BioPsychology
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- Created on: 25-09-16 21:11
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- BioPsychology
- Sensory Neuron
- Found In receptors
- eyes, ears, tounge, skin
- carry nerve impulses to the spinal chords and brain
- when these impulses reach the brain they are translated into sensations
- However, not all sensory info reaches the brain, some neurons stop at the spinal chords allowing for quick reflexes
- Found In receptors
- Relay Neuron
- Lie between the sensory input and motor output
- Allow sensory and motor neurons to communicate
- Motor Neuron
- Located in the central nervous system
- Control musces
- Form synapses with muscles to control their contractions
- when stimulated these release neurotransmitters
- that bind to the receptors on the muscle to trigger a response, leading to movement
- Action Potential
- Information which is passed down the axon of the cell as an electro-chemical impulse
- Synaptic gap
- The space between the presynaptic neuron and the post synaptic neuron
- Neurotransmitters
- Chemical messengers which carry a signal across the synaptic gap
- Excitatory
- neurotransmitters which make the post synaptic call more likely to fire
- Inhibitory
- Neurotransmitters which make the post synaptic cell less likely to fire
- Sensory Neuron
- neurons
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