nervous systems. keywords (reading p. 960-976) nervous system functions structure of a neuron...
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Nervous systems
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Keywords (reading p. 960-976)• Nervous system functions• Structure of a neuron• Sensory, motor, inter-
neurons• Membrane potential• Sodium potassium ATPase• Action potential• Depolarization• Hyperpolarization• Voltage gated ion channels• Action potential
propagation
• Node of Ranvier• Synapse• Presynaptic cell• Postsynaptic cell• Signal transmission at
chemical synapse
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Nervous systems• Functions: sensory input, integration, motor output
• These functions overlap
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Example of overlapping function
• Sensory input - visual signal (involves peripheral nervous system)
• Integration - processing of signal by central nervous system (in vertebrates brain and spinal cord)
• Motor output - muscular output (involves peripheral nervous system)
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Neurons, the cells of the nervous system
• Structure of a neuron– Cell body– Dendrites (input)– Axon (output)
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Structural diversity of neurons
• Sensory neuron - long axon with cell body connected to axon
• Motor neuron - long axon with cell body connected to dendrites
• Interneurons - found in brain, highly branched axons and/or dendrites
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Neurons conduct electrical signals
• Very fast
• How do cells convey electrical signals
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Membrane potential
• Living cells have an electrical potential across their membranes
• The inside of the cell is more negatively charged than the outside
• This difference in charge is called the membrane potential
• Usually between -50 to -100 mV
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What is the basis for the membrane potential?
• Two causes:– 1) differences in ionic composition of
intracellular and extracellular fluid– 2) selective permeability of the plasma
membrane
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Ionic composition of intracellular and extracellular fluid
• Cation (positively charged ions) composition
• Intracellular fluid - primary cation is K+, Na+ is low
• Extracellular fluid - primary cation is Na+, K+ is low
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Ionic composition of intracellular and extracellular fluid
• Anion (negatively charged ions) composition
• Intracellular fluid - proteins, amino acids, sulfate, phosphate (A-)
• Extracellular fluid - Cl-
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Recall that the membrane can have channels that
allow facilitated diffusion to occur
• Cell membranes have many more K+ channels than Na+ channels
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What will happen to K+? Na+?
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Flow of K+ >> Na+ therefore net loss of positive charge from cell
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Gradient between extracellular and intracellular fluid favors loss
of K+ from the cell• Negatively charged ions will want to follow
to balance the loss of (+) charge, but since the intracellular anions are large molecules like amino acids and proteins, they cannot diffuse out.
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This makes the inside of the cell more negatively charged than the outside
• But, there is also a gradient favoring the diffusion of Na+ into the cell from the outside
• This could prevent negative charge from building up inside, but it doesn’t. Why not?
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Two reasons:• Low Na+ permeability due to few open Na+ channels
• Sodium-potassium ATPase
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Sodium-potassium ATPase
• Active transport (antiport)
• Each pumping cycle pumps 3 Na+ out and 2 K+ in at the expense of 1 ATP.
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Excitable cells
• Most cells have a stable membrane potential of around -70 mV
• Excitable cells can generate changes in their membrane potentials
• Excitable cells include neurons and muscle cells
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Action potential
• Excitable cells can change their membrane potential
• When signaling becomes more positive (depolarization)
• The depolarization is called an action potential
• The action potential is the basis for electrical signaling
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Hyperpolarization
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depolarization
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Action potential
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Action potentials occur because of voltage gated ion channels
• If the stimulating potential causes the membrane potential to rise about 15-20 mV an action potential results.
• This is due to the opening of voltage gated ion channels
• voltage gated channels open briefly then shut
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P. 968
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Resting state
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Initially only Na+ channels open• Since there is a large concentration of Na+ outside
the cell, Na+ rushes in making the intracellular fluid less negatively charged
• This causes the peak of the action potential
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Voltage gated K+ channels also open• But they are much slower than Na+ channels
• They are fully open after the peak of the action potential
• K+ flows out of the cell, and the membrane potential becomes negative again
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Undershoot
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Tetrodotoxin
• Produced by pufferfish
• Blocks Na+ channels
• What would be the effect of ingesting tetrodotoxin?
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Propagation of the action potential
• Action potential “travels” along the axon to the other end of the cell
• The speed of transmission can be as high as 100 meters per second or 225 mph.
• Propagation is a series of new action potentials that travel along the axon
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Propagation: what happens at the level of the ion channels
• First action potential gives rise to a depolarization further along the axon
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• Depolarization at second segment results in the opening of voltage gated Na+ channels and a second action potential occurs
• Second action potential triggers a third action potential, etc.
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High performance axons
• Faster signal conduction allows more rapid coordination between sensory input and motor output.
• 2 ways to increase action potential transmission speed– Increase axon diameter– Nodes of Ranvier
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Nodes of Ranvier
• Axons of vertebrates are myelinated
• Insulating layer on axon results from Schwann cells
• Small gaps of exposed axon surface are present between Schwann cells
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Nodes of Ranvier• Depolarization and action potential only occurs in
the nodes
• Passive conduction of depolarization from node to node.
• By “jumping” from node to node transmission is faster
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How do neurons communicate with other cells?
• Cell/cell communication occurs at synapses
• Examples:– Synapse between sensory receptor and sensory
neuron– Synapse between motor neuron and muscle cell– Synapse between neurons
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Synapse between neurons
• Transmitting cell = presynaptic cell
• Receiving cell = postsynaptic cell
• Two types of synapse– Electrical– Chemical
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Electrical synapse
• Action potential (electrical signal) spreads directly.
• Cytoplasm of the two neurons is joined by gap junctions
• Allows rapid transmission from neuron to neuron
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Chemical synapse
• Narrow gap between the neurons called the synaptic cleft
• Action potential results in release of neurotransmitter by presynaptic cell
• Neurotransmitter causes depolarization of postsynaptic cell and can result in another action potential
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Chemical synapse: a closer look
• Depolarization at the synaptic terminal results in Ca++ influx
• Ca++ causes vesicles containing neurotransmitter to fuse with presynaptic membrane
• Neurotransmitter diffuses into synaptic cleft
• Neurotransmitter binds to ion channels on the post synaptic membrane
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What happens when neurotransmitter binds to ion channels on the post
synaptic membrane?• Ion channels open
• This results in either a depolarization or hyperpolarization (inside becomes more negative)
• Depolarization is stimulatory
• Hyperpolarization is inhibitory
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How do the channels close again?
• Enzymatic degradation of the neurotransmitter
• Uptake of neurotransmitter by other neurons