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Nervous System
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Overview
• functional and structural overview• histology• electrophysiology• synaptic connections• neurotransmitters• sensory receptors• neural integration
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Functional overview
3 primary functions•sensory input•integration•motor output
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Structural overview• Central nervous system (CNS)
o braino spinal cord
• Peripheral nervous system (PNS)o sensoryo motor
somatic (voluntary) autonomic (involuntary)
• sympathetic (mobilizing)• parasympathetic
(housekeeping)
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PNS function
• Sensory (afferent) divisiono Signals travel from receptors to CNS
Receptors - cells and organs that detect stimuli
• Motor (efferent) divisiono Signals travel from CNS to effectors
Effectors – glands and organs that carry out the response
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Sensory Division
• Visceral sensory divisiono Signals from the viscera to the CNS
Viscera – heart, lungs, stomach, etc.
• Somatic sensory division o Signals from skin, muscles, bones, joints
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Motor division
• Somatic motor divisiono Signals to skeletal
muscles• Autonomic motor
division (visceral nervous system)o Signals to glands,
cardiac and smooth muscle
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Autonomic Motor division• Sympathetic division
o Arouse the body for action (increase heartbeat, respiration; decrease digestion)
• Parasympathetic divisiono Calming effect
(decrease heartbeat, respiration; stimulate digestion)
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Histology
Cell types•neuroglia
o astrocyteso microgliao ependymal cellso oligodendrocyteso satellite cellso Schwann cells
•neurons
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Kinds of neuroglia in CNS
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Astrocytes
• "star cells"• Stimulate blood
capillaries to form tight junctions – contributes to blood-brain barrier
• anchor neurons to capillaries
• help determine capillary permeability
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Astrocytes• Convert glucose to
lactate to nourish the neurons
• Secrete growth factor – promotes growth of neurons and synapse formation
• Regulate chemical composition of tissue fluido recapture ions and
neurotransmitters
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Astrocytes• Respond to nerve
impulse and neurotransmitterso signal other
astrocyteso release chemical
messengerso participate in
information processing in the CNS
• Form scar tissue
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Microglia• constantly moving• monitor neuron
healtho migrate toward
injury• transform into
macrophages• stimulate
inflammatory response
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Ependymal cells
• Line cavities of brain and spinal cord
• Produce cerebrospinal fluid (CSF)
• Have cilia that circulate CSF
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Oligodendrocytes
• Many arm-like processes form a myelin sheath
• Insulates nerve from extracellular fluid
• Speeds up signal conduction
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Kinds of neuroglia in CNS
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Kinds of neuroglia in PNS
• Schwann cells
• Satellite cells
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Schwann cells
• Form myelin sheath in PNS
• Help regenerate nerve fibers
• Outermost coil is the neurolemma (see D)
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Satellite Cells
• Surround neurons in ganglia of PNS
• Function like astrocytes (presumed)
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Properties of Neurons
• extreme longevity• amitotic• high metabolic rate
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Properties of Neurons
• Excitability – respond to stimuli• Conductivity – electrical signals travel along
them• Secretion – of neurotransmitters
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Classes of neurons
• Sensory neuronso Detects stimulio Delivers message to CNS
• Interneuronso Lie within the CNSo Retrieve signals and make decisionso About 90% of neurons are these
• Motor neuronso Send signals to effectors from CNS
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Structure of a neuron• Neurons (nerve cells)
o Soma (cell body) most in CNS nuclei (clusters in CNS) ganglia (clusters in PNS)
o Dendrites (receive signals) high surface area
o Axons or nerve fibers (send signals)
tracts (bundles in CNS) nerves (bundles in PNS) can be VERY long (4')
o Terminal branches secrete neurotransmitters
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Structural Classification
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Electrophysiology of neurons
• Key issueso How does neuron generate
an electrical signal?o How does a neuron transmit
that signal to the next cell?
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Cell Membrane Structure
• phospholipid bilayer• embedded proteins
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Channel Proteins
• nongated
• chemically gatedo neurotransmitter
• voltage gated
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Resting membrane potential• 70mV
o cytosol compared to extracellular fluid
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• Negative inside of cell relative to outside
• Anions inside cell: proteins, nucleic acids, phosphates
• Cations: excess Na+ outside cell; excess K+ inside cell
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• K+ diffuses out o pulled back
in due to electrical force
• Na+ diffuses slowly in
• Na+ - K+ pump counteracts diffusion
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Sodium-Potassium Pump
• 3 Na+ pumped out• 2 K+ pumped in• Requires ATP• Na+ and K+
constantly leak back through membrane by diffusion
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• Resting membrane potential = -70mV
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Neuron stimulation• Begins at dendrites• Spreads through the soma• Travels down the axon• Ends at the synaptic knobs
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Neuron excitation• signal = change in membrane potential
o alter ion concentration o alter membrane permeability to ions
• 2 types of signalso local (graded) potentials
incoming, short distanceo action potentials
axon signals, long distance
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Local (graded) potential• Stimulation of dendrite by chemicals, light,
heat or mechanical distortion• Stimulation causes Na+ gates to open• Na+ rushes into the cell• Depolarization – shifting membrane potential
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Local (graded) potential• Inside: K+ move away from depolarized area• Outside: Na+ move toward depolarized area
o Cl- ions take their places• Depolarization moves away from stimulus area
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Characteristics of local potentials• Vary in magnitude: stronger stimulus opens
more Na+ gates resulting in higher potential• Decremental: K+ flows out of cell rapidly
after stimulationo prevents local potential from having long-
distance effects
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Characteristics of local potentials
• Reversible – if stimulation stops, resting membrane potential is quickly restored
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Action Potentials (aka nerve impulse)
• Can occur in neurons and skeletal muscle• Only occurs if excitatory local potential is
strong enough when it arrives at the trigger zone
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Action Potentials (aka nerve impulse)
• 3 phaseso depolarizationo repolarizationo hyperpolarization
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Action Potential
• Depolarizationo Na+ gates
openo Depolarization
causes more Na+ gates to open (positive feedback)
o At 0mV, Na+ gates begin closing
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Action Potential
• Voltage peaks between 0-50mV
• Membrane is now positive on the inside (reverse of resting membrane potential)
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Action Potential
• K+ gates have also been opening but more slowly
• At voltage peak, K+ gates are fully open
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Action Potential
• Repolarizationo K+ exit cell due
to diffusiono K+ exit cell due
to repulsion by positive charge of cytoplasm
o Exiting of K+ brings voltage back down
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Action Potential
• Hyperpolarizationo K+ gates stay
open longer than Na+ gates
o Results in drop of membrane potential below resting state
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Action Potential
• Restoration of resting membrane potentialo Diffusion of ions
through membraneo Sodium-potassium
pump
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Characteristics of action potentials• Threshold point initiates firing
o depolarization by 15-20mV• All-or-none law
o if neuron fires, it does so at its maximum voltage
• Nondecrementalo all action potentials throughout neuron are
same strength• Irreversible
o action potential cannot be stopped once it starts
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Refractory period
• Period immediately following action potential• Cannot stimulate that region of the
membrane again• Lasts until hyperpolarization ends (until K+
channels reclose and Na+ channels recover)
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Conduction in unmyelinated fiber
• Depolarization in one part of the membrane triggers Na+ to open in the adjacent areas of the membrane
• Conduction rate = 2 m/s• Action potentials are produced
sequentially in adjacent membrane• Refractory period prevents backflow of
conduction
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Myelin
• Insulates• Mostly lipid (as
cell membrane)• Oligodendrocyte
or Schwann cell• Speeds
conduction of nerve signal
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Conduction in myelinated fibers• 30x faster than unmyelinated• Myelin insulates membrane from
extracellular fluid• Ions cannot flow in or out of cell in
myelinated regions• Ions can flow at nodes of Ranvier
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Conduction in myelinated fibers
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• Na+ enters at node and diffuses in axon under myelin sheath
• This signal decreases as it moves down the axon
• At next node of Ranvier, signal is just strong enough to generate next action potential
Saltatory conduction
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Saltatory conduction
• Internodeso Diffusion is fast but decremental
• Nodes of Ranviero Conduction is slow but nondecremental
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Synaptic connections
• Pre-synaptic neuron• Synaptic cleft• Neurotransmitter• Post-synaptic neuron
One neuron can have as many as 100,000 synapses!
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Synaptic transmission
• Nerve signal arrives at synaptic knob
• Ca++ gates open• Ca++ enters knob
and triggers synaptic vesicles to release neurotransmitter
300 vesicles could be released!
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Synaptic transmission• Neurotransmitter
diffuses across synaptic cleft
• neurotransmitter binds to gates on post-synaptic neuron
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Excitatory Synapse
• Gates open to let Na+ in and K+ out
• Post-synaptic membrane depolarizes
• If strong enough, triggers post-synaptic neuron to fire
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Inhibitory Synapse
• Gates open to let Cl- in and/or K+ out
• Post-synaptic membrane hyperpolarizes
• Decreased likelihood of post-synaptic neuron firing
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Cessation of the signal
• Neurotransmitter only binds to a receptor for 1msec, then dissociates from ito Neurotransmitters diffuse away from the
synaptic cleft and get reabsorbed (by astrocytes)
o Synaptic knobs reuptake neurotransmitters
o Enzymes in the synaptic cleft break down neurotransmitters
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for a more or less complete list see: http://wiki.answers.com/Q/List_all_the_essential_neurotransmitters
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Sensory Receptors
Classification by location•mechanoreceptors (touch)•photoreceptors (light)•thermoreceptors (heat)•chemoreceptors (chemical)•nociceptors (pain)
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Sensory ReceptorsClassification by location•exteroceptors
o stimulus outside body
•interoceptorso stimulus inside body
•proprioceptorso interoceptors for body movement/stretch
skeletal muscle tendons ligaments connective tissue over bones and muscles
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Integration• 3 basic levels
o receptor levelo sensory receptiono transmission to CNS
• circuit levelo processing in
ascending pathways• perceptual level
o processing in the cortex
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Reflex arcs
visceral (note that integration may be within wall of GI tract
somatic
note that both visceral and somatic pain travel the same afferent pathway
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