axon Direction of neural impulse: toward axon terminals Reversal of Charges
Falling dominos K&W p. 131
Ion flow K&W 4-15
Properties of Action Potentials • All or none: fires completely or not at all • Self-propagates: recreates itself • Does not degrade: doesn’t lose power • Full strength to the end of axon • Axon can be any length
Analogies for Action Potentials • Band of Fire moving down tube • Ring sliding down a string • Doing “the wave” in stadium
Naked Neurons • Neurons without myelin sheath • Slower • Shorter • Can’t carry messages long distances • What does myelin sheath provide?
Louis-Antoine Ranvier • French physician discoverer of the myelin sheath. • 1835-1922 • In 1878 he discovered myelin and the famous nodes which received his name
Nodes of Ranvier K&W 4-16
Saltatory conduction K&W 4-17
Multiple Sclerosis • Jacqueline Du Pre • 1945-1987 • MS diagnosis in 1971 • Hilary and Jackie (1998 movie)
Neuronal Integration • To fire or not to fire, that is the question • All or none principle: all or nothing at all • Why important?
Sherrington • Sir Charles Scott Sherrington • (1857-1952) • Withdrawal reflex • Principle of summation • Nobel prize in medicine 1932
Withdrawal Reflex in Dogs • One mild pinch between toes no response • Two pinches quickly in same spot withdraw paw • Temporal Summation • Temporal = over time
Paw reflex: part 2 • One mild pinch in one location no response • Two pinches in different locations withdraw paw • Spatial Summation • Spatial = over space
Temporal: one location Postsynaptic cell Excitatory Postsynaptic Potential Presynaptic cell KW 4-19 synapse
Temporal EPSP KW 4-19 top
Spatial: more than one location K&W 4-20
Spatial EPSP KW 4-19
Importance of EPSP • Excite cells • Bring about activity • Sensation felt • Muscle moved
Excitation must be balanced • Nervous system can’t run on just excitation • Sometimes better not to respond • Role on inhibition • Calm down the nervous system
Role of Inhibition • Provides break for the nervous system • Lowers activity levels • Keeps the brain from over-excitation, as in epilepsy