Neurons
Neurons: The Basics
Welcome back! Let's continue our journey into the cortical abyss by learning about neurons.
A learning goals checklist for you to keep in mind as you move through this section.
Check out this archive film detailing the amazing Giant Squid Axon and witness a recording of an action potential visible to the naked eye!
A link to the APA Online Psychology Library Action Potential Demonstration.
HHMI hosts this poster demonstrating how Neurons work. Take a look. If you really want to impress your friends on Friday night, download and print it! It is free.
In this 2-Minute Neuroscience video, learn more about the membrane potential.
A link to the Foundations of Neuroscience chapter covering the basics of the neuron.
A short lecture about the action potential by Crash Course (A&P).
Check out this link to the Intro to Neurophysiology resource by UBC, for more information on concepts such as membrane potential.
A link to the Foundations of Neuroscience chapter on ions and their movement.
A link to the NOBA chapter covering the basics of the neurons and communication.
A link to an A&P chapter elucidating the action potential process, and other fundamentals of neural communication, especially the ion channels.
Neural Communication
A link to an A&P chapter elucidating communication between neurons in greater detail.
A link to an Foundations of Neuroscience chapter elucidating membrane potentials.
Test Your Knowledge
This neuroscience board game asks you to collaborate with others to build a functioning synapse.
Test your knowledge of neuron communication by simply dragging the steps into the right order.
Neurons: Advanced
A learning goals checklist for you to keep in mind as you move through this section.
A link to a chapter from Neuroscience Online elucidating the action potential and resting potentials.
A link to the Neuroscience Online chapter covering the details of cell types.
Dr. John Bryne from McGovern Medical School lectures on the action potential.
A link to the A&P chapter on neurons, their structure, and function.
Explore an example of neuron specificity.