Synapse

consciousness, generates synapses and myelinates from early childhood into adolescence. The neurons in the reticular formation send out fibers to many other areas of the brain. Many of these neurons go to the prefrontal lobes of the cerebral cortex, which contribute to improvements in sustained and controlled…

Epilepsy is a chronic neurological disorder affecting all ages. Epileptic seizures occur as a brain insult that results in one of three forms. Seizures can be systemic, toxic or metabolic. Epilepsy has been defined as brain disorder characterized by enduring predisposition to generate seizures, by the neurobiological, cognitive, psychological and social consequences of the condition. An epileptic seizure is defined as a transient event of signs and symptoms due to abnormal excessive neuronal…

Autism is a disorder which occurs during the development of a child through adolescent till maturity. The disorder consists of some characters which include sluggish communication and interaction. An autistic child is vehemently prone to constantly repeat some of the behaviors which are an outcome of an interest in the child which is said to be restricted. According to different children and life adaptations, the disorder has completely variable consequences. The lifelong disorder has become…

Due to the many synapses that are formed at such a young age, the brain goes through the process of synaptic pruning. When the child is not fully using the connections that he/she once made, the brain filters out and decides which synapses to keep and which ones are not contributing as much to the child’s development. The synapses that are kept are the connections that the baby uses most frequently. There are two different ways in which the brain produces and prunes synapses;…

commands so that a relatively simple or incomplete command from the cerebrum would be elaborated and completed by the cerebellum after motor learning. Further, he proposed that the cerebellum is a site of learning because it contains many neurons and synapses, most of which are probably modifiable, and that absent plasticity, one wouldn’t need so many neurons to merely elaborate forebrain motor commands in some routine, unchanging way. This notion of treating the immense number of neurons in the…

result in many different skills such as “language, motor, and social-negotiation skills (mental and emotional mastery, cooperation, problem solving, and leadership” (Timmons, Naylor, & Pfeiffer, 2007, S127). This can also result in connections of synapses which, as discussed earlier, are the building blocks for future cognitive development and…

further divided into three levels of neurons for transmission: The first level is where the sensation is translated into an electrical impulse from pseudounipolar neurons branching from the skin leading to the dorsal root ganglion where its axons synapses with the neuron at…

brain are analogous to the web pages on the Internet. The Internet contains more web page than the neurons in a human brain (specifically child’s brain). However, a child’s brain contains more 10x the connection than the Internet. These connections (synapses) form rapidly during the early years of a child’s life. These years (a critical period) should be utilized to stimulate and enrich a child with a copious amount of information; however, too much stimulation or too little stimulation can be…

are better classified as neurons and these neurons are in constant communication with the synapses in our brain. (Kalat, 2015, p. 60) The synapse acts as a conduit that transmits specialized information between neurons. This information exchange is what allows various neurons to release certain chemicals to other neurons in order to evoke certain signals in our brain. These chemicals released across our synapses are known as neurotransmitters. (Kalat, 2015, p. 60) These neurotransmitters are…

transported from the axon, into the axon terminals, where the AP will travel through and over the presynaptic membrane. Than the transmitters will be synthesized and stored within the vesicles; to travel and be released into the synapse. They will pass through the synapse, and enter through the transmitter receptor into the dendrite. All the excess transmitters will be broken down by enzymes that will be present in the extracellular…