Summary of Nerve and Muscle Physiology — Lamia Pınar

Contents Chapter 1 OVERVIEW OF THE NERVOUS SYSTEM L Pinar Organization of the Central Nervous System 4 General Functions of the Main Parts of the Brain 4 Cerebrum 4 Brainstem 5 Cerebellum 6 Meninges Meninx 6 Cerebrospinal fluid CSF 6 Blood Brain Barrier BBB 6 Cranial Nerves 7 REFERENCES 9 Chapter 2 BIOELECTRIC POTENTIALS OF THE EXCITABLE CELL L Pinar Resting Membrane Potential 13 Generation of the resting membrane potential 14 Individual Ions Involved in the Resting Membrane Potential 15 Nernst Potentials Equilibrium Potentials of Ions 15 The Equilibrium Nernst Potential of Potassium 16 The Equilibrium Nernst Potential of Sodium 17 Calculation of the Sum Effects of Several Permeable Ions on the Resting Membrane Potential Goldman Hodgkin Katz Equation 18 Gibbs Donnan Effect 18 The Effects of Na K ATPase on Membrane Potential 20 The Membrane of Excitable Cell 20 Action Potential 22 Investigation of Ion Channels Voltage Clamp and Patch Clamp Techniques 26 REFERENCES 27 Chapter 3 NERVE PHYSIOLOGY L Pinar Glial Cells 31 Astrocytes 31 Functions of Astrocytes 32 Oligodendrocytes 32 Schwann cells 33 Microglia 33 Ependymal Cells 33 Neurons 33 The Functional and Structural Parts of a Typical Neuron 33 Myelinated and Unmyelinated Neurons