BIOLOGY 101 Lecture Notes - Lecture 7: Axon Terminal, Chemical Synapse, Inhibitory Postsynaptic Potential
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If necessary, the instructor can choose to re-grade the entire exam. Where: monday 11 12 am, tuesday 2 3 pm, or by appointment, 3065d nat. Sci. (kraus: 2056 mbni (medical campus) e-mail: juliagf@umich. edu, reading for lecture 8. Synapse: the specialized junction where one part of a neuron contacts and communicates with another neuron or cell type (such as muscle or glandular cell). Fig 5. 1 from purves et al. , neuroscience 2nd ed. , sinauer. Lecture 7 (synaptic function 2, chapter 5, pp 111-131) Biological psychology, 5th edition, copyrigth 2007 by sinauer associates, inc: on the postsynaptic membrane, this chemical signal is converted again into an electrical one. Synthesis and storage of different types of nt. Arrival of an action potential: triggered by the arrival of an. Ap in the axon terminal: depolarization at terminal membrane opens voltage - gated calcium channels, large inward driving force of calcium ions, intracellular calcium rises.
