a neuron is a cell! by Cassidy Waldron

Talking a little bit about inflammation as well as reflecting on what we’ve learned this semester!

Mechanism of sleep, sleepwalkers, and sleep hygiene!

Disorders of the nervous system, risk factors, and how to combat aging.

Our sense of touch, touch in development, and of course, fun facts!

Our sense of hearing, motion sickness, and music advice.

Our sense of vision, illusions, and blindness!

Our sense of taste!

Talking all about our sense of smell!

How neurons find each other and link together!

We talk about the roles of glial cells in a functional synapse, aspects of growth cones, and different kinds of growth cues - and how these things can go wrong!

Long term potentiation, long term depression, and toxins.

An episode about definitions, major players in resting membrane potential, and excitatory and inhibitory currents.

Discussing synapses, converting electrical signals to chemical ones, different neurotransmitter receptor types, and more!

Biophysics, electric currents, and myelin sheaths… oh my!

Allison Jenkins and Cassidy Waldron discussing learning goals, thoughts, questions, and jokes about the the structure and function of neurons & synapses!