PSY 205 Lecture Notes - Lecture 3: Parietal Lobe, Distorted Vision, Fokker E.Ii

• School: Syracuse University
• Department: Psychology
• Course: PSY 205
• Professor: Shannon Houck

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Composed of living tissue composed of cells: neurons c. i. Nerve cells that receive, integrate, and transmit info c. ii. Basic building blocks of the nervous system c. iii. Carry messages from sensory organs to spinal cord or brain c. iv. Carry messages from spinal cord of brain to muscles and glands c. v. mirror neurons c. v. 1. Cell body, contains cell nucleus, processes c. vi. 2. a. info. Transmits info away from the soma to other nutrients. Multiple sclerosis occurs when myelin layer is destroyed c. vi. 5. Junction where info is transmitted from c. vi. 7. one neuron to another. Big picture: neurons communicate with other neutrons via neurotransmitters, this communication operates within the nervous system, sending messages to the brain and to the nerves outside of the brain c. vii. 2. c. vii. 3. Neurons stay at rest w sodium ions on the outside and potassium inside c. vii. 3. a. Not at rest sodium rushing in and c. vii. 4. c. vii. 5. c. vii. 6. potassium rushing out.