NSCI320- Final Exam Guide - Comprehensive Notes for the exam ( 151 pages long!)
1 Dec 2017
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Vs ramachandran: 3 clues to understanding your brain. Michael merzenich: growing evidence of brain plasticity: brain is all about change born stupid. Infant low cognitive ability: not much response, several months before voluntary control motion, growing cognitive skills. Cajal and golgi: golgi, golgi-stain showed two parts of the neuron (soma = soma and perikaryon and neurite. Believed in neuronal doctrine (neurons adhere to cell theory). Neuronal doctrine: neurons adhere to the cell theory. The neuronal membrane at rest (chapter 3: chemicals in cytosol and extracellular fluid (importance of water), ionization, water uneven charge, ions spheres of hydration. Neuronal membrane (channel proteins, pumps: hydrophilic and hydrophobic, lipids = hydrophobic, contribute to resting and action potentials, phospholipid bilayer, channel proteins, r groups and nonpolar r groups, ion selectivity and gating, pumps. Ohm"s law: diffusion, i = v/r, used for the electrical current flow across a membrane.
