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Neuroanatomy

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Central NS   Brain and Spinal Cord  
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Peripheral NS   12 cranial nerves. 31 spinal nerves. Afferent division. Efferent division.  
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Afferent   Sensory  
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Efferent   Motor  
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Somatic   Pertaining to the body. Sensory information communicated through spinal cord.  
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Visceral   Surrounding  
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Ganglia   Neuron  
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Dendrite   Carries impulses from synapse to cell.  
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Axon   Carries electrical signals away from the cell. Cyatic nerve has largest axon. Axons are shorter in the upper body. Very sensitive to acidosis.  
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Astrocytes   #1 tumor because of cell structure. Form blood brain barrier.  
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Microglia   Pac Man of brain. Sensitive to acid/base imbalance. In imbalance start eating good cells. Need to keep controlled.  
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Oligodenrocyes/Oligodendroglia   Support of cell. Mylen sheath. Message sending ability. Don't like exposure to viral infection, will permanently alter oligis. Viral menengitis,  
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MS   rejects new mylen sheath.  
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Ependyma   Line the ventricles (tanks that hold CSF) Allow for movement, progression in brain. Single layer cells of cells also on spinal cord.  
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Neurotransmitters   Acetylcholine, Dopamine, Norepinephrine, Seratonin, GABA, Aspartate, Glutamic, Glycine  
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Acetylcholine   Main neurotransmitter, making motor/movement. Defecit - Alzheimers, parkinsons, speech blockage.  
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Dopamine   Think psych. turn off of message sending. Increased dop. - ticks.  
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Norepi   Neurotransmitter of most of sypathetic NS, released from adreanal medula. Increased - anxious.  
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Seratonin   Increased - sedation. Decreased - depression.  
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GABA   Acid. Natural valium. Increased - coma. Decreased - Anxiety. Very fickle - likes acid/base balance. Hung up on K+  
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Aspartate   Acid. Excitatory. Changes memory.  
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Glutamic   Excitatory. H2O 'hog'. Too much makes brain swell.  
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Glycine   Excitatory in brain, Inhibatory everywhere else.  
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Neuro Peptides   Somatostatin, Endorphins, Substance P, Histamine  
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Somatostatin   Protects growth hormone. Possible cause of Alzheimers when it runs out. Needs to cross blood brain barrier.  
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Endorphins   Analgesia effect. High endorphin response causes seizures, too much stress.  
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Substance P   Excitable. Tendency to aggrivate microglia - panic. Controlled with acid/base balance. Prevent cascade if gotten under control.  
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Histamine   Alertness. regulated by fluid onboard. (antihistamine with cold med. - get sleepy). Body makes as you need it. Goes out of control in trauma.  
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Hormones   ACTH, ADH, Leptin, Ghrelin, PYY  
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ACTH   Hypothalamus - production of adreanal or corticosteroid/glucocorticoid - too much sugar - acid. Anterior pituitary.  
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ADH   Absorption. Fluid excretion. Released from anterior pit, sythesized in hypothalamus.  
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Leptin   Appetite stimulant (in chocolate). Causes decrease in dopamine. (Parkinson's pts don't eat chocolate).  
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Ghrelin   Increase hunger, decrease fat utilization. From kidney, placenta, hypothalamus. Stomach stimulates, by pass pts. loss this part of the stomach.  
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PYY   Tells stomach that it is full. Hypothalamus.  
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