PSYA01H3 Lecture Notes - Lecture 9: Monoamine Neurotransmitter, Adrenal Gland, Cortisol
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3. 2 how the nervous system works: cells and. Australian species of snake called taipan can kill an adult human within 30 minute. The venom of the taipan is neurotoxic: it specifically attacks cells of the nervous system these cells involves thinking, basic life functions such as breathing and having a heart beat. One of the major type of cells found in the nervous system, that are responsible for sending and receiving messages throughout the body. The primary purpose of the neuros is to fire , to receive input from one group of neurons and to then transmit that information to other neurons. Neurons are designed in such a way that there are parts of the cell specialized for receiving incoming information from other neurons and parts of the cell specialized for transmitting information to other neurons. Also known as the soma the part of a neuron that contains the nucleus that houses the cell"s genetic material.
