Featured Video: Glass brain flythrough from Gazzaleylab / SCCN / Neuroscapelab. For more information visit the Glass Brain page on the Neuroscape Lab website.
Tutorial Notes Neural Signaling
Neural Signaling, general resources
- Biology – OpenStax college. Material for learners requiring more background information. Chapter 35: The Nervous System and Chapter 36: Sensory Systems
- Physiology: Interactive Biology: Very good short tutorial videos at a high school level
- Neurophysiology: Virtual Lab by Howard Hughes Medical Institute (HHMI). Virtual electrophysiology lab where you can do a virtual experiment
Ionic Basis of the Resting Membrane Potential
- The Resting Membrane Potential: Animation 2.1 – Neuroscience 6th ed.
- Electrochemical Equilibrium: Animation 2.2 – Neuroscience 6th ed.
- The Action Potential: Animation 2.3- Neuroscience 6th ed.
Molecular Mechanisms of Action Potential Generation
- The Sodium-Potassium Pump: Animation 4.2 – Neuroscience 6th ed.
- Action potential experiments by Monash University. This is a very valuable interactive resource allowing you to do your own virtual lab experiments. It has several sub-labs (click trough the menu on top, then pick “Simulation”)
Propagation of Action Potentials
- Impulse Conduction in Axons: Animation 3.2 – Neuroscience 6th ed.
- 2-Minute Neuroscience: Myelin by Neuroscientifically Challenged
- How Myelin Sheaths speed up the Action Potential by Interactive Biology.
- Action potential simulation by Colorado University. You can do your own virtual lap on action potential simulation.
Synaptic Transmission
- Spinal Pathways by Handwritten Tutorials
- Synaptic Transmission: Animation 5.1 – Neuroscience 6th ed.
- Molecular mechanism of synaptic function by Howard Hughes Medical Institute
- AMPA and NMDA Receptors – Biological Psychology, Fifth Edition
- Action Potential Simulation by Colorado University
Neurotransmitters and their Receptors
- Ionotropic and Metabotropic Receptors : Animation 5.3 – Neuroscience 6th ed.
- Neurotransmitter Pathways: Acetylcholine: Animation 6.1 – Neuroscience 6th ed.
- Neurotransmitter Pathways: Glutamate: Animation 6.2 – Neuroscience 6th ed.
- Neurotransmitter Pathways: Dopamine: Animation 6.3 – Neuroscience 6th ed.
- Neurotransmitter Pathways: Norepinephrine: Animation 6.4 – Neuroscience 6th ed.
- Neurotransmitter Pathways: Serotonin: Animation 6.5 – Neuroscience 6th ed.
Synaptic Integration
- Summation of Postsynaptic Potentials: Animation 5.2 – Neuroscience 6th ed.
Synaptic Plasticity
- Sensitization in Aplysia : Animation 8.1 – Neuroscience 6th ed.
- AMPA and NMDA Receptors : Animation 8.2 – Neuroscience 6th ed.
- How Synapses Work: YouTube Video by the Salk Institute
Long-Term Potentiation and Depression
- 2-Minute Neuroscience: Long-Term Depression (LTD) by Neuroscientifically Challenged
- 2-Minute Neuroscience: Long-Term Potentiation (LTP) by Neuroscientifically Challenged
Hebb’s Postulate
- Enhancing the plasticity of the brain: Max Cynader at TEDxStanleyPark
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