Ions inside and
outside of neuron and how that difference is maintained
Resting
potential
Voltage-gated
Ion channels in axon membrane
How the action
potential is produced in axon
Threshold
All or none law
Refractory
period (absolute and relative)
Myelin sheaths
and how they affect the action potential process
; saltatory conduction
Examples of
situations where ion channels aren’t working properly
Examples of
conditions where myelin deteriorates and how it affects neuron
messages
EPSP
Otto Lowei’s study demonstrating chemical
transmission
The role of
calcium channels in the axon ending in synaptic transmission
Groups of
neurotransmitters and examples
Steps necessary
for neuron’s to be able to chemically transmit their messages
(synthesis, transport, storage, release, binding to receptors,
inactivation and/or reuptake)
2 categories of
post-synaptic receptors and the differences in the effects
produced by their activation (ionotropic
vs metabotropic)
Drug actions by
affecting chemical transmission
Parkinson’s
disease as both an example of neurotransmitter related disorder
and using drugs to alter neurotransmitters (249-253)
characteristics
of the disease
cause of the
disease
treatments
What we have
learned about PD from unusual cases (like the frozen addicts)
an animal model
of PD for further research