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Widespread in CNS. Regulates telencephalic activity, critical for the sleep-wake cycle, influences stereotyped movements, In the PNS it is a neuromuscular junction-excitatory for muscle contraction   Acetylcholine (ACH)  
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Located in the midbrain, basal ganglia, amygdala, cortex-involved in movement, motivation, and cognition   Dopamine  
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basic anatomic and functional unit of the nervous system   Neuron  
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cell body that actively synthesizes proteins   soma (perikaryon)  
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shorter and more numerous projections of the nerve cell   dendrites  
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longer single fiber of neuron that conducts nerve impulses away from neuron to other parts of nervous system, glands, muscle. Arise from axon hillock.   Axons  
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the fine filaments seen in neurons through an electron microscope. dense bundles in axoplasm.   neurofilaments  
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end of axon. corresponds to points of contact/synapse   bouton  
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the site at which one axton terminal communicates with another neuron   synapse  
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ratio of solute and water across a membrane   concentration gradient  
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most important neuronal pump; provides energy to a cell along an electrical gradient powered by positively charged ions and negatively charged ions   sodium-potassium pump  
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positively charged ions   cations  
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negatively charged ions   anions  
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relative amount of voltage in an electrical field   potential  
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teh ionic difference across the membrane at a steady state   resting potential  
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a mechanical, thermal, electrical or chemical stimulus strong enough to change the cell membrane's potential   adequate stimulus  
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loss of the difference in charge between the inside and outside of the plasma membrane of a muscle or nerve cell caused by a change in permeability and migration of sodium ions to the interior   depolarization  
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buildup of electrical current in the neuron. the neural impulse that travels to another cell body, another dendrite, or another cell's axon.   action potential  
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short-lived depolarizations or hyper-polarizations of an area of membrane. These changes cause local flows of current (movement of ions) that decrease with distance. When this occurs in a receptor cell it is called a receptor potential.   Graded potentials  
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increased production in potential difference across a biologic membrane   hyperpolarization  
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the substance released from an axonal terminal of a presynaptic neuron once the neuron is excited; travels across the synaptic cleft to excite or inhibit the targeted cell   neurotransmitter  
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interruption of the blood flow to the brain as a result of occlusive or hemorrhagic mechanisms   cerebrovascular accident  
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glial cell in the PNS that is responsible for forming and maintaining myelin around axons in PNS   Schwann Cells  
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the region wher the cell body meets the axon   Axon Hillock  
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axon that branch off the main axon   Axon collaterals  
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these are areas on the axon that are not covered with a myelin sheeth. The action potential jump from the node to node down the axon   nodes of ranvier  
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