Neurobiology Chapter 1

How are neurons specialized for communication?

Is the size of an organisms genome a good predictor of the organisms complexity?

What is the morphology of a nerve cell?

What are the main types of glial cells, and what is the main function of each? Glia outnumber neurons in the brain, yet neurons are the predominant focus of neuroscience textbooks. Why?

What does AFFERENT Neurons mean?

What does efferent mean?

What are the simple constitutes of a neural circuite?

Describe how the myotic reflex, "knee-jerk" works?

What does topographic maps mean?

What is a computational map?

What does anterograde and retrograde mean?

Techniques to study the neural circuits?

Imaging techniques, which are there and describe them.