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THE NERVOUS SYSTEM
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THE NERVOUS SYSTEM
• Overall Function• COMMUNICATION• Works with the
endocrine system in regulating body functioning, but the nervous system is specialized for SPEED
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NEURONS
• A neuron is the functional unit of the nervous system
• Neurons are specialized for transmitting signals from one location in the body to another
• Neurons consist of a large cell body (contain a nucleus and other organelles), and neuronal processes• Axons
• Conduct messages AWAY from cell body• Dendrites
• Conducts messages TOWARD cell body
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NEURON STRUCTURE
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PARTS OF THE NEURON
• Cell body: this is where most of the neuron’s organelles (including the nucleus) are located
• Dendrites: highly branched extensions from the cell body that RECEIVE signals from other neurons
• Axon: a large extension from the cell body that TRANSMITS signals to other neurons or “effector” cells
• Axon hillock: where the axon joins the cell body• Myelin sheath: a fatty layer of cells that “insulates”
the axon (not present in most invertebrates)• Synaptic terminal: the branching ends of the axon
that release a “neurotransmitter” to send a message• Synapse: the space between the synaptic terminal
and the effector cell
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SUPPORTING CELLS OF THE NERVOUS SYSTEM
• Glia is the term given to the many cells that support the neurons in the nervous system• Astrocytes: provide structural support for
neurons in the CNS. They also regulate extracellular ion concentrations (important when we talk about membrane potentials)
• Oligodendrocytes (in the CNS) and Schwann cells (in the PNS): responsible for creating the myelin sheath on the axon
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ORGANIZATION OF THE NERVOUS SYSTEM
• Organisms have different types of nervous systems based on their complexities• The simplest organisms will have a web-like
arrangement of nerves throughout the body the act as a nerve net• These organisms are able to react to stimuli, but do
not show any higher activity• Example: Hydra
• A little more complicated organism also have bundled fiber-like extensions of neurons called nerves, along with nerve nets• This allows nerve nets to control more complex
movements• Example: Sea star
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ORGANIZATION OF THE NERVOUS SYSTEM: MORE COMPLICATED ORGANISMS
• Central Nervous System (CNS)• Consists of brain
and spinal chord• In more primitive
organisms, this could include a cluster of neurons (called ganglia) along a ventral nerve and a brain
• Peripheral Nervous System (PNS)• Consists of all of the
peripheral nerves that connect with the CNS
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CENTRAL AND PERIPHERALNERVOUS SYSTEMS
• The central nervous system consists of the brain and spinal cord• This is where integration
occurs• Made of interneurons
• The peripheral nervous system consists of the nerve cells that communicate signals between the CNS and the rest of the body• Sensory neurons
• Carry info from the sensory receptors to the brain
• Motor neurons• Carry info from the brain to
effector cells (to do whatever the brain said!)
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OTHER DIVISIONS OF THE NERVOUS SYSTEM
• Autonomic Nervous System• Regulates internal
environment (digestion, cardiovascular, excretion and hormone release
• Called the “involuntary” nervous system
• Three parts:• Sympathetic• Parasympathetic• Enteric
• Somatic Nervous System• Carries signals to and
from the skeletal muscles
• Responds to external stimuli
• Called the “voluntary” nervous system
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AUTONOMIC NERVOUS SYSTEM
• Sympathetic: corresponds to increased arousal or energy output (fight or flight response)• Increased heart rate• Dilate blood vessels and respiratory passages• Convert glycogen to glucose• Release epinephrine (adrenaline)• Inhibits digestion
• Parasympathetic: corresponds to self-maintenance and relaxation (“rest” and “digestion”)• Opposite of sympathetic nervous system
• Enteric: network of neurons responsible for digestion (digestive tract, pancreas, and gallbladder)
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INFORMATION PROCESSING
• Regardless of the complexity of the nervous system, there are 3 general stages to information processing:• Sensory input• Integration• Motor output/effect
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COMMUNICATION LINES
Stimulus(input)
Receptors(sensory neurons)
Integrators(interneurons)
motor neurons
Effectors(muscles, glands)
Response(output)
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MAJOR NERVOUS SYSTEM PROCESSES
• Input• The conduction of signals from sensory neurons
to integration centers in the nervous system• Detect external stimuli (light, sound, heat, smell,
touch, taste)• Detect internal conditions (blood pressure, blood
CO2 levels, muscle tension)• Integration
• The process by which the information from the environmental stimulation of the sensory receptors is sent and interpreted by interneurons in the CNS• The complexity of the CNS has to do with the
amount of connections between interneurons
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MAJOR NERVOUS SYSTEM PROCESSES
• Motor Output• The conduction of signals from the processing
center of the CNS to the motor neurons which communicate with muscle cells or gland cells (effector cells) that actually carry out the body’s responses to stimuli
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ACTION POTENTIALS: HOW THE NERVES CONDUCT SIGNALS
• In order to actually TRANSMIT a signal, the voltage (charge) across the membrane (membrane potential) has to change• A signal will cause the ion channels to open, letting some
of the ions (Na+, K+) through, trying to achieve EQUILIBRIUM
• This depolarizes the membrane• This causes the signal to be passed along the neuron,
which is known as an ACTION POTENTIAL (like a wave of electricity)
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RESTING POTENTIAL: NOT TRANSMITTING A SIGNAL
• Resting Potential: charge difference across the plasma membrane of a neuron when not transmitting signals
• Fluid just outside cell is more positively charged than fluid inside because of large negatively charged proteins in the cytoplasm
• Potassium (K+): Higher inside than outside
• Sodium (Na+): Higher outside than inside
• Potential is measured in millivolts
• Resting potential is usually about -60mV to -80mV (inside of the membrane is “-” and outside is “+”)
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RESTING POTENTIAL
• The resting potential of a neuron creates an ionic gradient• Remember the concentration gradient in the H+ pump to
make ATP• There are many open potassium ion channels in the
plasma membrane and few sodium ion channels (ungated)• This causes a net flow of Na+ and K+ across the
membrane• This is what creates the voltage (flow of ions)
• To maintain the levels of Na+ and K+, the cells utilize the sodium-potassium pump (remember active transport)
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GATED ION CHANNELS
• Neurons also have 3 gated ion channels (controls the flow of ions)• Stretch-gated ion channels: sense
stretching of the cell and cause the gates to open
• Ligand-gated ion channels: open or close when a specific chemical binds to the channel
• Voltage-gated ion channels: open or close when the membrane potential changes
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ACTION POTENTIALS: TRANSMITTING A SIGNAL
• Depending on external stimuli, gated ion channels can open or close• Some stimuli can cause a hyperpolarization which makes the
membrane potential of the cell greater than resting potential• Example: opening K+ gated channels allows the movement of K+
out of the cell (remember: at rest K+ is more concentrated inside the cell)
• Increases membrane potential to -92 mV (losing “+” out of cell)
• Some stimuli can cause a depolarization which makes the membrane potential of the cell less than resting potential• Example: opening Na+ gated channels allows the movement of
Na+ into the cell (remember: at rest Na+ is more concentrated outside the cell
• Decreases membrane potential to +62 mV (gaining “+” in cell)
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ACTION POTENTIALS: TRANSMITTING A SIGNAL
• A change in membrane potential is called a graded potential
• Action potentials are either ALL or NOTHING• Either there is enough change in the voltage to pass
the message along, or there isn’t• The neuron either “fires” or it doesn’t fire• In order to “fire”, the membrane potential must hit a
threshold (the membrane voltage that sets the reaction)
• If the threshold is reached, then the neuron undergoes an action potential (these are what carries a signal along the axon)
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ALL OR NOTHING
• All action potentials are the same size
• If stimulation is below threshold level, no action potential
occurs
• If it is above threshold level, cell is always depolarized to
the same level
• Action potential is initiated at the axon hillock and travels
down the axon to the axon terminal
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STRUCTURE OF A NEURON
dendrites
cell body
TRIGGER ZONE
INPUT ZONE
CONDUCTING ZONE
OUPUT ZONEaxon
axon endings
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ACTION POTENTIAL
• Step 1: Neuron is in the resting potential, the gated-ion channels are closed
• Step 2: A stimulus causes some Na+ ion channels to open allowing Na+ to diffuse through the membrane. This causes the membrane to be depolarized. The depolarization causes even more Na+ ion channels to open (positive feedback) until a threshold is reached in the membrane potential
• Step 3: Once the threshold is reached, positive feedback progresses at a rapid rate to create an action potential (the voltage that allows the membrane to conduct the signal)
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ACTION POTENTIAL
• Step 4: After the action potential is reached, the Na+ gates close, preventing the influx of any more Na+ ion. At the same time, the K+ ion channels open. This allows the K+ ions to diffuse out of the membrane (high concentration of K+ inside the membrane compared to outside). This release of K+ ions rapidly lowers the membrane potential.
• Step 5: As the membrane potential lowers, it falls a little below the resting potential, undershoot The K+ ion channels close and the membrane eventually returns to its resting potential
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STEPS IN THE ACTION POTENTIAL
• An action potential is very quick (each one only takes 1-2 milliseconds
• After an action potential, it takes a little bit of time to return all of the Na+ and K+ concentrations to their original levels
• Na+ / K+ pumps the Na+ and K+ back to original positions
• During this time, a second action potential cannot by initiated (refractory period)
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RECORDING OF ACTION POTENTIALaction potential
threshold
resting membrane potential
Time (milliseconds)
Mem
bra
ne
po
ten
tial
(m
illi
volt
s)
-40
-70
-20
0
+20
0 1 2 3 4 5Figure 34.6b
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TRANSMITTING SIGNAL ALONG AXON
• Transmitting the signal• In order to propagate the signal, the membrane potential
must be depolarized along the length of the axon• To make this occur, when the Na+ is being let into the
cell (depolarization) in one part of the axon, it creates an electric current that causes depolarization in an adjacent area
• Behind the zone of depolarization is where the membrane is returning to resting potential (repolarization)
• The refractory period prevent the action potential from being sent “backwards” along the neuron
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ACTION POTENTIAL
Na+
Na+Na+
Na+
Na+
Na+
K+
K+
K+
Na+Na+
K+ K+K+
K+
Na+
1 2
3 4Figure 34.5dPage 583
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SPEED OF CONDUCTION
• In general, the speed of a signal along an axon is dependent on a few things• The smaller the axon diameter, the slower the speed of signal
conduction• Simple invertebrates (worms) may have conduction speeds of
centimeters/second
• Larger axon diameters allow increased speed of signal conduction• Complex invertebrates (squid or octopi) have conduction speeds of
about 100 meters/second
• In the vertebrate axon, there is a myelin sheath which increases speed due to insulation
• There are gaps in the myelin sheath (Nodes of Ranvier), where the depolarization can “jump” to. This greatly increases conduction rate (about 120 meters/second)
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COMMUNICATION BETWEEN NEURONS
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NEURON TO NEURON COMMUNICATION
• As the action potential travels along the axon it stops at the axon terminal (synaptic terminal)• Action potentials do not travel between
different neurons• Yet, it is still necessary to send the “signal”
from one neuron to the next• To do this, there has to be a way to send a
signal across the space that exists between one neuron and another (synaptic cleft or gap junction)
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CHEMICAL SYNAPSE
• Gap between axon
terminal of one neuron and
dendrite of adjacent
neuron
• Action potential in axon
ending of presynaptic cell
causes voltage-gated
calcium channels to open
• Flow of calcium into
presynaptic cell causes
release of
neurotransmitter into
synaptic cleft
synaptic vesicle
plasma membrane of axon ending of presynapic cell
plasma membrane of postsynapic cell
synaptic cleft
membrane receptor
Figure 34.7aPage 584
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NEUROTRANSMITTERS
• Neurotransmitters are substances that carry the “message” across the synapse
• Important neurotransmitters:• Acetylcholine
(bridges gaps between motor neurons & muscle cells),
• norepinephrine, dopamine, serotonin work in CNS
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SYNAPTIC TRANSMISSION
• Neurotransmitter
diffuses across cleft and
binds to receptors on
membrane of
postsynaptic cell
• Binding of
neurotransmitter to
receptors opens ion
channels in the
membrane of
postsynaptic cell
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ION GATES OPEN
ions
neurotransmitter
receptor for neurotransmitter
gated channel protein
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SYNAPTIC TRANSMISSION
• Enzymes in synaptic cleft will degrade neurotransmitters after action potential is initiated on the post-synaptic cell. The neurotransmitters are recycled after they are broken down.
• Example: Acetylcholine is broken down by the enzyme acetylcholine esterase
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INDIRECT SYNAPTIC TRANSMISSION
• The neurotransmitter does not bind directly to an ion channel gate.
• Instead, it activates a signal transduction pathway (Remember cell signaling . . . again)• Utilizes a second messenger (AMP to
cAMP . . . again)• These signals take longer to activate, but
last for a longer period of time
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NERVE
• A bundle of axons enclosed within a connective tissue sheath
axon
myelin sheath
nerve fascicle
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REFLEXES
• Automatic movements made in response
to stimuli
• In the simplest reflex arcs, sensory
neurons synapse directly on motor
neurons; interneurons in CNS aren’t
involved.
• Most reflexes involve an interneuron
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STRETCH REFLEX
STIMULUSBiceps
stretches.
ResponseBiceps
contracts.
motor neuron
sensory neuron
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STRUCTURE OF THE SPINAL CORD
spinal cord
ganglion
nerve
vertebra
meninges(protectivecoverings)
Figure 34.19aPage 593
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DIVISIONS OF BRAIN
Division Main Parts
Forebrain
Midbrain
Hindbrain
CerebrumOlfactory lobesThalamusHypothalamusLimbic systemPituitary glandPineal gland
Tectum
PonsCerebellumMedulla oblongata
anterior end of thespiral cord
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CEREBROSPINAL FLUID
• Surrounds the spinal cord
• Fills ventricles within the brain
• Blood-brain barrier controls which solutes enter the cerebrospinal fluid
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ANATOMY OF THE CEREBRUM
• Largest and most complex part of human
brain (Responsible for thinking & higher level
functions)
• Outer layer (cerebral cortex) is highly folded
• A longitudinal fissure divides cerebrum into
left and right hemispheres
• Corpus collosum connects the two
hemispheres
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LOBES OF THE CEREBRUM
Temporal
FrontalParietal
Occipital
Primary motor cortex Primary somatosensory cortex
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LIMBIC SYSTEM
• Controls emotions and has role in memory
(olfactory tract) cingulate gyrus thalamus
amygdala
hippocampus
hypothalamus
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OTHER PARTS OF THE BRAIN
• Cerebellum - Controls muscle coordination and posture
• Medulla oblongata- Controls heart rate & breathing rate
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VARIATIONS IN NERVOUS SYSTEMS AMONG ANIMALS
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EXAMPLE: PROBLEM WITH NERVOUS SYSTEM
• Multiple Sclerosis:
• A condition in which nerve fibers lose their myelin
• Slows conduction
• Symptoms include visual problems, numbness, muscle weakness, and fatigue