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THE NERVOUS SYSTEM

CELLULAR NEUROPHYSIOLOGY (click here for global concept map) The Parts of a Neuron Some Basic Electrical Notions Generation of a Membrane Potential (click here for concept map) Membrane Permeability Trans-membrane Channels Electrical Notions Electroneutrality (click here for objectives) Case of a Membrane Permeable only to Potassium (click here for objectives) Equilibrium Potential Nernst Equation Goldman Equation Graded Potentials and Passive Propagation The Action Potential and Its Propagation Synaptic Function and Summation of Synaptic Potentials: The Parts of a Neuron; Some Basic Electrical Notions; Generation of a Membrane Potential (click here for concept map)

Membrane Permeability
Trans-membrane Channels
Electrical Notions
Electroneutrality (click here for objectives)
Case of a Membrane Permeable only to Potassium (click here for objectives)
Equilibrium Potential
Nernst Equation
Goldman Equation; Graded Potentials and Passive Propagation; The Action Potential and Its Propagation; Synaptic Function and Summation of Synaptic Potentials
SENSORY SYSTEMS
NEUROMUSCULAR CONTROL AND SPINAL REFLEXES
THE AUTONOMIC NERVOUS SYSTEM
THE BRAIN AND HIGHER NERVOUS FUNCTIONS

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THE NERVOUS SYSTEM

CELLULAR NEUROPHYSIOLOGY (click here for global concept map)

SENSORY SYSTEMS

NEUROMUSCULAR CONTROL AND SPINAL REFLEXES

THE AUTONOMIC NERVOUS SYSTEM

THE BRAIN AND HIGHER NERVOUS FUNCTIONS