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Nerve Impulses
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Undergraduate degree Biology Mind Map on Nerve Impulses, created by Brendan Williams on 25/02/2014.
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Nerve Impulses
Anatomy of a neurone
Dendrons
Dendrites
Axon
Phospholipid bilayer
Sodium-Potassium pump
Sodium ion channel
Potassium ion channel
Schwann cells
Myelin sheath
Nodes of ranvier
Synapse
Presynaptic neurone
Smooth ER
Mitochondrion
Synaptic vesicle
Acetylcholine
Ca2+ channel
Acetylcholine transferase
Choline
Ethanoic acid
Synaptic cleft
20-30 nm wide
acetylcholinesterase
acetylcholine
Cholinergic synapse
Postsynaptic neurone
Na+ channel
Activated by acetylcholine
Inhibition
Cl- chanels
Makes postsynaptic membrane more -ve
Propogation of a nerve impulse
Resting potential, membrane polarised
Influx of Na+, depolarisation occurs
charge change causes opening of Na+ voltage-gated chanels
Depolarisation continues, K+ channels open and neurone behind repolarises
Na+ removed by active transport, neurone back at resting potential
Summation
Spatial Summation
several presynaptic neurones
Temporal summation
single presynaptic neurone firing frequently
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