PSYC 4034 Chapter : Physiological Psych Unit 1
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Loss of authority of church (renaissance: emergence of scientific revolution, galileo, newton, etc. began to explain and understand universe with. Biological roots of behavioral neuroscience: rene descartes (17th century) It is essential for a neuron to send a signal: electrolytes (1%, relatively small portion of protoplasm, substances that dissolve in water and break apart into charges particles, ex sodium chloride. Ion (cation is positive and anion is negative) Atp it has: lyosome, means to break and some means body, structures that have within them enzymatic proteins, contains hydrolytic enzymes that split an organic molecule and attaches. Interneurons: all of the neurons that exist between afferent and efferent, acting as decision making neurons because they balance amount of excitatory signals they are receiving against the amount of inhibitory signals. Insulate neurons from one another so their messages don"t get scrambled: destroy and remove dead neurons, put it back into bloodstream.
