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    What are the three main ways in which drugs can affect the synapse?

    Stimulates or inhibit neurotransmitter release


    Stimulate or block postsynaptic receptor moles
    Inhibit reuptake

    What is the difference between a myelinated axon and an unmyelinated axon?


    myelinated have a thic grey matter around the axon while unmyelinated axon do not. this
    grey matter contains protein and fat which helps to fasten up the action potential

    What is the difference between a motorneuron, sensory neuron, interneuron and


    glial cell?
    motorneurons are from the CNS and exists from the spinal cord to the miscule fibre.
    sensory entrys to the CNS via the spinal cord due to stimuli from the physical environment
    when exposed and receive information from sensory senses. internueron are from the brain
    and helps gathers and process information there. glical cells help connect, and protect the
    neurons of the central and peripheral nervous systems.

    What is the resting potential of a neuron?


    when the inside of the axon contains a negative charge in respect to the outside with -77
    millivolts

    What is the excitation threshold of a neuron?


    when the soma fires the information to the axon in which it cause gain a positive charge
    with a -55 millivolt increase .

    he excitation threshold of a neuron is the minimum level of depolarization required to


    trigger an action potential. In other words, it's the point at which the neuron's membrane
    potential becomes sufficiently positive to open voltage-gated sodium channels and initiate
    the rapid influx of sodium ions that leads to an action potential.

    Typically, the excitation threshold is around -55 millivolts relative to the neuron's resting
    membrane potential. When the neuron's membrane potential reaches or exceeds this
    threshold due to excitatory inputs from other neurons, voltage-gated sodium channels
    open, allowing sodium ions to flow into the neuron and causing a rapid depolarization that
    leads to the generation of an action potential.

    Understanding the excitation threshold is important because it determines whether a


    neuron will fire an action potential in response to incoming signals. Neurons integrate
    excitatory and inhibitory inputs from multiple sources, and when the combined effect of
    excitatory inputs surpasses the excitation threshold, the neuron fires an action potential,
    propagating the signal along its axon.
    Describe how an action potential works
    When the sodium channels open, sodium ions rush into the neuron, further depolarizing
    the membrane. This rapid influx of positive charge causes the inside of the neuron to
    become positively charged relative to the outside—a reversal of the usual resting state.
    Repolarization: After reaching its peak positive potential, the sodium channels close, and
    voltage-gated potassium channels open. Potassium ions then flow out of the neuron,
    restoring the negative charge inside the membrane. This repolarization brings the
    membrane potential back towards its resting state.

    What is the lock and key model?


    Neurotransmitter molecules will only affect the postsynaptic membrane if the molecules
    shape fits into certain synaptic receptors
    Similar to a shape box toy, the neurotransmitters will only bind to the receptors site
    postsynaptic membrane if the molecule shape fits on the synaptic receptors

    What do you know about synaptic reuptake?


    After a neuron releases a neurotransmitter to send a message, it needs to clean up the
    space for the next message. Reuptake is the neuron's way of grabbing those
    neurotransmitters back, like scooping them up with a vacuum cleaner. This recycling helps
    keep the brain's communication system tidy and ready for the next signal.

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