PSY100Y5 Chapter Notes - Chapter 3: Hindbrain, Brainstem, Laterality

• School: UTM
• Department: Psychology
• Course: PSY100Y5
• Professor: Dax Urbszat

Document Summary

Communication in the nervous system: the basic hardware. These are special and very complex process and parts. These parts include: the neurons, the soma or cell body, the dendrites, the axon, myelin sheath, terminal buttons, synapse. The gila are cells that are found throughout the nervous system that provide support to the neurons. The neural impulse: using energy to send information: this section talks about the process that neurons go through in order to transmit signals, it also talks about the structure of the cells. The potential of a neuron is its stable negatively charged when it is inactive. Action potential is a shift in the neuron electrical charge that travels along the axon. Positively charged sodium ions rush into the channels in order to stimulate the cell. The synapse: where neurons meet: talks bout the structure of the meeting point.