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Chapter 12
Nervous Tissue
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Overview of the Nervous System
The nervous system, along with the
endocrine system, helps to keep controlled
conditions within limits that maintain health
and helps to maintain homeostasis.
The nervous system is responsible for all our
behaviors, memories, and movements.
The branch of medical science that deals with
the normal functioning and disorders of the
nervous system is called neurology.
The excitable characteristics of nervous
tissue allows for generation of nerve impulses
(action potentials).
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Major Structures of the Nervous System
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Overview of Major Structures Twelve pairs of cranial nerves.
Thirty-one pairs of spinal nerves emerge from the spinal cord.
Ganglia, located outside the brain and spinal cord, are small masses of nervous tissue, containing primarily cell bodies of neurons.
Enteric plexuses help regulate the digestive system.
Sensory receptors are either parts of neurons or specialized cells that monitor changes in the internal or external environment.
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Functions of Nervous System Sensory function: to sense changes in the internal and
external environment through sensory receptors.
Sensory (afferent) neurons serve this function.
Integrative function: to analyze the sensory
information, store some aspects, and make decisions
regarding appropriate behaviors
Association or interneurons serve this function.
Perception; the conscious awareness of sensory
stimuli.
Motor function is to respond to stimuli by initiating
action.
Motor (efferent) neurons serve this function.
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Nervous System Divisions
Central nervous system (CNS)
consists of the brain and spinal cord
Peripheral nervous system (PNS)
consists of cranial and spinal nerves that contain
both sensory and motor fibers
connects CNS to muscles, glands & all sensory
receptors.
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Histology of the Nervous System:
Neurons (nerve cells) Functional unit of nervous system
Have capacity to produce action potentials electrical excitability: the ability to respond to a stimulus
and convert it into an action potential (nerve impulse).
Nerve impulses travel at speeds ranging from 0.5 to 130 meters per second
Parts of a neuron:
Cell body (soma, or perikaryon) single nucleus with prominent nucleolus
Nissl bodies (chromatophilic substance)
rough ER & free ribosomes for protein synthesis
neurofilaments give cell shape and support
microtubules move material inside cell
Lipofuscin: a product of neuronal lysosomes, pigment clumps (harmless aging)
Cell processes = dendrites & axons(extension)
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Structure of a Multipolar Neuron
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Structural Classification of Neurons
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Axonal Transport P.419
Cell body is location for most protein synthesis
neurotransmitters & repair proteins
Axonal transport system moves substances
slow axonal flow
movement in one direction only -- away from cell body
movement at 1-5 mm per day
fast axonal flow
moves organelles & materials along surface of microtubules
at 200-400 mm per day
transports in either direction
for use or for recycling in cell body
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Sensory receptors that are dendrites of
unipolar neurons
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CNS Neurons
Functional classification: P.420
1. sensory or afferent: most are unipolar
2. motor or efferent: most are multipolar
3. interneurons or association neurons: most
multipolar.
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Neuroglia of the CNS
Astrocytes:
Oligodendrocytes:
Microglia:
Ependymal Cells:
Neuroglia of the CNS: P.421 Astrocytes: support neurons, participate in the
formation of the blood-brain barrier, may play
role in learning and memory.
Oligodendrocytes: responsible for the formation
the myelin sheath (a multilayered lipid and
protein covering some axons and insulates
them0.
Microglia: function as phagocytes.
Ependymal: line the ventricles of the brain and
central canal of the spinal cord, produces CSF,
and form the blood-cerebrospinal fluid barrier
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Neuroglia of the PNS :P.422
Schwann cells encircling PNS axons
Each cell produces part of the myelin sheath
surrounding an axon in the PNS
Satellite cells surround the cell bodies (PNS)
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Myelinated and unmyelinated axons
Schwann cells myelinate (wrap around) axons in the PNS during fetal development
Schwann cell cytoplasm & nucleus forms outermost layer of neurolemma with inner portion being the myelin sheath
Tube guides growing axons that are repairing themselves
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Myelinated and unmyelinated axons
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Organization of the Nervous System
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Subdivisions of the PNS
Somatic (voluntary) nervous system (SNS) neurons from cutaneous and special sensory receptors to the
CNS
motor neurons to skeletal muscle tissue
Autonomic (involuntary) nervous systems sensory neurons from visceral organs to CNS
motor neurons to smooth & cardiac muscle and glands
sympathetic division (speeds up heart rate)
parasympathetic division (slow down heart rate)
Enteric nervous system (ENS) involuntary sensory & motor neurons control GI tract
neurons function independently of ANS & CNS
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Electrical Signals in Neurons
Neurons are electrically excitable due to the
voltage difference across their membrane
Communicate with 2 types of electric signals
action potentials that can travel long distances
graded potentials that are local membrane
changes only
In living cells, a flow of ions occurs through
ion channels in the cell membrane
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Overview of Nervous System Functions
The production of graded potentials and
action potentials depends on: The resting membrane potential
The ion channels.
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Types of Ion Channels
Leakage (nongated) channels are always open nerve cells have more K+ than Na+ leakage channels
as a result, membrane permeability to K+ is higher
explains resting membrane potential of -70mV in nerve tissue
Ligand-gated channels open and close in response to a stimulus results in neuron excitability
Voltage-gated channels respond to a direct change in the membrane potential.
Mechanically gated ion channels respond to mechanical vibration or pressure.
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Ion channels in plasma membrane
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Resting Membrane Potential
Negative ions along inside of cell membrane &
positive ions along outside
potential energy difference at rest is -70 mV
cell is “polarized”
Resting potential exists because
concentration of ions different inside & outside
extracellular fluid rich in Na+ and Cl
cytosol full of K+, organic phosphate & amino acids
membrane permeability differs for Na+ and K+
50-100 greater permeability for K+
inward flow of Na+ can’t keep up with outward flow of K+
Na+/K+ pump removes Na+ as fast as it leaks in
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Resting Membrane Potential
Factors that contribute to the RMP
Unequal distribution of ions in the ECF and
cytosol.
Inability of most anions to leave the cell.
Electrogenic nature of the Na+/K+ ATPases
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Factors that contribute to resting
membrane potential
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Graded Potentials
Small deviations from resting potential of -70mV
hyperpolarization = membrane has become more negative
depolarization = membrane has become more positive
The signals are graded, meaning they vary in
amplitude (size), depending on the strength of the
stimulus and localized.
Graded potentials occur most often in the dendrites
and cell body of a neuron.
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Hyperpolarized/Depolarized Graded
Potential
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Graded potentials in response to opening
mechanically-gated channels or ligand-
gated channels
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Stimulus strength and graded potentials
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Summation
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Generation of Action Potentials
An action potential (AP) or impulse is a sequence of
rapidly occurring events that decrease and
eventually reverse the membrane potential
(depolarization) and then restore it to the resting
state (repolarization).
During an action potential, voltage-gated Na+ and K+
channels open in sequence (
According to the all-or-none principle, if a stimulus reaches
threshold, the action potential is always the same.
A stronger stimulus will not cause a larger impulse.
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Action Potentials
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Stimulus strength and Action Potential
generation
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Changes in ion flow during depolarizing
and repolarizing phases of Action
Potential
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Depolarizing Phase
Chemical or mechanical stimulus caused a graded potential to reach at least (-55mV or threshold)
Voltage-gated Na+ channels open & Na+ rushes into cell
in resting membrane, inactivation gate of sodium channel is open & activation gate is closed (Na+ can not get in)
when threshold (-55mV) is reached, both open & Na+ enters
inactivation gate closes again in few ten-thousandths of second
only a total of 20,000 Na+ actually enter the cell, but they change the membrane potential considerably(up to +30mV)
Positive feedback process
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Repolarizing Phase
When threshold potential of -55mV is reached, voltage-gated K+ channels open
K+ channel opening is much slower than Na+ channel opening which caused depolarization
When K+ channels finally do open, the Na+ channels have already closed (Na+ inflow stops)
K+ outflow returns membrane potential to -70mV
If enough K+ leaves the cell, it will reach a -90mV membrane potential and enter the after-hyperpolarizing phase
K+ channels close and the membrane potential returns to the resting potential of -70mV
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Refractory period
Period of time during which neuron can not generate another action potential
Absolute refractory period even very strong stimulus will
not begin another AP
inactivated Na+ channels must return to the resting state before they can be reopened
large fibers have absolute refractory period of 0.4 msec and up to 1000 impulses per second are possible
Relative refractory period a suprathreshold stimulus will be able to start an AP
K+ channels are still open, but Na+ channels have closed
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Continuous versus Saltatory Conduction
Continuous conduction (unmyelinated fibers)
step-by-step depolarization of each portion of the
length of the axolemma
Saltatory conduction
depolarization only at nodes of Ranvier where
there is a high density of voltage-gated ion
channels
current carried by ions flows through extracellular
fluid from node to node
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Propagation of an Action Potential in a
neuron after it arises at the trigger zone
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Factors that affect speed of propagation
Amount of myelination
Axon diameter
Temperature
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Speed of impulse propagation
The propagation speed of a nerve impulse is not related to stimulus strength.
larger, myelinated fibers conduct impulses faster due to size & saltatory conduction
Fiber types
A fibers largest (5-20 microns & 130 m/sec)
myelinated somatic sensory & motor to skeletal muscle
B fibers medium (2-3 microns & 15 m/sec)
myelinated visceral sensory & autonomic preganglionic
C fibers smallest (.5-1.5 microns & 2 m/sec)
unmyelinated sensory & autonomic motor
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Signal Transmission at the Synapse
2 Types of synapses
electrical
ionic current spreads to next cell through gap junctions
faster, two-way transmission & capable of synchronizing
groups of neurons
chemical
one-way information transfer from a presynaptic neuron
to a postsynaptic neuron
axodendritic -- from axon to dendrite
axosomatic -- from axon to cell body
axoaxonic -- from axon to axon
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Signal transmission at the chemical
synapse
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Chemical Synapses
Action potential reaches end bulb and voltage-gated
Ca+ 2 channels open
Ca+2 flows inward triggering release of
neurotransmitter
Neurotransmitter crosses synaptic cleft & binding to
ligand-gated receptors
the more neurotransmitter released the greater the change
in potential of the postsynaptic cell
Synaptic delay is 0.5 msec
One-way information transfer
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Signal transmission at a chemical synapse
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Excitory and Inhibitory Postsynaptic
Potentials
The effect of a neurotransmitter can be either
excitatory or inhibitory
a depolarizing postsynaptic potential is called an EPSP
it results from the opening of ligand-gated Na+ channels
the postsynaptic cell is more likely to reach threshold
an inhibitory postsynaptic potential is called an IPSP
it results from the opening of ligand-gated Cl- or K+ channels
it causes the postsynaptic cell to become more negative or
hyperpolarized
the postsynaptic cell is less likely to reach threshold
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Ionotropic and Metatropic Receptors
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Removal of Neurotransmitter
Diffusion
move down concentration gradient
Enzymatic degradation
acetylcholinesterase
Uptake by neurons or glia cells
neurotransmitter transporters
Prozac = serotonin reuptake
inhibitor
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Three Possible Responses
Small EPSP occurs
potential reaches -56 mV only
An impulse is generated
threshold was reached
membrane potential of at least -55 mV
IPSP occurs
membrane hyperpolarized
potential drops below -70 mV
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Summation
If several presynaptic end bulbs release their
neurotransmitter at about the same time, the
combined effect may generate a nerve
impulse due to summation
Summation may be spatial or temporal.
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Spatial Summation
Summation of effects of
neurotransmitters
released from several
end bulbs onto one
neuron
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Temporal Summation
Summation of effect of
neurotransmitters
released from 2 or
more firings of the
same end bulb in rapid
succession onto a
second neuron
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Summation
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Neurotransmitters
Both excitatory and inhibitory
neurotransmitters are present in the CNS and
PNS; the same neurotransmitter may be
excitatory in some locations and inhibitory in
others.
Important neurotransmitters include
acetylcholine, glutamate, aspartate, gamma
aminobutyric acid, glycine, norepinephrine,
epinephrine, and dopamine.
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Neurotransmitters
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Neurotransmitter Effects
Neurotransmitter effects can be modified
synthesis can be stimulated or inhibited
release can be blocked or enhanced
removal can be stimulated or blocked
receptor site can be blocked or activated
Agonist
anything that enhances a transmitters effects
Antagonist
anything that blocks the action of a neurotranmitter
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Small-Molecule Neurotransmitters
Acetylcholine (ACh)
released by many PNS neurons & some CNS
excitatory on NMJ but inhibitory at others
inactivated by acetylcholinesterase
Amino Acids
glutamate released by nearly all excitatory neurons
in the brain ---- inactivated by glutamate specific
transporters
GABA is inhibitory neurotransmitter for 1/3 of all
brain synapses (Valium is a GABA agonist --
enhancing its inhibitory effect)
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Neural Circuits
A neuronal network may contain thousands or even millions of neurons.
Neuronal circuits are involved in many important activities
breathing
short-term memory
waking up
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Neural Circuits
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Regeneration & Repair
Plasticity maintained throughout life
sprouting of new dendrites
synthesis of new proteins
changes in synaptic contacts with other neurons
Limited ability for regeneration (repair)
PNS can repair damaged dendrites or axons
CNS no repairs are possible
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Damage and Repair in the Peripheral
Nervous System When there is damage to an axon, usually there are
changes, called chromatolysis, which occur in the cell body of the affected cell; this causes swelling of the cell body and peaks between 10 and 20 days after injury.
By the third to fifth day, degeneration of the distal portion of the neuronal process and myelin sheath (Wallerian degeneration) occurs; afterward, macrophages phagocytize the remains.
Retrograde degeneration of the proximal portion of the fiber extends only to the first neurofibral node.
Regeneration follows chromatolysis; synthesis of RNA and protein accelerates, favoring rebuilding of the axon and often taking several months.
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Repair within the PNS
Axons & dendrites may be
repaired if
neuron cell body remains
intact
schwann cells remain active
and form a tube
scar tissue does not form
too rapidly
Chromatolysis
24-48 hours after injury,
Nissl bodies break up into
fine granular masses
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Repair within the PNS
By 3-5 days,
wallerian degeneration occurs (breakdown of
axon & myelin sheath distal to injury)
retrograde degeneration occurs back one node
Within several months, regeneration occurs
neurolemma on each side of injury repairs tube
(schwann cell mitosis)
axonal buds grow down the tube to reconnect (1.5
mm per day)
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Neurogenesis in the CNS
Formation of new neurons from stem cells
was not thought to occur in humans
There is a lack of neurogenesis in other
regions of the brain and spinal cord.
Factors preventing neurogenesis in CNS
inhibition by neuroglial cells, absence of growth
stimulating factors, lack of neurolemmas, and
rapid formation of scar tissue
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