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Biosciences in the 21st century
Lecture 1: Neurons, Synapses, and Signaling
Dr. Michael Burger
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Outline:
1. Why neuroscience?
2. The neuron
3. Action potentials
4. Synapses
5. Organization of the nervous system
6. Clinical approaches of today and tomorrow
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http://www.ritsumei.ac.jp/~akitaoka/index-e.html
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What did he say?
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What did he say?
http://www.media.uio.no/personer/arntm/english.html
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Now close your eyes!
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Figure-ground illusions are well known for visual stimuli
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But they occur in the auditory system too!
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Alzheimer’s Disease
more than 5 million people in the United States living with Alzheimer’s.
The direct and indirect costs of Alzheimer’s and other dementias amount to more than $148 billion annually.
Parkinson’s disease:3% of population over 65: 1.5 million patients
Hearing Impairment:Approximately 28 million Americans have a hearing impairment
Approximately 314 in 1,000 people over age 65 have hearing loss and 40 to 50 percent of people 75 and older have a hearing loss.
Paralysis:
2.4 million Americans are paralyzed
Depression:
over 20 million Americans suffer from depression
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synapse
The neuron is the “unit of processing” for the nervous system
(glia)
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The cell membrane is a phospholipid bilayer
plasma membranenucleus
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The cell membrane is a phospholipid bilayer
plasma membranenucleus
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Inside: Cytoplasmic
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Cell membranes store Voltage
Vmembrane= -60 mV
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This “resting” voltage depends on ion distribution,and ions in general cannot cross the membrane
An- (organic anions;
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Cl-Ca++
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The cell membrane contains proteins, some of which are channels for charged particles
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Two (of many) membrane protein types:
Ligand gated(chemically gated) Voltage gated
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How does an electrical signal occur in a neuron?
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To the board!
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Membrane Voltage
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1. Na+ channels open/Na flows into the cell2. Na+ channels close while K+ channels are opening3. K+ flow out of the cell dominates
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direction of travel
Action Potential Summary:
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Ca++
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Synaptic Transmission
Step 1: Depolarization of the axon terminalStep 2: Voltage dependent Ca++ entry
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axon dendrite
axonterminal
vesicle+transmitter
postsynaptic receptor
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Step 3: Ca++ dependent vesicle fusionStep 4: transmitter release
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Synaptic Transmission
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Synaptic Transmission
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Very large auditory synapse
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Stain in red marks postsynaptic receptor markers
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Evaluating Neural responses
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Evaluating Neural responses
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Evaluating Neural responses
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How do neurons encode information?
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Neurons signal in repeatable/predictable ways...
no sound
evoked
100 ms tone
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with action potential timing....
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Intensity(dB SPL)
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...and Neurons signal by changing their firing rate
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What we learned today:
Neurons and glia: characteristics and function
Ionic basis of electrical signaling
Basics of chemical synaptic signaling
How neural activity is recorded
How neural activity relates to information processing
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Next time....
Brain organization
New technologyfor therapy