H1 Summary Notes (Lectures 2-36)

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These notes have absolutely every bit of information you need to achieve an H1!! Used for MSTs and the final exam. Week 1-12 Topics: Cellular components of the brain Modulation of membrane potential Action potentials: Axon Initial Segment and the Nodes of Ranvier Cellular basis of sensory transduction -mechanoreceptors Special sensory transduction mechanisms Measurement of neuronal activity Enteric Nervous System Neuropsychiatry and gut Focus on disease: Gut microbiome Introduction to metabotropic receptors Modulation of neuronal function by metabotropic receptors Presynaptic processes - VGCC, vesicular release, presynaptic proteins Presynaptic processes - axonal transport and structural neuronal polarity The post-synaptic density Synaptic strength Maintenance of the neuron and synapse- neurotrophins Mathematical modelling of neurons Autonomic nervous system Viscerosensory afferents Synaptic /Sensory processing in the NTS Neural stem cells and neurogenesis Neurogenesis in the ANS Respiratory system: rhythm generation, network organisation Modulation of respiratory rhythm Respiratory sympathetic coupling