Neurochemistry & Neurocomputing

PSY 511.003

2024-02-08

Prelude

Announcements

• Exercise 03 write-up due yesterday.
• Exercise 04 write-up due next Wednesday, February 14

Last time…

• How the action potential begins…
• How it propagates down…
  • Unmyelinated axons
  • Myelinated axons
• How it triggers synaptic transmission

What event(s) (and where) initiate the action potential?

How does the action potential propagate down unmyelinated axons?

How does the action potential trigger synaptic transmission?

Today’s topics

• Neurochemistry
  • Neurotransmitters
  • Hormones

Neurochemistry

Link to resources/neurochemistry

Main points

• What substance +
• Where released +
• What receptor =
• Physiological effect
• Chemical communication ancient

Next time…

• Methods in neuroscience

Resources

References