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    The document discusses the key components of the nervous system including the brain, spinal cord, and peripheral nerves. It explains that neurons are the basic unit, composed of a cell body, nucleus, axon, and dendrites. Neurons connect and communicate with each other via synapses, where electrical signals are converted to chemical signals that pass between neurons. There are around 100 billion neurons in the human brain and 1 billion in the spinal cord. Neurobiology studies how neurons and their connections function normally and in disease states.

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    The document discusses the key components of the nervous system including the brain, spinal cord, and peripheral nerves. It explains that neurons are the basic unit, composed of a cell body, nucleus, axon, and dendrites. Neurons connect and communicate with each other via synapses, where electrical signals are converted to chemical signals that pass between neurons. There are around 100 billion neurons in the human brain and 1 billion in the spinal cord. Neurobiology studies how neurons and their connections function normally and in disease states.

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    The document discusses the key components of the nervous system including the brain, spinal cord, and peripheral nerves. It explains that neurons are the basic unit, composed of a cell body, nucleus, axon, and dendrites. Neurons connect and communicate with each other via synapses, where electrical signals are converted to chemical signals that pass between neurons. There are around 100 billion neurons in the human brain and 1 billion in the spinal cord. Neurobiology studies how neurons and their connections function normally and in disease states.

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    THENERVOUSSYSTEM

    WHATPARTSDOYOUKNOWTHAT
    AREINTHENERVOUSSYSTEM?
    Brain
    SpinalCord
    PeripheralNerves

    Whatmakesupthebrain,thespinalcordor
    yourperipheralnerves?

    Neuronsarethecell
    Cellbody
    Nucleus
    Axon
    Dendrite
    Whatdoyouthink
    surroundsthecell?
    Whatotherorganelles
    wouldbeneeded?

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    Howareneuronsconnected?
    Synapses!!

    Whyareneuronsconnected?

    Moreneuronconnections!

    Closeuplookatyoursynapse
    AXON

    Whatisthis
    inthe
    membrane?

    Thesynapse
    wheretheaction
    happens
    Thenextcellsplasma
    membrane

    Transport
    protein

    HowdoestheSynapsecarrythesignal?
    1. Electricalcurrenttravelsdowntheaxon
    2. Vesicleswithchemicalsmovetowardthemembranewhatis
    thatcalled?
    3. Chemicalsarereleasedanddiffusetowardthenextcells
    plasmamembrane
    4. Thechemicalsopenupthetransportproteinsandallowthe
    signaltopasstothenextcellwhattypeofdiffusionisthis?

    Thesynapsecarriesasignalfromcelltocell

    Therearelotsofproteinsandchemicalsinyour
    bodytodothework

    Whyisitimportantthatitisanelectricalcurrent?

    Areallneuronsequalinsize?
    Brainvsspinalcordvsperipheralnerves?

    About how many neurons are in the human


    100 billion
    brain?
    About how many neurons are in the spinal cord?
    1 billion
    How long do you think the longest axon in the

    world is?

    around 15
    feet

    Howmanysynapses
    areinoneneuron?
    1,000 to 10,000!!

    ThisscienceiscalledNeurobiology

    Lookingattheactualcellshowdotheywork?
    Lookingattheconnectionshowandwhendotheywork?
    Lookingatwhatcanchangenormalcellsandconnections
    Lookingatdiseasesthatoccurinthebrain
    Oneofthelargestareasstillunknown
    Theyouthatisyouisbecauseofyourneuronsconnecting!

    Whatdoyouthinkcanchange
    neuronsandtheirconnections?

    Accidents
    Drugs
    Alcohol
    Disease

    Accidents
    Physicalinjuryofyourneurons

    Drugsandalcoholbindimportantreceptorsonneurons

    Repeatedbindingcausestheneurontodie

    Drugs=neurondeath

    Alcoholdamagesdendritescan
    repairafterabstinence

    Alcoholblocks
    receptorsandslows
    downtransmission

    Parkinson'sDisease
    ALSLouGehrigsDisease
    HuntingtonsDisease
    MultipleSclerosis
    Alzheimer's
    CerebralPalsy
    Epilepsy
    ?SIDS

    100Billionorsoneuronswhatsthe
    problemwithsomeofthemdying?
    Cellsmultiplyallthetime
    willyourneurons?
    Doeseveryonereactthe
    samewaytoaccidents,or
    drugsandalcohol?
    Doallorganismsreactthe
    sametoallstimulus?
    Whichofyouractivities
    useyourneurons?

    Whatif
    neuronsdie
    here?

    orhere

    orhere

    orhere

    orhere

    NeurobiologyActivitiesandLabs
    WhatDoesYour"Homunculus"LookLike?
    (www.accessexcellence.org/AE/AEPC/WWC/1991/homunculus.html)
    EffectofEnvironmentonMemory
    (http://www.accessexcellence.org/AE/AEC/AEF/1996/brown_memor
    y.html)
    TasteActivity
    (http://yucky.kids.discovery.com/flash/fun_n_games/activities/experi
    ments/experiment_truly_tasteless.html)
    Ahealthybrain?Caffeineactivity
    (http://www.pfizer.com/brain/teachers_html.html)
    PillbugbehaviorLab(http://www.udel.edu/msmith/pillbugs.html)

    REFERENCES

    http://faculty.washington.edu/chudler/facts.html
    http://occawlonline
    .pearsoned.com/bookbind/pubbooks/campbell6e_awl/chapter0/deluxe.html
    JOSHSANESPPT.PPT
    www.alfamilyties.org/presentations/The%20Neurobiology%20o
    f%20Adolescent%20Substance%20Abuse%20II.
    ppt
    http://www.nsbri.org/Education/High_Act.html
    http://www.pfizer.com/brain/teachers_html.html
    http://www.research.buffalo.edu/quarterly/vol10/num01/n1.shtml
    http://www.aimdigest.com/gateway/pages/brain/articles/myths.htm
    http://www.nida.nih.gov/pubs/teaching/Teaching5/Teaching3.html
    http://www.accessexcellence.com/AE/
    http://psych.colorado.edu/~kenth/Image14.gif

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