The document discusses the biological bases of behaviour, including the structure and function of neurons, neurotransmission, and the nervous system. It describes how neurons communicate through graded potentials, action potentials, and neurotransmitters. It lists different types of neurons and neurotransmitters like acetylcholine, dopamine, and endorphins. It also provides an overview of the central nervous system including the brain and spinal cord, as well as the peripheral nervous system.
The document discusses the biological bases of behaviour, including the structure and function of neurons, neurotransmission, and the nervous system. It describes how neurons communicate through graded potentials, action potentials, and neurotransmitters. It lists different types of neurons and neurotransmitters like acetylcholine, dopamine, and endorphins. It also provides an overview of the central nervous system including the brain and spinal cord, as well as the peripheral nervous system.
The document discusses the biological bases of behaviour, including the structure and function of neurons, neurotransmission, and the nervous system. It describes how neurons communicate through graded potentials, action potentials, and neurotransmitters. It lists different types of neurons and neurotransmitters like acetylcholine, dopamine, and endorphins. It also provides an overview of the central nervous system including the brain and spinal cord, as well as the peripheral nervous system.
The document discusses the biological bases of behaviour, including the structure and function of neurons, neurotransmission, and the nervous system. It describes how neurons communicate through graded potentials, action potentials, and neurotransmitters. It lists different types of neurons and neurotransmitters like acetylcholine, dopamine, and endorphins. It also provides an overview of the central nervous system including the brain and spinal cord, as well as the peripheral nervous system.
Structure of Neuron Types of Neurons • Sensory • Motor • Interneurons Function of different Neurons Function of different Neurons Communication within neurons • Graded potential • Action potential • Nodes of Ranvier Graded Potential Action Potential Communication between neurons • Nerve impulse • Synaptic vesicles • Neurotransmitters Neurotransmitters Steps in chemical transmission of information across synapses from neuron • The transmitting or synaptic neuron manufactures or synthesizess the neurotransmitter molecules from simpler molecules derived from the foods we eat and from other sources • The manufactured neurotransmitter is stored in the bouton vesicles of the transmitter neuron. • Nerve impulses reaching the boutons initiate a process which causes some of the vesicles to move to the synaptic cleft, where they discharge their stored neurotransmitter. • The neurotransmitter rapidly diffuses across the narrow synaptic cleft and combines with specialized receptor molecules on the membrane of the receiving, or postsynaptic neuron • The combination of neurotransmitter and receptor initiates changes in the receiving neuron that lead to excitation or inhibition. • The combined neurotransmitter is rapidly deactivated, as is excess neurotransmitter in the synaptic cleft, to make the post synaptic cell ready to receive another message. Neurotransmitters Neurotransmitter Location Effects Acetylcholine Found throughout the central Involved in muscle action, nervous system, in the learning and memory autonomic nervous system, and at all neuromuscular junctions Nor epinephrine Found in neurons in the Primarily involved in control or autonomic nervous system alertness and wakefulness Dopamine Produced by neurons located in Involved in movement, a region of the brain called the attention, and learning. substantia nigra Degenration of dopamine producing neurons has been linked to Parkinson’s disease. Too much dopamine has been linked to Schizophrenia. Neurotransmitters Neurotransmitter Location Effects Serotonin Found in neurons in the brain and Plays a role in the regulation of mood spinal cord and in the control of eating, sleep, and arousal. Has also been implicated in the regulation of pain and in dreaming. GABA (gamma- Found throughout the brain and GABA is the major inhibitory amino-butyric spinal cord neurotransmitter in the brain. acid) Abnormal levels of GABA have been implicated in sleep and in eating disorder. Endrophin found in the pituitary gland, in Stress and pain are the two most other parts of the brain, or common factors leading to the distributed throughout the release of endorphins. Endorphins nervous system interact with the opiate receptors in the brain to reduce our perception of pain and act similarly to drugs such The Nervous System BRAIN Central Nervous System • The brain – The hind brain • Medulla • Pons • Reticular formation • Cerebellum Central Nervous System • The brain – The mid brain • Superior and inferior colliculus • Substantia nigra Central Nervous System • The brain – The forebrain • Thalamus • Hypothalamus • Pituitary gland • Limbic system • Cerebral cortex Central Nervous System • Cerebral cortex Central Nervous System • Corpus Callosum Spinal Cord Peripheral Nervous System Peripheral Nervous System Peripheral Nervous System Peripheral Nervous System Thank You