PSYC 1100 Lecture Notes - Lecture 5: Tendril, Astral Projection, Radial Glial Cell

• School: UConn
• Department: Psychological Sciences
• Course: PSYC 1100
• Professor: Harvey Swadlow

Document Summary

3 assumptions on beliefs: evolution vs. creationism, determinism vs. free will, mind body problem. 2 types of cells in the nervous system: Example: if you have a stroke phagocytes will clean up the neurons, clean up dead neurons. Developmental problems occur when the radial glial cells are not functioning correctly. Supportive matrix create a matrix in which the neurons are found for physical support blood brain barrier you are born with all the neuron cells you will ever have, they need to be protected. Toxins in the blood can kill neurons, so blood vessels are connected to the glial cells that only let small molecules bass through to the brain, no direct contact proteins can"t get through- lots of toxins are proteins. Blood vessel, glial cells in the blood brain barrier, brain. Glial cells support the neurons neurons have many different shapes (eye neuron, brain, etc. )