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Anatomy and Physiology I
Electrical Signals in Neurons
Action Potentials
The Synapse
Instructor: Mary Holman
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Electrical Signals in Neurons
• Two basic features of cell membranes of neurons and other excitable cells
Membrane potential
Ion channels
• Allow neurons to communicate using electrical signals
Action potentials
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The Membrane Potential of the Resting Neuron
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1 mV= 0.001Volts
Impermeantanions
TriggerZone
Membrane Potential = unequal distribution of + and - ionson either side of a cell membrane
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Resting Membrane Potential of the Neuron
From: Principles of Anatomy & Physiology by Tortora & Grabowski
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Ion Channels
Gated channels that open and close in response to a stimulus
1. Voltage-gated ion channels as in action potentials
2. Ligand-gated ion channels as in neurotransmitters
3. Mechanically-gated ion channel
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Fig. 10.13
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Gate-like Mechanism of Ion Channels
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(b) Channel open(a) Channel closed
Cellmembrane
Fatty acidtailPhosphate head
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Membrane potentialchanges due to move-ment of ions when channels are open
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• A cell that has a membrane potential is said to be polarized
• When the ion flow due to the opening of an ion channel produces a more negative membrane potential it is called
hyperpolarized
• If the membrane potential becomes more positive, it is called depolarized
Membrane Polarization
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Action Potential• If the membrane is depolarized to
~ -55mV it is said to have reached threshold potential
• When a threshold potential is reached, a nerve impulse or action
potential is generated
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Fig. 10.15a
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–62 mV
Na+
Na+
Neurotransmitter
Ligand-gatedNa+ channel
Presynapticneuron
Sub-threshold DepolarizationDoes not Result in an Action Potential
Trigger Zone
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Fig. 10.15b
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–55 mV
Na+Na+
Na+Na+
Na+
Trigger zone
Voltage-gatedNa+ channel
An Action Potential is Generated WhenDepolarization Reaches ~55mV
Ligand-gatedNa+ channel
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Fig. 10.16
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Region of depolarization(b)
Region of repolarization
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ActionPotential& NerveMembrane
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An Action Potential = Nerve Impulse
• All-or-none response
all impulses are the same strength
more stimuli leads to more impulses
• Refractory Period Absolute vs Relative
period of time between impulses when membrane is unresponsive to
stimuli ~1--30 milliseconds
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Fig. 10.17
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Oscilloscope Recording of an Action Potential
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Fig. 10.18
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Direction of nerve impulse
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Region ofaction potential
A Nerve Impulse = moving Zone of Depolarization
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• Myelinated nerves conduct action potentials from node to node
• This mode of transmission is called saltatory conduction
Impulse Conduction
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Fig. 10.19
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Action potential
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Action potential
A Nerve Impulse Moving along a Myelinated Axon
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The Synapse
• Nerve impulses pass from neuron to neuron at synapses, moving from a pre-synaptic neuron to a post-synaptic neuron.
• Neurotransmitters are released when the impulse reaches a synaptic knob
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Fig. 10.11
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Dendrites
Impulse
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Axon ofpresynapticneuron
Cell body of postsynaptic neuron
Axon of postsynaptic neuron
Axon ofpresynapticneuron
Synapses ofThree Neurons
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Events at the Synaptic Cleft
• Action potential races along axon to the terminal knobs or varicosities.• The change in polarization of the membrane of the knob opens voltage sensitive Ca++ gates & Ca++ floods in.• The increased [Ca++] stimulates vesicles to move to the cell membrane and release neurotransmitters via exocytosis.• Neurotransmitter molecules bind to receptors on post-
synaptic neuron membrane which opens ligand-gated ion channels. Depending on which ion channels are opened, membrane is hyperpolarized or depolarized.
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Fig. 10.12a
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Mitochondrion
Synaptic knob
Synaptic cleftNeurotransmitter
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Activity at a Synaptic Cleft
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Fig. 10.12b
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Mitochondrion
Synapticvesicle
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A Synaptic Cleft
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Neurotransmitters
• Released from vesicles in terminal knobs of presynaptic axons
• React with receptors on membrane of postsynaptic neuron
• Many different molecules act as neuro-transmitters
• Many serious diseases result from
imbalances of neurotransmitters
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• Can cause excitatory (EPSP) or inhibitory (IPSP) post-synaptic membrane potentials by opening or closing various ion channels
• Usually the net effect the EPSPs and IPSPs is determined in the region of the trigger zone of the neuron
Actions of Neurotransmitters
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Fig. 10.20
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Nucleus
Neuroncell body
Presynapticknob
Presynapticaxon
Neurons Receive Multiple Signals Simultaneously
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Impulse Processing• Neuron pools in CNS interpret
impulses from many neurons
• Convergence
Multiple axons delivering impulses to the same neuron
• Divergence
An axon that branches and delivers impulses to several neurons
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Fig. 10.21a
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Impulse Convergence
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Fig. 10.21b
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Fig. 10A
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Ion channel
Nicotine
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Addictions
• Some addicting compounds bindto sites that bindintrinsic pain re-lievers (endorphins)
• Others alter bindingof neurotransmittersacting either as anagonist or antagonist