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DPR
Development, Plasticity, and Repair
Term | Definition |
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Growth Cone | Site of Axon Growth |
Actin | Cell Adhesion Molecules |
Cadherins & N-Cams | Actin that stick to other Cells |
Integrins | Stick to Laminin inside the cell |
Actin Filaments | Stabilize with Arp2/3 |
MAPs | Stabilize microtubule Growth |
PC12 w/ CSPG | Barely grow |
PC12 w/o CSPG | Grow in many directions |
First Stage of Neurite Outgrowth | Spherical |
Second Stage of Neurite Outgrowth | Initial Sprouts |
Third Stage of Neurite Outgrowth | Immature Neurites |
Growth Cone (Neurite outgrowth) | Longest spine becomes the axon |
Axons | Don't taper |
Dendrites | Have many branches and taper |
Growth Cone Cone | Rich in Actin |
Growth Cone Neurite | Rich in Tubulin |
Filopodia | Extensions of actin |
Integrin and Laminins | What Filopodia look for |
Matrix Adhesion | Follows the Highest concentration of integrin and laminins |
Cell Surface Adhesion | Follows proteins expressed by other cells |
Fasciculation | Follows axon of another cell |
GEF | Guanazine Exchange Factor |
GAP | GTPase |
Peripheral Growth Cone Domain | Has Lamellipodia and Filopodia |
Lamellipodia | Sheet of Cell Membrane with F-Actin |
Central Growth Cone Domain | Nearest axon and contains cytoskeleton |
Axon Shaft | Permanent structure that will not change |
Transitional Growth Cone Domain | Thin region between peripheral and central |
F-Actin Arc | Generates force for the filopodia |
Protrusion | Actin bridges of filopodia extend |
Engorgement | Central Domain moves forward |
Consolidation | Axon shaft forms |
Netrin in Growth | Increases growth regardless of direction |
Integrin in Growth | Increases growth speed |
Repulsion Cue | F-Actin Retrograde Flow |
Attractive Cue | F-Actin assembly |
ARP-23 | Growth at angles along the length |
Chemoattraction | Follows a high concentration of chemicals |
Contact Inhibition | Follows the opposite direction of hitting something |
Chemorepulsion | Follows away from specific chemicals |
Ephrin Pathway | Activates RhoA, Rock, MLCK, and LIMK. Leads to Growth Cone Collapse |
RhoA | Makes GTP |
Netrin Pathway | Activates F-Actine Polymerization |
Slit Pathway | Activates Robo and builds growth cone |
Semaphorin Pathway | Deactivates RhoA |
Semaphorin | Sema1a interacts with tyrosine kinase |
Netrin | Directs growth of Neurons |
Open Book Experiment | By moving floor plates, proof neurons grow through plate, then away from |
Netrin Receptors | DCC and UNC-5 |
DCC | Leads to attraction |
UNC-5 | Blocks DCC |
Slit and Robo | Interacts with DCC to change netrin from attractive to repulsive |
Synaptogenesis | When Axon comes into contact with Dendrite |
Canonical Wnt | Uses Gene transcription to form synapse |
Divergent Wnt | Anything not canonical |
Proof 1 Divergent =/= Transcription | Blocking RNA lets the assembly continue |
Proof 2 Divergent =/= Transcription | Time course isn't consistent |
GSK3B | Phosphorylates B-Catenin |
Dishevelled (Dvl) | Blocks GSK3B |
B-Catenin | Phosphorylated version targets for destruction |
MAP1B | Sticks to Microtubules and bends them |
APC | Pushes Growth Cone Forward |
Frizzled | Stops growth of Growth Cone |
Wnt Main Effect | Blocking GSK3B to prevent MAP1B phosphorylation |
7a Wnt | Recruits PSD-95 |
5a Wnt | Alone, this makes inhibitory |
5a and 7a Wnt | Recruit JNK |
PSD-95 | Inserted by CaMKII and forms synapse |
Microtubules Cytoskeleton | Primary function is structural mainenance |
Motor Proteins | Walk down Microtubules |
Microfilaments | Made of actin that primarily are used to change the cell shape |
Intermediate Filaments | Used for cell shape tension |
Dineds | Two Feet Motor Proteins |
Myosin | One foot Motor Proteins |
Benefit of Metabotropic Channel | Crosstalk and Signal Increase |
Acetylation | Open up DNA |
Methylation | Closes up DNA |
Regulator Elements | Increase/Decrease Activation of DNA |
Enhancer Sites | Distal Control elements |
Proximial | Nearby Control Elements |
Introns | Junk DNA |
Exons | Actual DNA |
RNA POLII | Copies the DNA to RNA |
Combinatory Control | One gene is activated by a specific set of proteins |
Poteolysis | Destroys proteins with Ubiquitin |
Activation Factors | Have to come in contact by bending the DNA to the POLII |
Drosophila | Fruit Fly |
C. Elegans | Nemotode |
C. Elegans Benefits | Clear and Fate-Mapped |
Forward Genetic Screen | Looking for mutations |
Reverse Genetic Screen | Causing mutations |
Knockout | Prevent a Gene from Activating |
Knockin | Adding a Gene |
Endoderm | Becomes the Gut and Digestive Organs |
Mesoderm | Becomes the Muscles |
Neuroectoderm | Becomes Brain |
Ectoderm | Becomes Skin |
Gastrulation | Creates the Germ Layers |
Neurulation | Hollow Tube of Neural Tissue Formed |
Delamination | Cells individually migrate inside to become neural |
Blastomere | Cell derived from cleavage into early embryo |
Blastula | Structure made of blastomeres |
Blastocoel | Cavity where the Blastula is |
Blastocyst | Mammalian Blastula |
Blastopore | Invagination where Gastrulation begins |
Nodochord | Signaling Structure that tells prechordal plate to be neural |
Floor Plate | Signalling Structure |
Neural Crest | Formed at the edges of the plate |
Archenteron | Chamber where cells migrate inward |
Epiblast | Precursor to Early Embryo in Chick Egg |
Area Pellucida | Inner Flat Disk of Epiblast |
Area Opaca | Outer Flat Disk of Epiblast |
Koller's Sickle | Grows and forms Henson's Node |
Henson's Node | Migrates and leaves a trail of mesoderm |
Primative Streak | Becomes the mesoderm in Epiblast |
What direction does Henson's Node move? | Dorsal |
Spina Bifida | Neural Tube failure that leads to impairment |
Cranioarchischisis | No head |
Anencephaly | Brain doesn't fully form |
Neural Induction | One tissue causes a change in development of another |
Specificiation | Cell has information directing it to fate |
Commitment | Cell has committed to be a specific fate |
BMP | Signal for cells to become skin |
CCNF | Cerberus Chordin Noggin Follistatin Blocks BMP |
SMAD | Makes cells ectodermal. Blocked by CCNF |
MAP Kinase | Inactivates SMAD |
Body Axis | Formed by the Mesoderm |
Bicroid | Original Signal Gradient Cannot transcribe itself |
Hunchback | Reflects Initial Concentration of Bicoid |
Dorsal | Chemical that diffuses in the dorsal direction |
Snail | Chemical that turns cells to Mesoderm from High Dorsal |
SOG | Chemical that turns cells to neuroectoderm from Medium Dorsal |
DPP | Chemical that turns cells to Ectodermal |
Gap Genes Order | Kni, Till, gt, Kr, Kni, gt |
Transcription Factor Combination | Eve/Ftz+ Hunchback + Gap Genes = Body Regions |
Hox Genes | Homeobox Genes that are activated by Pair Rule and Gap Genes |
AP Axis | Defined by the direction of Hensen's Node |
Competence | Cells have the potential to reach this fate |
Notch | Makes other cells next to the neural cell skin |
HES | Makes Glia Cells |
Motogenic Factors | Initiation of Cell Migration MIA and Slits |
Chain Migration | Scaffold are made of cells that are migrating |
Rostral Migratory Stream | New olfactory neurons divide in subventricular zone |
Symmetric Proliferative | All Progenitors |
Asymmetric Generative | Rise of Neurons |
Symmetric Generative | Neurons overtake progenitors |
Neural Crest Cells | Originate at Neural Plate Border Become numerous tissue |
Axon Initial Segment | Where Action Potentials start |
S4 Helix | What moves and opens the voltage channels |
Relative Refractory Period | Harder to fire again |
Ohm's Law | Voltage = Current * Resistance |
Synaptotagmin | Twists SNARE |
Quanta | One vesicle release |
Microdomains | Concentrations of calcium near active zones |
Binomial Distribution | bin (x, n, p) |
Bin X | Number released |
Bin N | Number available to release |
Bin P | Probability of release |
p * q | Probability of one releasing, but not another |
p^z * q^y | Probability of a specific configuration |
nCx | n!/(n-x)!*x! |
Habituation | Decrease in amount of released Glutamate |
Fewer docked vesicles | Why habituation releases less glutamate |
Low Calcium leves | What causes habituation |
Wnt Pathway: Wnt leads to | Frizzled |
Wnt Pathway: Frizzled leads to | Dvl |
Wnt Pathway: Dvl leads to | GSK3B |
Wnt Pathway: GSK3B leads to | BK and MAP1B |
Wnt Pathway: MAP1B leads to | Looping Microtubules |
HFS | Rapid firing of the presynaptic neuron |
Gs Enzyme | PKA |
Gq Enzyme | PKC |
Gi Enzyme | None. Inhibits adenylyl cyclase |
PKA affects | Potassium Channels and Release Machinery |
PKC | Opens Calcium Channels |
Sensitization uses the | Gq Pathway |
PLC | Goes to PIP2 and removes IP3 |
IP3 | Removal leaves behind DAG |
DAG | Activates PKC |
Classical Conditioning | Sensitization, but with association |
Calmodulin acivates | CaMKII and CaMKIV |
Coincidence Detector in CC | Adenylyl Cyclase |
CREB | Mediates Gene Transcription |
MAPK and PKA | Activates CREB |
Mossy Fiber LTP | No coincidence detector, but based on activity levels |
Direct Pathway | Starts in Layer 3 of entorhinal |
Trysynaptic Pathway | Starts in Layer 2 of entorhinal |
Mossy Fiber Pathway | Leads to Schaffer Collateral |
Schaffer Collateral Pathway | Associative and calcium dependent |
Mossy Fiber relies on which Enzyme? | PKA (MF) |
Commissural Pathway | Requires Post Synaptic Involvement |
PKC and AMPA | 1 leads to insertion of 2 |
CaMKII | Rapid Phosphorylation of existing receptors |
L-Type Ca Channels | Present in the Direct Perferant Pathway |
Sensitization Pathway(s) | Gs and Gq |
Hebbian Synapse | Cell A before Cell B leads to LTP. After leads to LTD |
Anti-Hebbian Synapse | Anything that's not Hebbian |
Negative ^T | Cell B is stimulated first |
Positive ^T | Cell A is stimulated first |
PKA is needed for which LT_? | LTP |
GluN2B | Required for fear conditioning |
Basolateral Amygdala | Site of signal convergence |
Wallerian Degeneration | Breaking down with no containing |
Wild Degeneration | Breaking down with containing |
GP130 | Required for Regeneration |
SOCS3 | Blocks Regeneration |
Oligodentrocytes summons? | Reactive Astroctyes and Macrophages/Microglial Cells |
Schwann Cells | Myelin in Peripheral |
Neuroprogenetors | Parent neuron for new neurons |
Parkinson's Disease | Loss of dopaminergic neurons |
Substantia Nigra | What is affected in Parkinson's |
Calcinurin | LTD Protein |