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Brain Bee Boot Camp 2014
Rae Nishi, PhD Professor, Neurological Sciences
Member, Dana Alliance for the Brain IniBaBve
Resources for You
• This presentaBon (will post on VBB website) • Brain Facts Website:
– h"p://www.brainfacts.org
• Brain Facts 2012 booklet (can be downloaded as a pdf from the brainfacts.org website)
• Neuroscience for Kids website – h"p://faculty.washington.edu/chudler/neurok.html
Vermont Brain Bee 2014
• Sat Feb 8 UVM College of Medicine • MedEd 200 (enter through HSRF/Given) • Prelim Round 1: WriVen quiz • Prelim Round 2: PracBcal quiz • Oral Round I • Oral Round II
– 8 students with the top scores on 2 prelim rounds plus oral round I will advance to oral round II
Neuroscience: the Study of the Nervous System
• Brain • Spinal cord • Autonomic ganglia • Sensory ganglia • Special sensory organs • Enteric ganglia
Nissl Stain (RNA)
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Silver Stain
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Santiago Ramon y Cajal 1854-1934
Josh Sanes
Jeff Lichtman
h"p://golgi.harvard.edu/NewsEvents/News/SanesLichtman.html
Brainbow Transgenic Mice
Neurons
Dendrite – receives input
Soma (cell body) – cell organelles
Axon – conducts electrical impulse (ac;on poten;al)
Myelin: “insula;on” for axon
Node of Ranvier = gap in myelin
Nerve terminal – contains neurotransmiDer vesicles
Synapse – communica;on with next neuron
Neurons Look different based on where they are and what they do
Spinal cord
Motor neuron
Cerebellum�
Purkinje� neuron �
Cerebral Cortex
Pyramidal neuron
Neuron connecBons
hVp://faculty.washington.edu/chudler/synapse.html SYNAPSE
Non-neuronal Cells
Schwann cells/Oligodendrocytes (myelin)
Astrocytes �
Microglia� Ependymal cells�
Brain Anatomy
cerebral cortex
cerebellum corpus callosum
brain stem
thalamus
spinal cord
Brain Anatomy: Cerebral Cortex
h"p://library.med.utah.edu/WebPath/jpeg5/CNS014.jpg
frontal lobe
parietal lobe
occipital lobe
temporal lobe
What does the brain look like inside?�Sagittal Plane�
The sagiDal plane divides the brain into leN and right halves.
MagneBc Resonance Imaging (MRI)
Coronal (frontal) Plane
Horizontal Plane�
The Brainstem
© 2005 Pearson EducaBon
pons
medulla
midbrain
Cranial Nerves • Oh, oh, oh, to touch and feel very green vegetables…. Ah, Heaven �• Some Say Marry Money, But My Brother Says Big Brains Matter More
I Olfactory Sensory Smell II Op;c Sensory Sight III Oculomotor Motor Eye movement IV Trochlear Motor Eye movement V Trigeminal Both Face sense, chew VI Abducens Motor Eye movement VII Facial Both Face movement, taste VIII Ves;bulocochlear Sensory Balance/hearing IX Glossopharyngeal Both Taste, swallow X Vagus Both Taste, heart rate XI Accessory Motor Swallow, turn head XII Hypoglossal Motor S;ck out tongue
Cranial Nerves
Figure 13-2
Spinal Cord
© 2005 Pearson EducaBon
The spinal nerves form the cauda equina (“horse’s tail”)
NeurotransmiVers • Small molecules
– Acetylcholine (+) – Catecholamines (modulators)
• Norepinephrine • Dopamine
– Serotonin (modulator) – Amino acids
• Glycine (-‐) • GABA (gamma amino butyric acid) (-‐) • Glutamate (+) • Aspartate (+)
– Nitric oxide (gas) – ATP, adenosine
• PepBdes (modulators) – Substance P – Opioid pepBdes
• Enkephalin • Endorphin • Dynorphin
– Many others!
Brain Development
The human brain doesn’t stop developing unBl you are in your 20’s!
• Egg -‐> divides -‐> many cells -‐> nervous system • Neurons migrate and differenBate • Axons grow out • Synapses form • Important synapses are kept and unimportant ones are lost
Senses and PercepBon
• Visual system: hVp://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ajnsDVsP0Uk
• Auditory system: hVp://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ahCbGjasm_E
• Taste and smell: hVp://www.youtube.com/watch?v=N42c52lCQNc&playnext=1&list=PL5CF6B36F5BFD5DB6&feature=results_main
• Sensory system: • hVp://www.youtube.com/watch?
v=TAzTFgPSPiU&playnext=1&list=PL21176A6D4AA873DC&feature=results_main
Childhood Disorders
• AuBsm spectrum disorders – Inability to interact and communicate effecBvely
• AVenBon deficit hyperacBvity disorder – Impulsivity; inability to focus; lack of aVenBon
• Down syndrome – Learning disability (3 copies of chromosome 21)
• Dyslexia – Inability to read; lack of phonology (can’t recognize phonemes from wriVen words)
NeurodegeneraBve Disorders
• Alzheimer’s Disease – age related loss of short term memory followed by demenBa; neurons
die in hippocampus and cortex
• Parkinson’s Disease – Loss of iniBaBon of voluntary movement; dopamine containing
neurons in midbrain die
• Lou Gehrig’s Disease (amyotrophic lateral sclerosis) – Paralysis; lack of movement, atrophy of muscles; motor neurons die
• HunBngton’s Disease – Unwanted movements; neurons in caudate-‐putamen (basal ganglia)
die
Keys to Success
• Have fun • Be curious • Ask quesBons, then seek answers • Always want to learn!!