Saturday, June 4, 2016

neuroscience notes

white matter is packed with fatty myelin that surrounds and insulates axons of neurons sending information in and out of the cortex


gray matter consists of cell bodies and dendrites that form the other layers of the cortex and nuclei within the brain


Brain stem - automatic functions
Midbrain - vision and sound processing
Pons - crainial nerves start here
Medulla - heart rate and respiration


Cerebellum - self vs other initiated moter movements/ classic conditioning


Thalamus - central processing unit CPU of the brain


Hypothalamus and pitiutary - hormones, autonomic nervous system, fight or flight response, and endocrine system


Basal Ganglia - motor coordination


Limbic System - emotion and motivation
    fornix/hippocampus - declarative memory, learning, memory

    amygdala - fear and anger

    cingulate gyrus - attention and "give a damn"

    

Sodium-Potassium pumps - as negative charge builds up inside the cell, it exerts electrostatic pressure to pull K+ ions back in


Diffusion force pulls K+ out but electrical force pulls K+ in (equilibrium potential)


Equilibrium potential - the point in wich the movement of ions across the cell membrane is balaced, the electrostatic presssure pulling ions in one direction is offset by the diffusion force pushing them in the opposite direction. the movement of ions across the cell membrane is balanced, the electrostatic pressure pulling ions in one direction is offeset by the DiffUSION force pushing tghem in the opposite direction.


The concentration gradient pushing sodium Na+ ions in, equals the positive charge driving them out. 




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