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00:02 Welcome back, this is neuroscience electric . And we continue talking about the

00:08 transmission. Were very likely to go and talk about neural transmission into thursday's

00:15 as well. So don't worry about exact match with the syllabus. If

00:21 don't finish neural transmission today, it's important that we learned some very important

00:26 here and start forming this understanding of chemicals in the brain and how they

00:33 . And so please recall that we acetylcholine system as sort of a poster

00:39 system for what is happening in the systems with the synthesis with the release

00:46 the breakdown and also re synthesis and of these neurotransmitters. So acetylcholine is

00:55 with genocidal cory and Colleen chat together italy colon is loaded up in the

01:01 . So you have transporters for these . The secular transporters then Sudo colon

01:08 released. We talked about the fact neuro muscular junction is a very simple

01:13 that is only excited to it only excitatory acetylcholine receptors. Nicotine acetylcholine receptors

01:20 the central nervous system, neurons contained nicotine nick acetylcholine receptor channels that are

01:27 here in pink and mascara. would you protein coupled receptors that are

01:33 here in blue. So sid alkaline synaptic lee will bind to both types

01:38 these receptors on the post synaptic response be accordingly to the receptors that are

01:43 to now. Once the sigil Colin in the synaptic cleft is going to

01:47 broken down by Seattle calling. That's race into choline and acetic acid Colin

01:53 going to get transported. So there's , membrane transporters for these chemicals into

01:59 pre synaptic loft and in there they're re synthesized into civil Colin reloaded into

02:08 . And we released again and we about how different chemical systems neurotransmitter systems

02:16 different behavioral states. We talked about example, that a denizen levels go

02:22 in the evening and dennison makes you . That if you have a fight

02:27 flight situation that norepinephrine and nor adrenaline the brain kicks in if you have

02:34 sustained activity, physical activity, mental , light levels of stress that boosts

02:41 cannabinoid production. If you are having with chemical systems, distinct chemical systems

02:51 chemical imbalances in the brain are associated specific neurological dysfunctions and neurological disorders.

02:59 Alzheimer's disease, the colon, arctic that produce acetylcholine that are located in

03:05 brain stem, they all start dying there isn't enough of acetylcholine. So

03:11 main strategy for the therapeutic treatment on Alzheimer's page for the disease is a

03:17 industries inhibitors. What you're trying to is you're trying to make the sissy

03:22 investors more bio available. The one is still there that is still being

03:27 and released. A single called unnecessary will block the degradation of physical choline

03:34 the synaptic cleft and by blocking the that prolongs the amount of time that

03:39 is um the cleft and prolongs the of that molecule that is available to

03:44 bound to the post synaptic were However, as you understand, this

03:49 not the best strategy and there is cure for Alzheimer's disease. This doesn't

03:55 the progression of Alzheimer's disease. And only thing that this does is slows

04:01 the progression of the Alzheimer's disease so it doesn't advance as fast and it

04:05 advance maybe as severely as it would without having this therapy on this

04:13 We also talked that organophosphates are a colonist terry's inhibitors and those are nerve

04:22 . And if you inhibit a settle to rates and there's too much

04:29 it's the opposite. Then the muscle contracting and they start contracting nonstop and

04:34 go into what is called tetanus. lock up, they're still active that

04:39 just lock up in this constantly contracted . And if that happens to your

04:45 that moved the diaphragm, the breathing system. It's it's it's really a

04:53 situation. And so watch out as watching the news now what's going on

04:56 Russia and Ukraine under Russian attack, using all sorts of weapons vacuum

05:04 cluster bombs and there are reports coming of the chemical attacks coming out

05:09 There's obviously poison gas. You can this information online. I'm not telling

05:14 the sources or whatnot. But it definitely confirmed by the european union by

05:19 U. S. Military. The that's going on right now. So

05:24 nasty things are still on the war zones and the war play. And

05:31 is this is what they do. uh we deal with it although they

05:38 illegal nerve gasses for any warfare. they show up here and there and

05:43 show up in syria they show up Russia you're going to show up in

05:48 . Probably I hope not but just an eye and understand what's going on

05:52 the world. So we talked about excitatory synaptic transmission causes deep polarization and

06:00 . P. S. P. . And we talked about how in

06:03 neuro muscular junction this is a big and the neuro muscular junction. This

06:08 a -65 million volt number of potential produce this massive inflate potential E.

06:16 . P. That always reaches the for action potential here and always ends

06:24 generating a very large action potential in muscle cell. Okay so this is

06:30 the neuro muscular junction. This is neuro muscular journey in the C.

06:35 . S. Activation of a single causes the deep polarization of approximately 0.5

06:44 bowls. So one synapse in the muscular junction 70 million volt e.

06:51 . p. Right? And then have one synapse activated in the

06:56 N. S. And that N. S. Produces a great

06:59 post synaptic response. Excitatory post synaptic . So if you activate two synopses

07:06 going to be double the size three five. And now you have to

07:12 on how many synapses you have to and half a million volt in order

07:18 reach this threshold for action potential If one synapse equals the deep polarization

07:24 . P. S. P of million volts. And the difference between

07:30 resting membrane potential And the action potential is about 20 million rolls. So

07:36 need at least 40 active excited. are synapses in order to de polarize

07:41 post synaptic neuron to produce an action . So the more of the synopsis

07:46 activate the stronger the ep sp response going to be the glutamate ligand gated

07:54 channels navigated by Liggins by chemicals will up these receptors and there are channels

08:02 will conduct sodium inside and de polarize cells also different from neuro muscular

08:08 Is that in the C. S. You have E.

08:13 S. P. S. And also have hyper polarizing potentials for

08:18 P. S. P. And I PS PS. A mediated

08:22 Gaba. So when Gaba chemical is it will bind to Gaba receptors that

08:26 channels for chloride and that will allow of chloride inside the south causing the

08:33 polarization. This is metadata tropic So it's different when the ligand binds

08:40 the receptor and that receptor is a which means that receptor opens up and

08:44 conducts the ions and ion the However, if the ligand binds to

08:51 protein coupled receptor, that receptor is a channel never opens up catalyze is

08:58 G protein complex and G protein complex close and open nearby ion channels on

09:04 plasma membrane that are channels. So it can control open and close nearby

09:11 channels. It can also turn on enzymes in the south and also produce

09:18 messengers activate secondary messenger cascades. The tropic signaling can reach all the way

09:25 to the nucleus of the cell and the transcription factors in the transcription dynamics

09:31 the cell based on the activity. you have this E. P.

09:35 . P. That's glutamate and we the I. P. S.

09:37 . That's gathering will come back to and view it a little bit

09:42 But let's talk more about societal dura pharmacology. So this is acetylcholine

09:49 the central nervous system that will buy nicotine nicotine, a tropic receptor and

09:54 nick medical tropic receptor. They have own agonists. An agonist is something

09:59 opens the channel that agonizes the channel . It's something that blocks the

10:05 So tetrodotoxin was an antagonist that was as a reversal antagonist for voltage gated

10:13 channels. In this case you have and antagonists that are specific to anna

10:20 and miserable tropic channels. So an for nicotine nick acetylcholine receptor is nicotine

10:27 nicotine, yes, that substance in tobacco will bind to nicotine acetylcholine receptors

10:33 they are distributed now, musk urine buy into masculinity. Medical tropic zero

10:41 suffers and they all have their own secure our it. Which is a

10:46 antagonist that comes from little poisonous froggy and attribute. Okay, so some

10:52 these can be chemical agonists. Some them can be natural agonists natural meaning

10:59 derived versus synthetic nicotine is in So this plant derived and then you

11:04 have synthetic substances to that that that that you can use to control the

11:11 . So this is going to be activation of acetylcholine receptors for acetylcholine

11:18 Nicotine receptor gets activated. It's actually to produce deep polarization is going to

11:23 for the flux of sodium through this receptor channel and neurons in the muscle

11:30 the masculine nick receptor and activation of ethnic receptor often has completely opposite

11:36 So it can actually cause hyper So if the two are located on

11:43 same piece of the membrane nearby and Seattle colon gets released and it binds

11:48 catatonic and causes deep polarization for nicotine like it did. And then played

11:53 . And the sodium was flexing through acetylcholine receptor but in the neurons it

11:58 produce much smaller deep polarization right But then masculine IQ which is not

12:04 in neuro muscular junction was present in cns synapses not can complicate things.

12:09 it's not a straightforward if they're muscle to contemplate whether it should do something

12:15 you're telling it to do. That not be straightforward. And then you

12:19 say muscle lift this cup of coffee let me think about it. Maybe

12:24 should not. Maybe I should drop instead of lifting. Right? That's

12:27 wrong. The commands are not being . So this is happening here.

12:31 is a very simple command that goes the muscle. Now when we looked

12:36 the acetylcholine we also talked about other mean means remember mono means the means

12:45 the means are very important and this a cascade for the synthesis of epinephrine

12:52 starts out with tyrosine. We have hydroxy list which adds this oh age

12:58 entire scene and makes L. Di penalize valentin. Also known as

13:05 Dopa, L. Dopa with dopa box Alice you remove dick our box

13:12 this molecule. You remove the O. H. Group Citigroup.

13:16 dick or box elated, it becomes . Okay so when we talked about

13:22 different neurological disorders can be associated with chemical imbalances, we highlighted Alzheimer's disease

13:30 acetylcholine signaling. When you talk for about Parkinson's disease. When you talk

13:36 motor central motor neurological disorders that have motor dysfunction such as Parkinson's disease it's

13:47 that is mostly effect. When you about depression, anxiety it's serotonin

13:55 That is a fact. So the are not only your behavioral states but

14:02 balance of these molecules and interactions of molecules is important to supporting normal brain

14:11 and imbalance. Alzheimer's a pseudo Parkinson's opening anxiety, depression,

14:22 They are associated with distinct groups, of neurological disorders sometimes overlap.

14:30 And uh l dopa is a precursor dopamine. So dopa is also a

14:39 medication for both Parkinson's disease and schizophrenia well. So some of the psychiatric

14:47 , mental disorders like schizophrenia and not neurodegenerative neurological disorders can also involve imbalances

14:56 these molecules. From dopamine with dopamine hydroxy list, we produce norepinephrine,

15:04 , nor adrenaline. Norepinephrine, adrenaline the brain if you may. And

15:09 can see it's just one enzymatic reaction from producing a different chemical and that

15:17 chemical will bind to different receptors and a different effect. So and means

15:25 get up taken back. So when means are released into the synaptic

15:31 they will get up taken back. a lot of mono means will get

15:38 instead of synaptic cleft, they will get oxidized in these pre synaptic terminals

15:47 there is mono I mean oxides and is basically when you oxidize a lot

15:53 the mean you're rendering and an Mhm. And these mono mean oxidants

16:02 that are located on typically associated with membranes, that's where they're found.

16:11 so when you hear about mono amine inhibitors. They're typically drugs that are

16:20 in boosting mono amines. Because if inhibit the oxides Okay And oxidation,

16:29 inhibit oxidation. Therefore you have more that active mono amine and the prison

16:37 class that you can load up. there's a lot of strategies that you

16:42 see in therapies for amine molecules. again, it's a different neurological

16:48 different treatments, different drugs out But as a principle, you have

16:54 of this pseudo code line that gets down in the synaptic cleft, get

16:59 means that get broken down in the at the terminal, had these

17:05 The enzyme turnover and the body is two weeks or so. So if

17:10 deplete some enzyme or something like you know, you have to rebuild

17:14 every two weeks. So then you asking yourself like why why do you

17:19 drugs and you some drug you take four hours? And another drug you

17:24 once a day and then another once week. And then he goes for

17:27 injections once every two months because they have different properties. It's really

17:35 It's not very simple and it's also to the metabolism of these molecules.

17:41 long does it take for body to something? How long does it take

17:45 chew up and analgesic in your you know, how long does it

17:50 to go through liver metabolism metabolized different , take different time period to do

17:57 . And so that's why you have of these different therapeutic regimes and

18:02 you know by the hour by the by the week and so on.

18:08 and cocaine will block the uptake of means. So if it blocks the

18:17 it's still still the same story. these mono means in the synaptic

18:22 they still have to be transported in prison at terminal. This is one

18:26 the strategies. If you block the epic that means you prolong you.

18:31 the motto means more by available right all of these kind of Colombians,

18:36 synaptic cleft, so cocaine which is to be a stimulant or upper will

18:44 the bio availability of the adrenaline of brain, norepinephrine, norepinephrine. This

18:51 we're talking about the illicit illegal drug and of course whenever we talk about

18:59 illegal drugs, there's always pharmaceutical therapies act through the same pathways. And

19:06 this is really what's what's what what know is that there will be many

19:12 . A. O. Inhibitors that pharmacological drugs and there will be other

19:19 amphetamines and gain illicit drugs that will on the same pathways maybe in different

19:26 of this pathway in this case. update of the molecules. I'm going

19:33 come back to glutamate and Gaba. I'm going to talk about serotonin the

19:39 function. You can see that major for got a column means are different

19:44 serotonin functions. But the principle is same. Serotonin is synthesized from

19:52 you dicker box sell it. I high hydroxide lit you put this hydroxy

19:57 O. H. On and then dick herb oxalate the five HTp into

20:03 five Ht. And serotonin gets released bind to the receptors will get transported

20:11 typically. And when you talk about common antidepressant medications, PROzac is I

20:18 is a brand name we're talking potentially blocking the re uptake of serotonin.

20:24 you can say okay I guess serotonin also happy molecule and I'm going to

20:29 that happy molecule more by available here blocking the transport of that back into

20:34 pre synaptic class in the pre synaptic , mood, appetite, sleep learning

20:42 overlapping functions between these molecules. Yeah for some reason I don't know what

20:50 but what happened to. Oh yeah talk about this for a second

20:59 took the fan anybody familiar with tryptophan a precursor to something that will make

21:07 sleepy and happy. And interestingly enough high levels of tryptophan in turkey.

21:15 like a bird and uh when you turkey for thanksgiving if you eat poultry

21:24 everybody is full and very relaxed and people think oh it's because I overrate

21:32 it's actually a lot of tryptophan in meat and you think about it.

21:35 is potentially one meal where you eat lot that turkey meat. Unless you

21:41 to turkey leg hot or something. think a big turkey legs but to

21:48 consume a lot of it that makes sleeping, producer, star tonin.

21:52 goes back to the same concept that levels is activity dependent and activity is

21:59 only how you move and what you during the day but also what you

22:02 what your intake as a food So a lot of the precursors for

22:08 cannabinoids and carbonic acid come from Omega and Omega six fatty acids and they're

22:18 as we discussed. And this is introduction. We'll talk more about the

22:23 system in general because it's a whole not just in the brain but in

22:28 body many different organs in the But this is this is different.

22:34 is why I want you to look this because we talked about neurotransmitter being

22:40 here. It acts on the receptor cycled back, reloaded release. So

22:46 happens to these molecules that are not in vesicles? Where are they?

22:53 they released place in africa and so happens to a lot of these lipid

22:57 molecules that we talked about our economic and they can an illness gasses nitrous

23:04 , carbon monoxide, they're not stored vesicles and there is typically a base

23:10 of these molecules that is present and increased activity or on demand, there's

23:17 production of these chemicals. So everything we're talking about except the first one

23:23 and other exogenous or pharmaceutical substances, are endogenous. So this is not

23:29 from cannabis. The plant cannabinoids from own cells in the body that produce

23:35 molecules and in neurons and the cannabinoids discovered and the cannabinoid signaling was discovered

23:43 the brain. The reason for it because we didn't know what are the

23:50 active ingredients in the cannabis or marijuana . Until 1960s, it was back

23:55 the same technique of liquid chromatography or performance liquid chromatography, where now you

24:03 able to take your grandma's concoction, it through the columns and say,

24:09 is something in here that I've isolated lot of it. There's something else

24:13 there that I've isolated. So we know about cannabinoids and cannabis plants,

24:19 knew about them, but we didn't the exact structures. Until 19

24:24 we didn't know that we have endogenous until 19 nineties. So, when

24:31 talk about endocannabinoid system and the this is all the knowledge that we

24:37 built up Over the last 30 And the reason why it was neuroscientists

24:43 wanted to find out what endocannabinoid or do is because marijuana or cannabis has

24:51 psychotropic effect, it causes the high . So obviously probably it's not because

24:57 the bladder that you're feeling high, probably because it's affecting your brain

25:05 you're feeling high. So neuroscientists were interested to know what is the active

25:09 in cannabis. How is the active , which is the main psychotropic active

25:15 is tetrahydrocannabinol THC in the cannabis DELTA nine THC. The plants do

25:22 produce delta eight THC. When you delta eight is sold here. Delta

25:27 is here is a semi synthetic molecule is derived from CBD, which is

25:33 cannabinoid. So let's CBD THC delta come back to it and you'll learn

25:38 about it. The point being is there is substance is in the nature

25:44 the cannabinoids in the nature referred to phyto cannabinoids, phyto plant cannabinoids and

25:51 endogenous cannabinoids. A certain level of endogenous cannabinoids. When there is heightened

25:56 of activity. These cannabinoids, there's enzyme that will produce a lot of

26:02 cannabinoids calcium influx and these cannabinoids endocannabinoid cross their plasma membranes and also similarly

26:12 the nitrous oxide and carbon monoxide. will do a very similar thing and

26:16 will actually travel retrograde with. So is different. This is not a

26:21 synaptic molecule release. This is actually of past synaptic self and now you

26:27 this feedback loop It goes retrograde Lee cannabinoid receptors. CB one and CB

26:34 receptors. CB one receptors are dominating neurons and the cannabinoids will bind to

26:42 one receptors? CB one receptors are tropic g protein coupled receptors. An

26:49 of the jew protium complex will shut the influx of calcium will block multi

26:55 calcium channel. Remember that two things necessary for neurotransmitter vesicles release deep polarization

27:03 optically an influx of calcium through voltage calcium channels so that it can allow

27:10 fusion of the bicycle numbering to the numbering. So in this case you

27:17 either excitatory synapse or inhibitory synapse. these neurotransmitters are, let's see glutamate

27:25 gaba. And when there is a of glutamate and when there is a

27:28 of gaba and the cannabinoids are they freely cross through lipid soluble,

27:35 freely cross through plasma membranes. They lee activate pre synaptic CB one receptors

27:41 they shut down calcium influx and they or reduce the amount of that neurotransmitter

27:48 is being released. So D. . I. Stands for when the

27:54 found this concept, they first found in the inhibitory synapses and did

27:59 Stands for deep polarization induced suppression of . Deep polarization. When there was

28:08 lot of deep polarization prison optically a of deep polarization post synaptic lee and

28:14 of calcium. It's induced suppression of through this retrograde feedback mechanism. So

28:24 a second. Our first thought in was that controls inhibitory neurotransmitter release and

28:29 blocks inhibited neurotransmitter released through this retrograde feedback loop and shortly after it was

28:37 shown to be present and excited tourist . So when you think about in

28:43 phenomenon's there actually regulating if there's too activity prison optically and person optically if

28:51 inhibition it will be D. I. P. Polarization induced suppression

28:54 the condition. If it's excitation and is being released it's going to be

28:59 . People are deep polarization induced suppression excitation. So there's both D.

29:04 . I. And D. And what does that tell you?

29:09 this is a method of balancing excitation inhibition through this retrograde negative negative feedback

29:19 . So like I said if we talked about gabba and glutamate in the

29:24 it would be pretty boring, would plus and minus so black and white

29:31 all of these neurotransmitters and molecules, they do is they add all of

29:35 color. You can now have a of gray scale. You can have

29:41 lot of different colors too. Major and the brain are anandamide. And

29:49 Arco donald glycerol or to A. . So these are the major of

29:54 cannabinoids that we produce in our brains bodies. And the major phyto cannabinoid

30:01 this molecule DELTA nine THC. And reason why DELTA nine THC has an

30:09 is because DELTA nine THC also binds the same CB one receptors in the

30:17 . So by having endogenous regulation and talked about Melinda can avalos is one

30:22 . Exogenous lee these molecules can also neurotransmitter release excited during inhibitory neurotransmitter release

30:30 molecules because they will bind to the receptors. Exogenous phyto molecules will bind

30:36 the same receptors and endo molecules bind the same sides. Sometimes slightly different

30:43 . Because if you remember the receptor it is very complex, large ah

30:50 dimensional structures, five dimensional Penton eric and so on. All right.

31:00 then the last thing that we have look at is the black and white

31:05 . And Gaba glycerine is the third um You know I mean acid neurotransmitter

31:13 is here and if you D. Boxley glutamate which means you remove this

31:19 group C. O. H. get Gaba. So all of the

31:25 that will have this platonic asset Car box slaves enzyme God they're all

31:33 in neurons. Remember the cycling of of glutamate we haven't looked at but

31:40 also talked about how glee is involved cycling and glutamate. Now glutamate will

31:46 into the inhibitor inter neurons and they get converted into Gaba the major inhibitor

31:54 . So one step one reaction away major excitatory neurotransmitter. This is the

32:00 inhibitory neurotransmitter. All of the cells of the inhibit ourselves that express God

32:08 will be inhibited ourselves because there will synthesizing gamma and releasing Gaba. Alright

32:18 the phenomenons and what are the ways study neurotransmitters. So one of the

32:24 popular ways to study is with antibody . It's a technique called immuno history

32:30 you also don't need to use antibodies this technique called histone chemistry histology.

32:35 if you're using antibodies it's in you and you can create antibodies you can

32:41 inject the neurotransmitter candidates into a And you will see a lot of

32:47 if you're in the labs or if looking at the catalogs polyclonal or monoclonal

32:52 to the different antibodies and then you'll things like mouse anti rabbit rabbit anti

33:01 or something like that. What does mean? That means that all this

33:04 has probably taken from rodent injected into rabbit. And the rabbit now generates

33:10 immune response to that molecule produces antibody foreign in data and you can sample

33:19 and we have HP. L. . And all these wonderful other chemical

33:23 we can isolate that antibody you So now we have created the antibody

33:28 we we want against the substance that injected into an animal. Now you

33:33 a tissue slides and that tissue slides many cells in it. Unfortunately that

33:39 only too. But imagine there's 2000 and what you do is you have

33:45 antibody and this antibody is this y molecule here and it has a visible

33:53 on it. So wherever that antibody it's gonna show up under a microscope

33:58 that visible markers typically fluorescent mark. it will glow green green red yellow

34:06 on the weight line. So you the antibodies these black white molecules all

34:12 the slice that has 2000 or two . And only one of these cells

34:19 the antibody go in and stick inside there. So there's a whole procedure

34:23 immune artistic chemistry that's actually wash the . You have to puncture the cells

34:28 the detergent. The plasma membranes. called triton X detergent will puncture the

34:34 will allow for the antibodies to come and then you will do multiple washes

34:40 shakes and things like that. And if there's nothing that that antibody sticks

34:45 it will enter into this cell here the right to. But if there's

34:49 that that antibody sticks to like a of interest that antibody is gonna get

34:54 away from the songs. But if sticks to something it will remain inside

34:59 cells and only the cells that are that particular neurotransmitter of interest will show

35:06 and blow and in particular wave lines yellow, green or red depending on

35:12 tag. Another uh technique is in hybridization. In this case you have

35:19 strand of messenger RNA in the And this is a little bit more

35:28 but you have a radioactively labeled probe the proper sequence of complementary nucleic

35:35 So you make that pro because you the it's post genomic era. So

35:39 know the code. You make you tag it and if that strand

35:43 M. R. N. Is complementary and it will bind to

35:47 specific sequence. And the cells that you have these sequences will bind to

35:54 markers this case and radioactively labeled. you will see this punk Tate or

35:59 or stains only in the south that that particular moment. So these are

36:04 formal techniques that we study uh neurotransmitter . Remember that? We already discussed

36:12 that you can apply neurotransmitter. this is another way to study neurotransmitters

36:17 how the cells react to neurotransmitters using , electrophysiology. And we discussed that

36:23 you have this application of the fluid , you have problems with dialysis of

36:27 fluid everywhere because there's fluid everywhere around south. And so we said that

36:33 a better technique called engaging neurotransmitters. this is laser licensing of the

36:40 Did a little drawing for you And this is a class supporting lecture

36:45 on engaging neurotransmitters. So you literally cage neurotransmitters and chemicals and use very

36:52 lasers to license the cages to release chemicals. The advantage of engaging

36:58 you can really activate just a single a single dendritic spine and you don't

37:03 this dialysis. You only engage in spot where the laser is being directed

37:12 uh immunize the chemistry. It's not that you use only in the

37:17 you can use it during the You can stain the whole embryo.

37:23 important that these chemicals that we talk . There's also different chemicals that are

37:27 during early development. Trophic factors, factors in the brain that allow for

37:32 brain to be very plastic. And when they get we get older,

37:36 lot of these chemicals are no longer . So you'll still have all of

37:40 neurotransmitter receive means and such but some but some other milieu of chemicals that

37:46 be there. But it's but but no longer there and so the plasticity

37:51 go down to an adult that as . Mhm. But you can track

37:56 well in this case it's a 14.5 old mouse embryo, you're tracking in

38:02 particular case, Truck B. And everywhere you see a dark

38:07 there's a large expression numbers of that . So you can see this expressed

38:12 the brain and the spinal cord not much in the viscera. So a

38:17 of the molecules, a lot of that we talked about. MS serotonin

38:21 the central there's peripheral serotonin, how you measure central moses, peripheral

38:30 walk into Kelsey Seybold, they put needle in your brain for a little

38:34 out. You go home right every , we'll get put needles in our

38:41 now. But there's ways there's blood right, there's different ways of

38:46 but these molecules are circulating everywhere and also change as a function of

38:52 So this truck be maybe expressed very in the brain and the spinal cord

38:57 first two weeks, three weeks of and then later it just reorganizes itself

39:05 a different structure in the brain of structure in the body. The last

39:11 that we're gonna talk about this particular uh slides and will switch to the

39:18 lecture slides. Yeah the synaptic So synaptic integration as you know if

39:27 have one action potential boom it releases . It produces an E.

39:32 S. D. It's a small sp one synapse is not enough to

39:37 a post synaptic action potential. But happens if you shock the three fibers

39:45 the same time that are very closely to each other? Then the signal

39:53 PSB will summit. And this is spatial summation because it's taking the input

40:03 to input in space. That is at the same time. And now

40:07 can see that this response, it's times the size of the response that

40:13 saw when you activate it just And apps pretty logical. This is

40:19 summation. Double summation is if you that same axon but repeatedly that accent

40:28 a train of action potentials. Boom boom boom boom boom. When it

40:34 so and it does it at a frequency it augments the response. And

40:40 sort of a augmentation is called temporal . So it's it's some mating in

40:47 here in the middle of some mating spades adding it all together. It's

40:53 in time at the same time. it's summing over space here. It's

40:57 the same space. What is happening time. So we're summing over time

41:01 this would be the equivalent pattern of speed is augmented and growing ep sp

41:07 you will see has noticed this temporal will not cause as large of the

41:13 sp response. Right? Because it's all three synapses that are being activated

41:18 the same time. What what would the advantage of temporal summation? The

41:25 is actually longer. Okay, so is all if something else was happening

41:31 this this stage right here this sell be completely hyper polarized. But in

41:38 cell you can see there's still be deep polarization that something else could be

41:43 on top of them. There's a features and these responses based on the

41:49 versus special information. Now, if also recall the fact that and axons

41:59 have Myelin you have my elimination segments you have nodes of ranveer. Each

42:05 of ranveer have very high concentrations of gated sodium potassium channel so you regenerate

42:11 action. But there is no more in dendrites right? There's no violent

42:19 in settlements and that means that current going to leak. It's not going

42:27 regenerate but instead it's now traveling over and it's going to actually reduce over

42:35 . And so You have this maximal here of 100% of the current where

42:41 have your electrodes and then you can a second electrode and you can record

42:46 , what is that current? Five away From the side of the injection

42:52 occurrence. What is it? 10 away from the site of the

42:58 Can you still do it? Do still see any current? 20 microns

43:02 from the site of the injection. You inject the maximum current here.

43:08 100%. And then what happens is a lot of this current will actually

43:15 ? We'll escape through open channels. . It will degrade. So by

43:21 time you get to this recording electrode going to have a much smaller deep

43:26 that you're recording as opposed to when started it right here. And this

43:34 from 100%. injection maximum current. of this V0. This v maximum

43:47 is referred to as the length the length constant or lambda. So

43:58 voltage λ is 37 of the peak at the site of the injection.

44:07 that means that neurons that have long constant will take longer time to go

44:19 and lose that current. And the that have short length constant will have

44:26 different currents if you were to. so. Mhm. Yes. So

45:12 would be a long one constant. would be a short Lanza. Uh

45:23 . The longer the lunch constant, longer that current can travel over

45:29 And that's important. And it depends the properties of the membrane, depends

45:34 the densities of the channels depends on number of channels that may be

45:39 They may be leaking that current mm hmm. There's another principle of

45:47 inhibition. So you produce an excitation in the den drive. You know

45:52 this excitation is going to die down the level of the soma. So

45:57 another reason why you need to learn dendrites. You need to activate 2040

46:02 excited for synopsis. Guess what? typically closer to the summer and these

46:07 somatic regions you have inhibitors announcements. everything that is coming into these distal

46:14 here and the neuron has to actually the selma and has to still be

46:20 polarizing enough in order for the selma produced action potential. The good news

46:26 the threshold of action potential. Actually lower and lower and lower. The

46:32 you get to the axon initial So it's easier and easier and easier

46:35 the cell to have little deep polarization still generate an action potential. But

46:41 that little deep polarization to be present the summer, you have to have

46:44 lot of it in the distal regions you will lose this current will degrade

46:52 time depending on the length constant. the other thing that can happen is

46:59 happy excitatory current. He just thinks going to travel down the axon and

47:04 the style and then inhibitor synopsis gets close to the soma. And this

47:10 called shunting inhibition and this inhibitor cinemas now going to shout that current.

47:15 positive excited her current. That was to travel into the selma and activate

47:22 axon initial segment is now being shunted because you have negative current counteracting the

47:29 current and you have current leaks going . So if you have really get

47:35 for your input in the distance done it but close to selma you have

47:40 really good inhibitory input. Guess There's nothing in the soma. It

47:46 it out. So if you have an equivalent amount of inhibition the net

47:54 really no change at the member and level. So one or the other

47:59 to win. And if excitation when excitation has to win by a

48:07 And if inhibition is there you know will be driving down that potential hyper

48:13 that potential. And that's why when record from neurons neurons that are just

48:18 in the in addition or not being stimulated in the brain or not being

48:23 stimulated in the whole brain, they're very active. They will fire an

48:28 potential. You know d polarized hyper polarized polarized more hyper polarized boom boom

48:36 hyper polarized. It's not it's not you're gonna record from a neuron and

48:41 of a sudden it's gonna produce all these frequencies of stimulation they fired quite

48:45 frequently until they're directly stimulate and they to respond to that. The reason

48:50 they fire and frequently is because although may have a lot of excitation going

48:54 these neurons and condition will be canceling up. You have to have really

48:58 amount of excitation in order to drive sell to the threshold for action

49:04 Now this principle of modulation is also to the metabolic tropic signaling.

49:11 so this is another very last concept discuss. So when you activate this

49:15 protean complexes you can activate molecules such the general cyclists that will take energy

49:22 A. T. P. Can secondary messengers such as cyclic GMP is

49:27 very famous secondary messenger and cyclic GMP also cross through gap junctions. So

49:33 that gap junctions are not only electrical are islands that can cross but also

49:39 secondary messengers can cross through gap junctions then the cycle can be can activate

49:46 . So we inside our cells we kindnesses and foster cases, kindnesses will

49:52 channels. P. 04 and adding P. 04 group typically makes these

49:56 more active and phosphate. Asus will for Pharrell. It will take that

50:02 or four group off. So memorable signaling and downstream activation of these cellular

50:09 in a way to control the activity the level of the membrane through the

50:13 amounts of the kindnesses and prospectuses that activated at different times dependent on the

50:19 pathways that are activated. All But some of these slides are showing

50:31 the stuff that we covered, the that we talked about remember it's a

50:35 system. The transmitter is a whole synthesized release. Break it down,

50:42 busting out the receptors bind to the . And when you talk about

50:46 studying you can study different parts of system, you can study neurotransmitter

50:52 you can study receptor expression of the membrane. Some of these receptors are

50:58 be internalized sometimes inside the south. of them can be extra synaptic located

51:03 of the synopsis. These are all the methods immunities of chemistry and see

51:08 hybridization mimicry of neurotransmitter and as part the mimicry liquid dialysis, rejects the

51:17 with the photo license of the cage . All of these great techniques to

51:22 study neurotransmitter systems. This is a slide that overviews what we're talking about

51:30 on on top you're seeing the amino here, glutamate and Gaba. You

51:38 see that glutamate is converted into Gaba God, acetylcholine. No, the

51:46 synthesis with child and also degradation pathway the single column master is inhibitors until

51:56 asteroids which degrees are still common in inhibitors as therapeutics for Alzheimer's disease and

52:05 the by availability of single column. there a tone in battle trip to

52:13 25 HDP tyrosine cata cola means to dopa dopamine and norepinephrine in the

52:24 So the question is, do you to know the enzymes that lead from

52:30 opening into norepinephrine such as dopamine beta list? The answer is no.

52:35 you need to know the major classes these? If I were to ask

52:39 is L dopa or norepinephrine um a colony and they'll say yes, is

52:49 an amino acid? And they'll say . So, you know,

52:52 And I'll say Gaba is a mono , you know, it's an amino

52:59 . So these are all very good But no longer to the details with

53:03 enzymes except for one God, because the most important. We have to

53:10 understand glutamate and Gaba. And that's be really the focus of probably the

53:16 half an hour or so of our is limited. Gabba, little motor

53:22 signaling these neurotransmitter systems that we talked ? A little Colin Colin. Odjick

53:28 pharmacology do protein receptors. So this what mascara nick do protein receptors uh

53:39 like their function And it's referred to this case as shortcut pathway because you

53:46 acetylcholine metabolic tropic acetylcholine receptor activists catalyze the G protein complex and the G

53:53 complex can open potassium channel. So it's called shortcut pathway. That

54:02 that there's no chemical and immediate intermediaries G pro dam and another secondary messenger

54:09 or something like that. That G goes directly into the potassium channel.

54:14 what happens if you open potassium channel the plasma membrane to the number of

54:21 potassium is going to be leaving the and the membrane will be hyper

54:27 And this is how nicotine acetylcholine receptors will conduct sodium in and cause deep

54:35 through the ion a tropic channels and . Tropic acetylcholine receptors will actually cause

54:41 polarization by opening potassium channel near one is going to be faster than

54:49 and the tropic is going to be than metal. But tropic because for

54:52 reaction to take place, you're looking tens of milliseconds of delay, sometimes

54:58 milliseconds on the tropic activation to assist interceptor model. Two molecules behind acetylcholine

55:05 boom, it's conducting open formidable advise medical tropical receptor activation. G

55:13 G protein has to move and open channel in this case potassium channel.

55:18 now you can see how the same acetylcholine on the same cell can have

55:25 effects excitatory through nicotine IQ and inhibitory mass karina civil colon receptors. Who's

55:33 to win? Maybe nobody. Maybe controlled in time. You always get

55:38 positive response from a single colony. it has nicotine receptors and if you

55:42 more security it's followed by a negative for hyper polarization but who wins?

55:48 it's only nicotine IQ muscle wins. on who wins. It's almost masculine

55:54 . Almost always masculinity or if it only mascara nick in neurons hyper

56:01 So the expression of the receptors in cells will determine the post synaptic response

56:06 that same model. And often the receptors located on the same cell to

56:12 same molecule, responsive to that same will have an opposite effect physiological effect

56:20 . The tripartite synapse will introduce this that glutamate of courses in excitatory

56:26 it gets released. It will bind iron, a tropic and medical tropic

56:31 receptors. It will get transported with neuronal transporter back into the south.

56:37 will get uploaded back into the glutamine and it's going to get released.

56:43 the same cycle that we talked But in this case there's no degradation

56:48 glutamate and that's not the class and no degradation of glutamate in neurons.

56:56 there is this our third player in tripartite synapse, glia ostracized, have

57:02 glial glutamate transporter, they will slurp the glutamate, they will have glutamine

57:09 and glutamine synthetic taste will produce glued in astrocytes. Then astrocytes will give

57:17 glutamine, it will be transported into pre synaptic neurons and with glutamine AIDS

57:23 80 p energy is converted into glutamate uploaded back into the last circles.

57:31 who is partly in control of we are they're on synthesized them,

57:41 them up, release them. But will actively control those glutamate levels and

57:47 a good thing because if there's too glutamate neuron is overloaded with its function

57:53 kicks in and says I'll help let me take some of this glutamate

57:58 it, I'll give it to you in a few seconds or so.

58:02 so you have the tripartite synapse and you realize that glee actually is in

58:07 of the activity especially the excitatory synapses that's what we refer to as tripartite

58:14 , pre synaptic neuron, post synaptic and the third player is Gloria.

58:24 of these slides repeat because maybe we'll at them again sometime later.

58:32 This is another way I just told that I am a tropic receptor might

58:38 d polarizing effect, metabolic tropic may hyper polarizing effect. But guess

58:43 There's also different subtypes of metabolic tropic . And depending on what cascades I

58:49 in intracellular lee will have an equivalent . So let's look at norepinephrine,

58:56 and neurons has two receptors data. be beta and nora P alpha alpha

59:04 receptor when norepinephrine binds to its metabolic . These arm edible tropic receptors.

59:12 doesn't have iron, A tropic Metal tropic receptors activate the G protein

59:18 convert GTP activated metal cyclists convert ADP cyclic GMP and will produce a lot

59:28 protein kindnesses and cause a lot of relations. So basically boost the activity

59:35 these pathways and boost the production of Chinese say oh but right next to

59:42 better receptor There's a subtype of Meadowbrook norepinephrine receptor, alpha two and alpha

59:51 is linked instead of to the which is stimulatory G protium. It's

59:58 to G. I. Which is G protein. And then inventory activation

60:05 this G protein complex will do the will reduce activation of identical cyclists,

60:15 reduce the production of cyclic AMP That will reduce the production of protein

60:19 essay. So this system memorable tropic . Now I told you an example

60:26 I am a tropic versus Meadowbrook I am a tropic de polarizing,

60:30 tropic hyper polarizing for acetylcholine receptors. , medical tropic receptor subtypes can be

60:37 varied and they have very different And this is an example of two

60:42 tropic receptors that have a very different intracellular early and we'll also have a

60:47 effect physiologically. So one of them pushing the system the beta stimulatory is

60:53 the system to produce more protein, saying more phosphor relation And the other

60:59 , the Alpha two is pulling it from producing that protein kindness and having

61:05 kindnesses. It's referred to as push medical tropic signal through the do protein

61:13 and once they're activated you will see downstream activation of secondary messengers of enzymes

61:21 all the way down to the transcription of the nucleus in the cell.

61:29 , so this is this is what talking about exactly when we talked about

61:35 . You can see that norepinephrine is in locus Aurelius, the blue nucleus

61:41 the brain stem. You can see projections from norepinephrine going widely distributed throughout

61:47 cortex of cortical tissues and also going spinal cord. If you talk about

61:52 , serotonin is produced by these green that I referred to as Raphael nuclei

61:59 and purple. The green ones will their tone into spinal cord and periphery

62:06 the purple ones will transport the serotonin over throughout the cortex, basal ganglia

62:12 cortical structures and such. And so can see that for each one there's

62:18 as local Sibelius, rafi nuclei this is the production of a single

62:25 , podunk younger pontin and lateral dorsal nuclear in green there's another spot of

62:32 a single choline, okay, which located here, magnus cellular prefrontal cortex

62:40 . And so these different means. different neurotransmitter molecules that we're talking about

62:47 will be confined. So most of that produces molecules will we find only

62:52 these new cleaners and the cannabinoids will widely distributed throughout the brain. And

63:00 is the case with amino acids, that synthesize gaba and glutamate and

63:07 they'll be found everywhere. There's so throughout the brand. But these sprinkler

63:13 are quite specific and quite unique to mean neurotransmitters that we're that we're studying

63:23 . The cannabinoids will be produced I just spelled out some things that

63:27 talked about. Tetrahydrocannabinol delta nine, Delta eight. You know how you

63:33 what the plant produces? Or doesn't look for enzymes, there's there's

63:41 If there's something that synthesizes in the , then you know, it comes

63:45 the plant. If it's not, means it's semi synthetic. Maybe it's

63:50 derived or maybe it's fully synthetic. . Yes, I was. Which

63:58 part of THC makes it psychotropic, uh typically is linked to hallucinations in

64:11 . Psychedelic terms means mind altering. I want to ask you a

64:17 Just copy all through your mind about . Does it alter your mind listening

64:25 music? Does it alter your We have a lot of psychedelic

64:29 We're talking about things that are Sometimes DELTA nine THC is going to

64:34 called intoxicating. Uh So my question this alcohol intoxicating? No.

64:47 Absolutely. Yeah. Can you die alcohol much much easier. Can you

64:54 from delta nine THC. No, no there's no deaths reported from natural

65:01 nine CHC. And that's very different synthetic cannabinoids. Find spice cushioned the

65:06 shops and the smoke shops. That nothing to do with the plant has

65:11 to do with the physiology we're talking . They're very dangerous molecules and quite

65:16 1000 times more potent than natural delta THC. So those things that are

65:21 unregulated and controlled and illegal. But somewhat under the radar of the regulators

65:26 find their way into the smoke No. Which part of delta nine

65:32 is psychotropic compared to CBD if you mind. Let's hang on to that

65:36 , we'll have a whole lecture of cannabinoids. We'll look at some of

65:40 structures. It's the binding properties of to CBD. They're different structures so

65:45 will bind to different parts of the one receptor THC is a strong

65:51 Two CB one receptor. CBD is the negative Alistair IQ modulator of CB

65:59 receptor, meaning that it actually has different binding side from THC. And

66:04 of activating CB one receptor and is and cascade, it will be taming

66:10 down modulating it in a negative It's still binds it, it still

66:15 levels of activity but it controls or reduces those levels of activity. That

66:23 be generated by THC. So I spelled out here, deep polarization induced

66:29 of an ambition D. S. . And D. Polarization induced suppression

66:33 excitation. So these are the retrograde for controlling both the glutamate and gaba

66:41 president. How was camp. How's hemp? Different hemp is a

66:50 that contains Up to 0.3% THC in matter. Delta land THC and it

67:00 contain CBD or other non psychotropic So the help again. We'll talk

67:08 it at the end of the course is a federally legal crop. There's

67:14 on what products can be consumed from or how it D. A.

67:18 example doesn't improve CBD tinctures but that stop the pharmacies and the stores and

67:25 stores selling it because it's really non . So people, you know,

67:30 regulators don't go after things that are that dangerous typically. And there's a

67:37 in the D. A. And to completely clear and legalized the CBD

67:42 . So uh it's a whole science it. uh but this percentage of

67:54 THC it's something that is said by , Meaning that is their Canada's planted

68:02 plant that always produces 0.3 or Sure, you can have genetics that

68:07 be approximately keeping that THC level synthesis the plants to 0.3. But nature

68:13 alive and the sun can get hotter the humidity and certain features can make

68:21 plant raise those levels to 0.4. although genetically we have identified cannabis sativa

68:31 hound plans that have 0.33C in the States In Italy. That is defined

68:38 0.6% THC as hell. And in is defined as 1% THC in

68:47 Why? Because it's it's nature. there's really the cut off line is

68:51 the regulatory cut off line. But the fact that the products that are

68:56 from help should not contain more than or 33 mg program of THC then

69:04 finished product, we'll get to that because that's pretty interesting. You can

69:09 a five g hemp product five times mg of THC. It's 15 mg

69:17 THC in colorado. It's called an from the dispensary, not from a

69:24 . So it's it's a whole debate going on. The lines are a

69:28 bit blurred. I think the main , things like fentaNYL and things that

69:34 cause death because they're deadly dose is close to an effective dose. The

69:40 why there's no deaths from THC or , there's overdoses but no deaths is

69:46 the deadly doses like 1000 joints in minutes. So I don't think you

69:52 , snoop can do that. But know maybe Anyways we'll end the lecture

69:58 today, we'll finish up on the and Gaba. We'll look at the

70:02 and glutamate synopsis and we'll move on the C. N. S.

70:06 will release your tests, I I will release your test so you

70:10 see all the questions you got and of that. We can discuss it

70:13 thursday. So wishing you have a week. Stay sane.

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