Section 1: Cellular and Molecular Neurobiology

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5-HT explained
5-HT Receptors explained
5-HTP used
5-hydroxytryptophane (5-HTP) used
5-hydroxytryptamine Biosynthesis (5-HT) explained
a-toxins used
a-bungarotoxin used
a-receptors defined
AADC explained
Absolute Refractory Period defined
Acetylcholine (ACh) used
Acetylcholinesterase (AChE) used, used, explained
Acetyl-CoA used
ACh used
AChE used, used, explained
ACh Receptor explained
Actin Microfilaments used
Action Potential explained
Activation of Potasium Channels explained
Active Zone explained
Adenylate Cyclase explained
Adenylyl Cyclase used
Adrenaline explained
Adrenal Medulla used, used
Affective Disorders - Norepinephrine explained
Affective Disorders - Serotonin explained
Aggression explained
Agonist used
Agrin explained
Alzheimer's Disease used, used, defined
Amino Acids explained
Amphetamine explained, used
Anatomy of Catecholamine explained
Anatomy of the Neuromuscular Junction used
Angina Pectoris used
Anterograde Transport used
Antihistamines explained
Antipsychotic Drugs used
Aromatic Amino Acid Decarboxylase (AADC) explained
Associativity explained
Asthma used
Astrocytes used
Autonomic Dysfunction explained
Autonomic Functions used
Autonomic Ganglia used
Autonomic Nervous System explained
Autoreceptors explained, used
Autosomal Dominant-Phenotype explained
Autosomal Recessive-Phenotype explained
Axosomatic Synapse explained
Axoaxonic Synapse defined, explained
Axodendritic used
Axodendritic Synapse defined, explained
Axolemma used, defined
Axon explained
Axon Collaterales defined
Axon Hillock defined, used
Axon Pathfinding defined
Axoplasmic Transport explained
Axosomatic used
Axosomatic Synapse defined, explained
Barbiturates used
Basal Lamina used, explained
BDNF used
Benzodiazephines used
b-receptors defined
b Responses used
Biological Warfare used
Bipolar Cells defined
Black Widow Spider Venom used
Blood Brain Barrier used
Botulinum Toxin used
Breakdown used
Cadherins explained
Calcium Hypotheses for Chemical Synaptic Transmission used
cAMP used
cAMP-Dependent Protein Kinase used, used
Candidate Gene defined
Carboxypeptidase used
Catechol defined
Catecholamines defined
Catechol-0-methyl-transferase (COMT) used
Caudal System explained
Cell Adhesion Molecules explained
Cell Biology explained
Cell Body used
Central Canal used
Central Nervous System explained
Cerebralspinal Fluid(CSF) used
Chemoaffinity Hypothesis explained
Choline explained
Choline Acetyltransferase (CAT) explained, used
Cholinergic Pharmacology explained
Choroid Plexus used
Chromagranins defined
Chromatin used
Cilia used
Cis Face used
Cisternae used
Clathrin used
Clostridia Bacterial Toxins used
Cobra a-toxin used
Cocaine explained, used
Codons defined
Colchicine used
COMT used
COMT Inhibitors used
Concave Surface used
Concave Trans Face used
Condensing Vacuole used
Constitutive defined
Coronary Heart Disease used
CNTF used
CSF used
Curare defined
Cytoskeletal Element used
Cytoskeleton used
DAG used
DA Receptors explained
Dendrite explained, explained, used
Dendritic Spines explained
Dense Core Vesicles defined
Dense Material explained
Depolarization defined
Depression used
Diacylglycerol (DAG) used
Differential Splicing explained
Diffusion explained, used
Disorders of Movement Control explained
Diurnal Cycle used
Dock defined, used
DOPA used
DOPAC explained
Dopamine explained, explained
Dopamine b Hydroxylase used, used
Dopamine Biosynthesis explained
Dopamine Physiological and Behavioral Actions explained
Dorsal Medullary System explained
Dorsal Mesostriatal Pathway explained
Dorsal Noradrenergic Bundle used
Dorsomedial used
Dynein used, used
Eating Disorders explained
ECM used, explained, used
Ectodermal used
Endopeptidase used
Endoplasmic Reticulum used, used, explained, used
Endosomal Compartment used
Endosomal Membrane used
Endosome used, explained, used
Ependyma explained
Ependymal Cells used, explained
Epilepsy used
Epinephrine explained
Epinephrine Anatomy explained
Epinephrine Biosynthesis explained
EPSP defined, used
E Receptors explained
Eserine used
Excitatory Postsynaptic Potentials (EPSP) defined, used
Extracellular Matrix (ECM) used, explained, used
Extrinsic Plasticity defined
Exocytosis used, used, used
Fasciculation defined
Fast Anterograde Axoplasmic Transport defined
Fast Axon Transport explained, used
Fast EPSP used
Fenfluramine used
Fibrous Astocytes explained
Filopodia explained
Fission used
Free Radical used
Functional Cloning defined
GABA explained, used
GABA_A defined
GABA_B defined
Gamma Amino Butyric Acid (GABA) explained, used
GDP used
Genetic (linkage) Mapping defined
Germinal Epithelium used
Glial Cells explained
Glial Fibrils used
Glial Limitans defined
Glial Scars used
Glycine defined
Glutamic Acid Decarboxylase used
Glutaminase explained
Glutamate used, used
Glutamate Receptors used
Glutamine Synthase explained
Glycine used
Glycine Receptor explained
Glycosylation used
Gogli Apparatus used, explained, used
Gogli Type I Cells explained
Gogli Type II Cells explained
GPCR used
G Protein defined, explained
G Protein Coupled Receptors (GPCR) defined, used
Growth Cone defined, defined
GTP used
GTPase used
Guanosine Diphosphate (GDP) used
Guanosine Triphosphate (GTP) used
Guanylyl Cyclase explained
Guidepost Cells explained, defined
H₁ Receptors explained
H₂ Receptors explained
H₃ Histamine Receptors explained
Heterophilic Binding used
Heteroreceptors defined
Heterosynaptic Forms of Synaptic Plasticity explained
Heterosynaptic Plasticity defined
High Affinity Uptake explained
Hippocampus used
Histamine defined, explained
Histamine Anatomy explained
Histamine Biosynthesis explained
Histamine Clinical Importance and Pharmacology explained
Histamine Receptors explained
Histidine Decarboxylase used
Histochemical used
Homeostasis used
Homologous Recombination explained
Homophilic Binding defined
Homosynaptic Plasticity explained
Huntington's Chorea used
Huntington's Disease used
HVA explained
Hyperpolarization defined
Hyperpolarization Afterpotential defined
Hyperthyroidism used
Immunocytochemical used
Immunoglobulin (Ig) Superfamily used
Indolamines defined
Initial Segment explained
Inhibitory Postsynaptic Potential (IPSP) defined
Inositol Tris-phosphate used
Insecticides used
Insomnia - Histamine explained
Insomnia - Serotonin explained
Integral Membrane Protein explained
Integrins explained
Interfascicular Oligodendrocytes used
Interfascicular Oligodendroglia defined
Itermediolateral Cell Column used
Internode used
Ionic Mechanisms of the EPP explained
Iontophorseis of ACh explained
Ionotropic explained, used
IPSP used, defined
IP₃ used
Irreversible Inhibitors of AChE explained
Isopropylfluoroesters used
Isoproterenol used
Kidney used
Kinesin used, used
"Kiss and Run" Hypothesis explained
Lamellipodia used
Lateral Tegmental System explained
l-DOPA used
Ligand Gated Ion Channels used
Lipid Biosynthesis explained
Linkage Analysis defined
Locus Coeruleus System explained
Long-Term Potentiation (LTP) explained
Low Affinity Uptake of Monoamines used
LTP explained
Lysosomes used, explained, used
Macroglia explained, explained
MAO used
MAO Inhibitors used
MAP used
MA Transporters explained
MEPPs explained, used
Melatonin explained
Mesoderm used
Mesolimbocortical DA System explained
Mesostriatal DA System explained
Metabolism of MA Neurotransmitters explained
Metabotropic Synaptic Responses explained
Metanephrine explained
MHPG explained
Microelectrode used
Microfilaments used, used, explained
Microglia explained, explained
Microtubules used, used, explained, used, used, used
Microvilli used
Migraine - Norepinephrine used
Migraine - Serotonin explained
Miniature Endplate Potentials (MEPPs) explained, used
Mitochondria used, explained, used, used, explained, used
Mobilization defined, defined
Modulators used
Monoamine Oxidase (MAO) used
Monoamine Receptors explained
Monoamine Release explained
Monoamine Storage explained
Monoamines defined
Mood Disorders explained
Motor Endplate defined
mRNA used
Multipolar Cells defined
Muscarinic Receptor explained, explained, used
Myastenia Gravis explained, defined
Myelin defined
Myelin Internode defined
Myelin Sheath used
Na⁺ Inactivation explained
Neurofilaments used, used, used, explained
Neostigmine explained
NE Receptors explained
Nernst Equation explained
Nerve Endings (or Terminal Boutons) explained, used
Nerve Growth Factor (NFG) defined
Netrins explained
Neural Tube used
Neurofilaments used, used
Neuroglial defined
Neuromodulators explained
Neuromuscular Junction used, defined, used
Neuropeptide Receptors explained
Neuropeptides explained
Neurotransmitter Type used
Neurotransmitter Uptake (NT Uptake) used
Neurotransmitter Vesicles used
NFG defined
NFG Receptor explained
Nicotinic Cholinergic Receptors used
Nicotinic Receptor explained, explained
Nigrostriatal explained
Nitric Oxide explained
Nitric Oxide Synthetase (NOS) defined, explained
NMDA defined
NMJ Nicotinic ACh Receptor explained
N-methyl-D-asparate (NMDA) defined
N-sec-1 explained
Nodes of Ranvier used, used
Noradrenaline explained
Norepinephrine explained
Norepinephrine Anatomy explained, explained
Norepinephrine Biosynthesis explained
Norepinephrine Physiological and Behavioral Actions explained
NOS defined, explained
NT-3 used
NT-4 used
NT Uptake used
Nuclear Envelope used
Nucleolus used, explained
Nucleus used, explained, used
Nucleus Basalis of Meynert explained
Nucleus of a Fibrous Astrocyte explained
Nucleus of a Protoplasmic Astrocyte explained
Obsessive Compulsive Disorder explained
Olanzapine explained
Olfactory Bulb used
Oligodendrocytes used, explained
Oligodendroglia explained
Organelles explained
Overshoot of the Action Potential defined
Parasympathetic Neurons used
Parkinson's Disease used, used
Perikaryon used
Perinuclear Cisternae defined
Perineuronal Satellite Cells defined
Perivascular Cells used
Perivascular Feet defined
Periventricular DA System explained
Peroxisomes used, explained
Phagocytosis used
Phagocytize used
Phenyl Ethanolamine N Methyl Transferase (PNMT) explained
Phosphatidylcholine used
Phosphatidylinositol bis-phosphate used
Phospholipase C explained
Phosphorylation used
Picrotoxin explained, used
Piloerector Muscle used
Pineal used
Pioneering Growth Cones defined
Plasmalemma used, explained, used
Plasma Membrane used
PLA used
PLC_b used
PNMT explained
Positional Candidate defined
Positional Cloning defined
Positive Feedback used
Postganglionic Sympathetic Neurons used
Postsynaptic Density used, explained
Post-tetanic Potentiation (PTP) defined
Presynaptic Density used, explained
Presynaptic Facilitation used
Presynaptic Inhibition used
Presynaptic Terminal used
Propagation in Myeinated Fibers explained
Propagation Velocity explained
Protein Kinase C used
Proteolysis used
Proteolytic Processing used
Protoplasmic Astrocytes explained
Pseudo-unipolar Cells used
Pteridie Reductase explained
PTP defined
Purkinje Cells used
Pyramidal Cells used
Quantal Nature of Transmitter Release explained, used
Raphe Nuclei used
Recruitment defined
Relative Refractory Period defined
Releasable Pool defined
Release of ACh explained
Repolarization Phase of Action Potential defined
Receptor Tyrosine Kinases explained
Recycling defined
Renal Vasodilation used
Reserpine used
Resting Potential used
Retina used
Retrograde Axoplasmic Transport explained
Retrograde Signaling defined
Retrograde Transmission defined
Reuptake of MA Neurotransmitters explained
Reversible AChE Inhibitors explained
Reversal Potential defined
Ribosomes used, used, used, explained, used
Role of AChE explained
Role of Calcium in Transmitter Release explained
Rostral System explained
Roundabout explained
Rough Endoplasmic Reticulum used, defined
Safety Factor explained
Schizophrenia used
Schizophrenia (Dopamine) explained
Schizophrenia (Serotonin) explained
Schwann Cells explained
Secretory Mechanism explained
Secretory Vesicle used
Selective Seratonin Reuptake Inhibitors used Semaphorins explained
Serine Transhydroxymethylase used
Serotonin explained, explained
Serotonin Anatomy explained
Serotonin Physiological and Behavioral Actions explained
Signal Peptide explained
Slit2 explained
Slow EPSP used
Slow IPSP used
Smooth ER used, used
Smooth Muscle Dysfunction explained
SNAP-25 used
Soluble Protein explained
Soma used
Space Constant used
Spatial Summation explained
Spinal Cord used
Spines used
SSRI used
Storage of ACh explained
Storage Pool used
Stroke used
Strychnine explained
Suicide used
Suprathreshold used
Sweat Glands used
Sympathetic Neurons used
Sympathetic Preganglionic Cells used
Synapse defined, explained
Synapsin used
Synaptic Cleft defined, explained
Synaptic Plasticity explained
Synaptic Potentials explained
Synaptic Transmission explained
Synaptic Vesicles used, explained
Synaptotagmin explained
Syntaxin used
Synthesis of Acetylcholine explained
Tagamet used
Tau used
TEA used
Telemethylimadazole (TMI) explained
Temporal and Spatial Summation explained
Temporal Summation explained
Terminal Boutons (or Nerve Endings) explained
Terminated used
Termination of ACh Action explained
Tetraethylammonia (TEA) used
Tetrahydrobiopterin used
Tetrodotoxin (TTX) explained
Threshold defined
Time Constant used, defined
Tissue Plasminogen Activator (tPA) defined
TMI explained
tPA defined
Translocation used
Trauma used
Tricyclic Antidepressants used
Trigger Zone defined
Trimeric Complex explained
Tryptophan used
Tryptophan Hydroxylase defined
TTX explained
Tuberohypophyseal DA System explained
Type I explained
Tyrosine used
Tyrosine Hydroxylase defined
Unipolar Cells defined
Undershoot defined
Upstroke defined
Uptake used
VAChT explained
VAMP used
Vasodilator explained
Ventral Midline used
Ventral Nigrostriatal Pathway used
Ventricles used
Ventricular Arrhythmias used
Ventrolateral used
Vesicle ACh Transporter (VAChT) explained
Vesicle Recapture explained
Vesicle Trafficking explained
Vinbastine used
Vitamin B6 explained
Vitamin C explained
VMA explained
Voltage-Dependent Conductances explained
Volume Neurotransmission used, used
Volume Transmission explained
Wallerian Degeneration defined
X-linked explained
Zantac used