PSYCH261 Lecture Notes - Lecture 2: Neuroglia, Neurotransmitter, Schwaan

• School: University of Waterloo
• Department: Psychology
• Course: PSYCH261
• Professor: Britt Anderson

Document Summary

*module 2 and 3 are the most important modules in the course* [x]physiology and anatomy are the foundation of scientific psychology, and much of clinical neuroscience. [x]watch the animations (in additional materials section of module webpage) - 4 animations dealing with issues or neuronal action potential, neuronal conduction, synaptic events, and postsynaptic events. How nerve cells signal each other and how they transmit the signals from one end of themselves to another. this information is critical and is foundational for scientific psychology. Most medicines used to treat neurological disorders (e. g. antiseizure), work at the level of interneuronal communication. Most medicines used to treat psychiatric disorders (e. g. antidepressants), work to increase the level of neurotransmitters in the synaptic cleft. issues of neuronal signaling. Glia cells: the supporting or glue cells of the nervous system. involved in nutrition, structural support, immune functions and facilitating neuronal conduction. Each individual neuronal has a stereotype structure with very consistent parts.