Nervous System Resources
SPECIAL LAB LINKS page:
Action Potential in the Neuron
Harvard Extension School
13:11 minutes
The Synapse
7:08 minutes
Bozeman Science - Paul Anderson
Synapse Structure and Function
4:24 minutes
by Larry Keeley
Neuron Synapse
3:19 minutes long
Great Pacific Media
Resting membrane potential
3:57 minutes long
Great Pacific Media
Action potential
1:02 minutes long
No audio portion (no narration)
shows Na+ and K+ channels opening and closing
and shows Na+/K+ pump at work
The Schwann Cell and Action Potential
Animation explaining movement of action potentials along myelinated axons and comparing it to movement of action potentials along unmyelinated axons.
5:07 minutes long
INSANE Domino Tricks! (Hevesh5 & MillionenDollarBoy)
Watch all kinds of falling domino tricks
500,000 Dominoes - The Year in Domino - 3 Guinness World Records
Watch dominoes falling starting at the center of a giant circle
What is Multiple Sclerosis? is the question answered in this Youtube video.
Explore the Brain and Spinal Cord
Contains a wealth of content and links related to the nervous system
The 12 Cranial Nerves
The Navigable Atlas of the Human Brain
Here you can find pictures of sectioned human brains, corresponding MRI sections, and movies going through sections in sequence
provided by staff from Radiology Department, Communications Technology Laboratory, and College of Human Medicine, Michigan State University;
National Museum of Health and Medicine, Armed Forces Institute of Pathology
Online home of the Terri Schindler-Schiavo Foundation
Terri Schiavo - A Tragedy Compounded
by Timothy E. Quill, M.D.
from the New England Journal of Medicine
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