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00:00 computer. This is the six neuroscience meeting we're discussing, member and potential

00:09 or resting member and potential. We Lecture seven and lecture eight. Then

00:17 have Exam one review session, and you have your first midterm exam.

00:26 cost that accounts for one third of grade, and it will include the

00:32 that we covered in class that is the lecture slides as well as the

00:39 . So the best way to probably for the exam if you have you

00:45 asked, is to attend the take notes during the lecturers. Ask

00:55 questions you may have. I encourage to do over chat or use your

01:00 to ask a question. And finally yourself for the exam review session those

01:10 specifically designed, so that because of online format, we could refresh together

01:19 of the material for each section before exams. So, please,

01:29 the best way to prepare really is . Um, have all of your

01:37 ready for the review session. Ask questions so that you really don't have

01:43 mystery about any of the material. it on the videos. It's available

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01:54 And if you are attending the lectures want to review videos right before the

01:59 , please do that before the final session before the exam review session so

02:05 you have no technical were just in the videos and logging in with your

02:11 , not accounts going back to the that we covered last lecture. It

02:17 pretty vast amount of material, and will review some of it on the

02:25 . We talked about arms law, equals IR. We talked about the

02:29 that the is voltage membrane voltage Current current ions flowing through the channels

02:38 is the resistance resistance of the membrane on how open the channels are,

02:45 permeable this membrane is to certain And we talked about the fact that

02:50 , which is conducting this, is inverse of the resistance. We discussed

02:55 fact that because of the separation of across plasma membrane, you have accumulation

03:02 negatively charged ions, a negative charge the inside cytoplasmic side of the neurons

03:08 accumulation of the positively charged ions in on the outside off the neuron in

03:17 extra cellular space. And as we the inside of the side of plasmas

03:24 further away from the membrane, there's neutrality in the solution. So the

03:31 separation and changes in charge really happened across the plasma membrane. And if

03:37 have an electrode is connected to a meter, you will see a difference

03:42 minus 65 million volts and voltage, represents the fact that it's negative 65

03:49 bowls as it relates and compares to outside of the cell, which is

03:56 . So the inside of the plasma is negatively charged, minus 65 million

04:01 . This is our resting membrane That resting membrane potential is created by

04:08 separation of charge. We talked about acids is being the main building blocks

04:14 , create polit peptide chains and create Torshin or co ordinary structures and building

04:22 receptor channels and ion channels. And on the ion channels that we're

04:29 the silent channels are very important for ions and to exchange and changes in

04:35 fast changes in the voltage across plasma happens because the channels open that are

04:42 of these amino acids and allow the of the ions. We discussed that

04:48 passage off the ions through the Ionic . In this case, we're discussing

04:54 sodium channel, and as it relates the action potential, we will be

05:00 voltage gated channels. So these air ion channels that are gated by

05:05 You will learn there are several ways which we gave these protein channels.

05:10 of them are gated by changes in voltage dependent channels, others segregated by

05:18 . So they're ligand, gated channels chemicals, likens like neurotransmitters binding to

05:23 receptors and opening up the channels. talked about the fact that these channels

05:29 selective for certain ions and what we action potential dynamics in this lecture.

05:37 the following two lectures, we will talking about both educated and selective sodium

05:43 and both educated potassium channels and and and summary. The dynamics of this

05:53 of the sodium through the channel is that sodium ion, also not only

06:01 by water, sort of hydration but also interacting with amino acid residues in

06:07 innermost limit of this channel, sodium the negative amino acid residue. Potassium

06:13 the negative and negative violence with the amino acid residue which house propel this

06:19 . And again these channels air not just based simply on the size

06:24 on the clouds of hydration as well then you know, acid residue interactions

06:29 specific ions. So the flow of channels of aisles through these channels is

06:36 fast the order of millions of ions per per second and the flow through

06:45 pumps. And remember that these channels mostly act down this electrochemical Grady int

06:51 the chemical, radiant, the concentration electrical radiant build up off the charge

06:56 electrical interactions of that ion with the on the either side of the

07:02 But these pumps will actually transport potassium mines to potassium ions to the

07:09 of the cell and three potassium miles the extra cellular fluid. Using ATP

07:15 transporting them against the concentration radiant. , so regardless and just uses

07:23 it's much slower. We need the flow of ion so that we can

07:28 very fast decisions. And some of decisions made by neurons are reflective decisions

07:37 means that your body reacted before your agrees to the reaction. That's a

07:46 . And we discuss this within the of patella tendon reflex. As you

07:52 , I told you to start outlining south types that were discussing in this

07:59 . So we talked about that after stimulus of the patella tendon, you

08:04 have ah, activation of the muscle and the apparent dorsal root ganglion pseudo

08:11 polar neuron, which will then activate motor neuron. And through this

08:16 synaptic connection, the motor Noura, , will essentially activate the contraction of

08:24 of extensive muscle, and the muscles contract moving the leg forward after the

08:31 with Violet. This is unit unit Synaptic link, Really the sensory neuron

08:38 in going to motor e Farrant and the command of the contraction. So

08:43 the neurotransmitters that these cells release recall morphology, how they're defined, morphological

08:50 and also the fact that for any contraction for extensive muscle contraction, you

08:55 have toe have relaxation of the posing , flex their muscle in this

09:00 and this relaxation happens because the sensory neurons, they're going to the spinal

09:06 proper. They bifurcate and one contacts motor neuron that activists extensive muscle on

09:12 other. Uh, bifurcated synapse of sensory neuron will activate inhibitory, Interneuron

09:22 inhibitory Internet and activation will in turn the flex, our motor neuron and

09:30 inhibition off the flexor motor neuron will the flexor muscle, the hamstring flexor

09:37 to allow for proper extension of the during this patella tendon reflex. So

09:45 the types of cells, the neurotransmitters are involved, their morphology is that

09:51 air all great exam questions. So we then talked about the flow

09:59 ions, and we talked about the that ions will diffuse down their concentration

10:06 int. But we also talked about equilibrium potential and this ionic equilibrium

10:14 And we said that if you place lot of potassium like there's inside of

10:18 Sao and you have Cem, ionic or negatively charged a even proteins

10:27 the inside of the cell that camera . So you have potassium channels that

10:30 open. This potassium will start flowing . This concentration, Grady and chemical

10:36 . So big K plus represents a of potassium on the inside of the

10:40 in little K plus on the right little potassium, and so potassium will

10:45 down this concentration radiant but notice See the potassium never reaches concentration

10:54 That means there's not even a month potassium charge because as potassium flows into

10:59 outside of the cell outside of accumulate positive charge across on the plasma

11:05 , which will start rebelling this So this is where the electrical forces

11:14 electrical force of this positive charge is mawr. Positive charge Potassium coming out

11:22 the cell, and it's Equalling to concentration Grady into the force of the

11:29 radiant that it's still trying to Potassium thio equalize the concentration of potassium

11:34 both sides, So this is the a point at which you reach an

11:42 potential for potassium equilibrium potential. I will use entertain interchangeably as reversal

11:51 and you'll understand that in the next why it's also called reversal potential Forgiven

11:58 . But one thing that we have understand that off course, this is

12:02 specific to one eye on, so if you have a lot of sodium

12:07 the outside of the cell, and being driven down. This concentration radiant

12:11 the inside of the cell and see happens is accumulation of positive charge on

12:16 inside of the plasma number and now repelling the incoming positive sodium charge,

12:23 an equilibrium potential for sodium, at point, electrical force opposing the flow

12:29 the positive charge is equal to the Grady in force, driving it into

12:36 the outside of the subtle from the the outside to the inside of the

12:41 . So when we look at this last time we discussed several important

12:46 First of all, that you have four most important ionic species that were

12:52 when we're discussing resting membrane potential or potential for that matter. So

12:59 sodium, calcium and chloride. We that we know the concentrations of the

13:06 on the outside versus the inside of cells. And so, for

13:10 you have on the outside about five . Mueller noticed that this number five

13:14 different from the number right below which shows three for potassium. So

13:20 one is it on the exam? not gonna try thio. Get

13:24 Is it three years of 3.5 or or five. What happens is the

13:29 extra cellular environment will have small variations Milan Mueller concentrations of potassium from about

13:37 million Moeller on the outside to about million Moeller. So that Z,

13:44 just the normal thing that happens and different environments depending. And there's also

13:52 for neurons that contain a lot of . On the outside of such as

13:56 case in the hair cells in the air will discuss that when we discuss

14:03 hearing system at the very end of corpse. So the point here is

14:07 there's very little potassium on the and there's a lot of potassium on

14:12 inside, and you can translate this mole or a Mile five on the

14:18 100 million Mueller on the inside to ratio 1 to 20. So there's

14:23 more times off potassium on the inside the cell, and each one of

14:29 ions now has e ion, which for equilibrium potential for that ion.

14:34 each ionic species has its own potential value, potassium. It's minus

14:41 . But here in the diagram, will see it's minus 102 so that

14:45 deliberate potential will differ. Differ, on the concentration difference for that ion

14:52 on the test. I'm not gonna Thio confuse you with that, and

14:56 questions will be very clear. By way, I'm seeing a note that

15:02 Internet connection is unstable. Um, I'm seeing. See, you're good

15:17 , thank you. Appreciate it. I did get a note that the

15:21 connection is unstable. So what may ? And it's happened in in many

15:28 . If we get disconnected, let's reconnected the same zoom like in case

15:33 happens in case we lose the Internet . Now each one of these ions

15:39 its own equilibrium. Potential value, you can see that for sodium there

15:44 10 times more sodium on the outside the southern. The inside of the

15:48 also noticed that for calcium, there the greatest disparity of calcium concentration.

15:54 means that there is a lot of 10,000 times more calcium on the outside

15:59 the south, compared to the inside the South and for chloride is about

16:04 times more on the outside than it on the inside. So again,

16:09 this back into the perspective that these concentrations of all of the ions that

16:14 important for us the ratios of these and their equilibrium, potential values way

16:21 to these liberal potential values. this is how we get to

16:26 We're gonna walk through the nerds which is one of the most important

16:31 in neuroscience and the equation that is to calculate the equilibrium potential forgiven

16:39 Now, what you have in Ernst is E ion, which stands for

16:46 or Ionic equilibrium potential. 232.303 are over ZF Log off ion concentration on

16:57 outside of the cell over. I'm on the inside of the south,

17:02 R is the gas constant and T the absolute temperature, and so you

17:08 you have may have noticed in the diagram that shows here that equilibrium potential

17:14 calculated 37 C, which is your body temperature. Important as temperature checks

17:21 going on now, 36.6 37 37.2 about normal physiological body temperature and center

17:31 . And so you do that calculation this is one of the terms.

17:35 the temperature gas constant? This constant may change. See is a charge

17:41 the ion other violence for mono Vaillant plus one minus one for dive aliens

17:48 one oh, plus two Sorry for two plus, for example.

17:54 now f stands for Faraday, Constant Faraday. Constant also is a

18:00 It doesn't change. Log is based logarithms I on on the outside versus

18:05 on the inside The nerves equation can derived from the basic principles of physical

18:13 would see if we can make some of that. I actually want to

18:16 through this so that we can all through this. You don't have to

18:20 this equation. You have to understand equation and answer questions, not calculate

18:25 your calculator. You will not need calculator during exam, but you will

18:30 to know the proximate ratios off the and also the reversal potentials Identify with

18:37 certain calculation is correct. Forgiven So let's see if we can make

18:45 of it. Remember that equilibrium is balance of two influences. This is

18:49 equilibrium is the diffusion. It's the Grady in by the chemistry that's pushing

18:55 down its concentration. Grady in the , which causes an ion to be

19:00 to positive charges and repelled by life . Next sentence. Increasing the thermal

19:07 of each particle increases diffusion and will increase the potential difference. Achieved a

19:14 . Um, a thermal energy of particle increases diffusion. There's more.

19:19 is you increase the temperature. That's . Potential of ion is proportional thio

19:25 meaning that if you look at this , if you increase the temperature,

19:29 will see an increase proportionate increase in ion reversal or equilibrium potential. Now

19:38 on the other hand, increasing the charge of the particle will decrease the

19:43 difference needed to balance diffusion. equilibrium potential for ion is inversely proportional

19:52 the charge of the ions e, so it's proportional to the temperature.

20:00 it's inversely proportional to the violence which in denominator Z. We need not

20:07 worry about our NAFTA nurse equation because constants. Their values don't change the

20:13 temperature, which we assume is this it's the same 37 C. The

20:18 equation for these important ions, our four of our potassium sodium alright and

20:25 . I am simplifies to this. can take 2.303 are TCF and collapse

20:32 to 61 54 for potassium miles, C temperature z valence plus one and

20:42 have 61 54 long potassium outside versus Inside. For sodium you have 61

20:51 log sodium outside vs inside. Notice forklore I calculating equilibrium potential. This

20:59 now becomes minus 1 65.54 million And that's because you're plugging in negative

21:08 into the valence into the Z here for calcium, this abbreviation becomes 30.77

21:15 is half of 61 54. It's of this because you're plugging in Z

21:22 value. Okay, so you're dividing by two. Basic And so this

21:26 for calcium Nichola groom potential. Now walk through the calculation for the

21:32 a deliberate potential. So in order calculate the equilibrium potential for a certain

21:37 of island and body temperature, all need to know the younger concentrations and

21:41 side of the membrane. For example we use here is for

21:46 On. We discussed that there is times more potassium. You can help

21:50 100 million Mueller on the inside and million on the outside, or you

21:54 put their concentration ratios. Therefore, should know approximately their concentration ratios and

22:02 there Miller Molar concentrations as well for exam. And so what you have

22:07 you have logged 1/20 equals minus Now it's 61 54 times minus 1.3

22:15 deliver. The potential for percussion is 80 million volts. Notice that there's

22:20 terms and learns equation for permeability of conductors. Okay, that's calculating the

22:27 off the Colombian potential for island does require knowledge of selectivity or the permeability

22:34 the membrane. For the ion, is an equilibrium potential for each ion

22:41 the inter cellular and extra cellular So you have to know for approximate

22:47 and how to calculate those four approximate but not do the actual calculation.

22:55 . A ca liberal potential for ion a member in potential that we just

23:00 the ions. Country concentration, radiant that no, not ionic aren't flow

23:07 flow if the number and were permissible that one eye on right, so

23:12 num brain were permissible to just potassium . The membrane equilibrium or membrane potential

23:20 be very close to the potassium equilibrium , but it is not. It's

23:26 15 million volts off minus 65 million for arresting member and potential, and

23:31 calculations for delivery in potential is for individual ion. You have equilibrium potential

23:37 potassium equilibrium, potential facility, for chloride and calcium ions. But

23:43 does not allow you to calculate the number in potential. So the second

23:50 important equation is the Goldman equation. we already discussed, what's very important

23:59 the permeability. How permissible is the to given ion? In this

24:06 there's selective permeability to potassium addressed. means that the membrane is slowly losing

24:13 leaking out Potassium ions. It's highly to potassium addressed. I'm not permissible

24:21 so do you. Now let's read about the Goldman equation. If the

24:27 rain off a real neuron were only two potassium as I just mentioned

24:33 resting membrane potential would be equal. equilibrium potential off potassium. Don't confuse

24:40 two V M stands for membrane E ion stands for equilibrium. Potential

24:48 ion. And if you look in like glial cells, glial cells or

24:57 permeability toe one ion potassium ion addressed glial resting membrane potential is much

25:06 The neuron arresting number of potential. a great exam question. Re arresting

25:11 in potential. Essentially, it is Colombian potential for potassium, about minus

25:16 minus 90 mil evolves, but neuronal membrane potential is about minus 65 million

25:24 , which indicates that the membrane is herbal thio, other ions. And

25:29 this case, even if the fact the membrane is dominated by permeability to

25:35 , there's small permeability to sodium stated way. The relative permeability of the

25:44 neuronal membrane is quite high to potassium low to sodium. Now, if

25:52 relative for me abilities are known, is possible to calculate the membrane potential

25:59 equilibrium by using the Goldman equation. what you notice in the golden equation

26:06 essentially the same abbreviation that you saw the nursed equation minus 61 or plus

26:17 +54 Right now, we're gonna use ions. It tells you that to

26:24 number in potential, you have to more than one ion that is flowing

26:30 plasma membrane, and you have to into account the Sturm of permeability.

26:35 PK here stands for permeability for potassium and a stands for permeability for

26:42 But the rest of it is the from nuns. Equation are TCF log

26:48 2.303 are TCF log of concentration of , plus sodium times the permeability.

26:59 what we now is if we look the right here at rest, there

27:05 40 times the member in this 40 more permeable to potassium than it is

27:12 sodium. So in this case and calculation, the actual minimal of concentrations

27:18 used five mil imola versus 100 million . That's why I said you should

27:23 both because the nurse equation we used ratio, which is the same,

27:30 using this 105 million Moeller 20 to . And once you do this

27:40 okay, you calculate the permeability off 40 times more than it is to

27:46 40 to 1. The value is 65 million balls, and that is

27:53 value off the membrane potential. And membrane is permeable and is differential impermeable

28:04 different ions addressed. It's dominated by to potassium. A lot of potassium

28:11 leaking out of the cell. You think of lot of potassium on the

28:14 of the cell, and the channels open and it's slowly leaking out.

28:18 , but not much sodium, is in a little bit enough to offset

28:24 membrane potential from the liberal potential for . That's so what are the values

28:32 for for these, uh, reversal or Librium potentials? And again,

28:39 yourself these air the two most important , the one on top is

28:44 Potential for each ion for an individual and the one at the bottom is

28:52 equation for calculating member and potential, takes the same abbreviation of 2303 are

29:00 , which is 61 54 million were positively charged cat ions and incorporates

29:08 than one ionic species and incorporates permeability for these different ionic species.

29:17 why is this important. This is again. We talked about the fact

29:22 if you have local changes in these , sir, violence either on the

29:27 , for potassium on the inside of , it can really change the dynamics

29:32 change a lot about cell activity. this case, we're going to discuss

29:37 happens if you have increases in the in the potassium K plus in the

29:44 concentration on the extra cellular space on outside of the South. So the

29:50 on the left shows that if you a membrane potential, which is your

29:56 potential, and the X axis shows off potassium on the outside of the

30:05 . And we know that normal concentration potassium on the outside of the cell

30:10 about 3.5 thio five million Moeller placing resting membrane potential around minus 70 million

30:19 here, OK, at about five Mueller, about 70 million bowls.

30:25 if we raise the concentration to $10 on the outside, it dipaula rises

30:30 about minus 50 million malls, and you raise it to about $12 million

30:36 now de polarize it to about minus minus 40 million volts. And that's

30:42 potential in which you can actually start action potentials. And the take home

30:47 from this graph is that if you extra cellular potassium concentrations even by a

30:53 million Mueller, you can change the potential value by a few to tens

30:59 million volts. And that is because can go to this equation and now

31:05 the concentration of the potassium from three five million Moeller to 10 or 15

31:11 . Moeller. And you can see this membrane potential value overall numbering potential

31:18 also going to change. And this where ostracized are very important. As

31:23 discussed, Astra sites are several very functions. One of those functions wants

31:30 make sure that there are no significant in extra cellular ionic concentrations locally or

31:40 chemical increases like neurotransmitter calcium increases and Astra sides do, they will slurp

31:46 this increase potassium on the outside of cells and because of their very widely

31:52 Astra acidic processes, it will spread through these trees through its processes,

31:59 out with local potassium concentration and spreading over far distances and spreading it through

32:06 interconnected networks through other Astra sites, preventing for this potassium concentration to be

32:15 increase. And and we know that is important because if we had this

32:20 persistently, you would then deep polarized membranes. And these neurons that air

32:26 polarized will now be very active will firing a lot of action potentials.

32:31 high potassium is actually one of the that is being used to stimulate

32:38 High potassium or high potassium chloride. lot of crimes is an experimental model

32:43 which you induce high activity in cellular networks. High potassium also is a

32:53 off epilepsy and epileptic seizures, and discuss this actually even later today.

33:01 this is another neurological disorder that you add to your list that is,

33:08 , epilepsy, the symptoms of A very, very varied. But

33:13 lot of times epilepsy gets diagnosed. a person has repeated seizures, seizures

33:21 in many different shapes and forms. of them can resolve in a loss

33:26 consciousness and persist for minutes. Others very short and don't result in loss

33:33 consciousness could just be manifested in the off contractions, muscular contractions,

33:41 UH, it's called tonic and chronic and typically in in Apple FC Thio

33:49 diagnosed with seizure activity. There's recordings we discussed at the beginning of the

33:55 . They're called electrons to follow ground on the outside of the brain that

34:00 allow to the cup activity from synchronized inside of the skull. And if

34:09 is synchronized, where it is producing synchronous activity, the patient will be

34:16 with epilepsy or with the least seizure , and you have to have repetitive

34:23 activity in order to be diagnosed with . Epilepsy is also neurodegenerative disorder.

34:30 so if you have abnormal signaling of neurons and abnormal flow off sodium and

34:37 and potassium ions, who will have of the neurons through excited toxicity through

34:45 toxicity and through calcium toxicity both and high Potassium model raising a potassium on

34:52 outside of neuronal networks is also one the models for epilepsy, which replicates

34:59 activity in neuronal networks. And so is something for you to keep in

35:03 . We will come back and talk epilepsy throughout this course, and this

35:08 of ah activity by ostracized is really . Thio spatial buffering in this case

35:14 potassium spatial buffering to prevent local and rise is an ionic concentrations in this

35:22 and the extra cellular potassium concentration. channels and people that inspire us in

35:31 and how you pursue different questions in . I often in this section talk

35:37 , uh, Roderick MacKinnon, but only about what he discovered and experiments

35:45 he did, but also the kind person that he waas. And for

35:50 , he is an inspirational person and neuroscientist. And in general, I

35:57 like people that are on the quest change something in the society to

36:05 to discover new things in science, change the way we think about

36:10 to reveal things that have not seen seen before and solving problems, solving

36:21 , making our lives easier, making degenerative disorders, uh, better treatable

36:31 . And Roderick MacKinnon is an interesting in this respect, because he started

36:37 career is a medical doctors and M . And he had a successful

36:43 including working in Harvard Medical School. his brain was always intrigued by the

36:53 by the underlying function off neurons and particular he was very much interested in

37:01 channels. So he decided as a doctor that he would pursue electric physiological

37:10 career and use genetic genetically modified genetically channels in these flies fruit flies.

37:24 he is going to solve the structure this potassium channel and to solve the

37:31 of the potassium channel, you have predict a lot of it. ISS

37:37 predictions and then he employed several different , so he recorded electric physiological activity

37:45 these channels. He did side directed Genesis, which means he mutated because

37:53 gene mutation, you mutated certain parts the channel and by mutating certain parts

37:59 this channel, which is shown here the middle, the red dot in

38:03 middle is a potassium ion. He able to understand which parts of the

38:08 are important for the conductors of potassium . In other words, if she

38:14 one part of the channel, it not affect the conduct. It's it's

38:18 as important, but one small amino mutation, a single I mean acid

38:25 . All of a sudden, they very important for this very complex,

38:30 dimensional protein puzzle and the function of three dimensional protein. So you discovered

38:38 very interesting things. First of you discovered that there is this hairpin

38:44 , then the inner poor loop inside channel that restricts the flow off,

38:51 , off, off the ions and the flow of the ions. He

38:56 with flies that had what is called Potassium channel. So the flies had

39:03 mutation in this potassium channel and they shaking. They were resembling epilepsy,

39:11 seizures or tremors. So it was model where potassium channel gets mutated and

39:18 flies so that we can understand if mutation is important. Turns out that

39:25 of these mutations were very important, Shaker flies became almost one of the

39:31 rudimentary models. Experimental models flies for activity for studying seizure activity and for

39:40 abnormal potassium channels. Um, a of the potassium channels is important,

39:47 you use fruit flies as models because acids and amino acid arrangements. A

39:54 of times they're concerned across species, we could have ah home ology or

40:03 replication off the same sequence on potassium with other animals like fruit flies,

40:12 our potassium channels are 80% homologous to fruit fly channel so we can derive

40:23 start thinking that maybe some of the amino acid sequences that we see in

40:28 fruit fly channels if we find them species and higher species like humans,

40:33 also going to be very important for potassium channel function. Why is this

40:39 ? This is drug development Now. identified important amino acids important structures in

40:45 channel by using electrophysiology, recording the , the current flow through the channel

40:54 using the side directed Mewtwo Genesis. using the mutate and flies, he

41:00 able to start solving the structure of channel. So for medical doctor,

41:06 transformed himself into an experimental neuroscientists in to solve the structure of this

41:12 This is his quest. This is he's after, and he's smiling in

41:17 picture because he says, that's not for me. I want to see

41:22 channel. I solved the structure. all of this electric physiological recordings I

41:27 to see the channel. We discuss electron microscopes can visualize 0.1 nanometer in

41:35 so they can visualize synapses, and can show you the collection off neural

41:41 vesicles on one side of the membrane Recep turd Boston attic densities on the

41:47 Athletic side of the membrane. But cannot show you the structure of an

41:53 channel, So Roderick MacKinnon says, gonna do this new thing. This

42:00 technique mints come out recently. It's X ray crystallography. So, needless

42:07 say, his spears, probably looking him, are saying okay, successful

42:15 D career huge accomplishments and solving the off the potassium channel. You're going

42:23 do what? X ray crystallography. know how complicated this is. You

42:29 how many people can can do it effectively. It's not like a very

42:34 thing to do. You're committing, and a suicide, a academic and

42:40 suicide now, and he says, you, I'm gonna do it.

42:47 just like he builds slowly his first in the solution of the structure of

42:52 channel, he's on a quest not to solve, but now to confirm

42:58 to look at the channel to see the channel actually looks like to visualize

43:05 . X ray crystallography is a technique you capture protein in this case,

43:11 protein channel in the crystal. And you capture that bird in channel in

43:17 crystal, you know, pass X lights through that crystal, and you

43:22 the diffraction properties and depending of light for that crystal when it has nothing

43:29 . But now you place a protein trap a protein inside that crystal and

43:34 of the light, is going to different. And that's what allows you

43:38 visualize the actual Prodi, um, how that protein looks like in three

43:46 and whether your model your calculated model completely with now observed structure off this

43:56 channel. So never stop is you pursuing your careers for undergraduate students and

44:04 for graduate students. Never stop and from these lessons that we're discussing in

44:12 . The Monica how did not agree Golgi with his mentor about neuron

44:20 but they both received the Nobel He was so forward thinking, or

44:26 Hall, that he's influenced neuroscience for next 100 years, is one of

44:31 master thinkers, the fathers of but without Golgi stain in his invention

44:40 would not have been possible. His was to answer the questions about what

44:46 these circuits look like? How they to convey the beauty of these neuronal

44:53 thio to the whole world, not to the scientists, but how many

45:00 look at these images off Ramon Ika drawings and think about brain and brain

45:07 without having formally or science training. it's very interesting for them, and

45:12 reveals the image, the picture of your brain looks like on the

45:18 Now Roderick MacKinnon wants to reveal has structure of this potassium channel. What

45:25 it look like? Not only what functions, whether the important parts of

45:31 side directed me to Genesis the solved , but the observe structure. How

45:38 that actually compare to what exists out in nature? It's a great

45:45 We're solving potassium channel structure, but and in general, for pursuing a

45:52 . Pursuing a solution, pursuing something life, not pursuing a degree.

46:01 a degree is great, but you a degree for a reason. You're

46:06 of pursuing a degree so that you check off in your books.

46:11 masters, PhD g D. You're it for a reason for that quest

46:20 solve something, to find the And so the knowledge that you use

46:26 this course another courses you should really toe to some solutions that in some

46:32 are urgently needed in the current world . Before I go into the action

46:40 and want to mention one thing is today we will stop around 12 35

46:49 about 15 minutes, and that will holding ah, session with the graduate

46:57 on their extracurricular assignment that counts toward grade through a different zoom link.

47:04 , uh, that's just a preemption . Now, before we go talk

47:11 action potential, I want to tell the following thing. I want Teoh

47:16 to you about the fact that membranes be represented as electrical circuits and that

47:22 are very important features of the circuit that you need to have this understanding

47:27 order to understand their science. You to understand some physics and north

47:32 and so you have to understand these that each one of these Ionic channels

47:37 be represented as a resistor or is conductor a variable resistor R variable conductor

47:44 there is a symbol for the resistance the symbol for the resistor is shown

47:49 are okay and each one of these also has its own battery or

47:58 And this is represented by this symbol and minus symbol for battery or for

48:08 . And each one of the ions you can see sodium ion potassium ions

48:12 on the each are variable resistance or and they each have a battery.

48:18 drives of science across one from outside inside her inside to outside. So

48:26 we mentioned last time the driving force is the driving force Now? You

48:31 be able to understand what the driving is Driving force here is arms law

48:38 equals I are written in the driving Electrochemical driving force is the difference between

48:44 , which is the member and potential then equilibrium potential for an ion,

48:49 this case for potassium ions. So bigger is the difference between equilibrium potential

48:55 the membrane potential. The greater is driving force for that specific ir.

49:03 , so if we're calculating, if calculating some of the conduct Ince's for

49:11 ions. What we have toe know the current I for potassium depends on

49:19 conductors through potassium channels, which is okay or gamma K times the difference

49:28 driving force V M minus c. . That's how you will calculate the

49:33 . The amount of current will depend on the size off the driving force

49:39 the conductor's off the potassium channel and total conductors of potassium total potassium conductors

49:46 depend on the number and K and number of channels and individual conductors through

49:52 individual channel. Okay, so this how you represent members and circuits,

49:59 this is how you think about the . It's really the current amount of

50:04 of that ion will really depend on difference between the voltage and the equilibrium

50:10 for that I am. And this M minus G K is the driving

50:15 . The greater is the difference between and equilibrium potential, the voltage of

50:20 membrane and equilibrium potential for a given . The greater is the driving force

50:26 that island. That means that I is going to be driven mawr across

50:31 membrane either from the outside insider inside the outside. Another very important feature

50:38 the plasma membrane is a capacitance So we've been discussing resistance. But

50:43 also have to discuss the capacitance on the left top a one. What

50:49 shows is a diagram off current flows on five, Nana am Paris.

50:56 a change in current is you injecting current and you can see that this

51:00 all square wave like steps. And is what you would see if there

51:05 no resistance and there was no capacitance plasma membranes. This is what you

51:10 see in a one and actual electrical . If you didn't an electorate in

51:14 solution without penetrating the cell. You positive card and you pass negative card

51:21 you would see the square way step increases. But the cells they have

51:26 a bit of capacitance. And in two you have on the Y Axis

51:32 in potential and on the X axis . And what it shows is that

51:37 you stimulate an increasingly more so either de polarizing, the seller, hyper

51:43 , the solid takes time for the to reach its maximal current.

51:48 this arrows indicate a slow rise, it's not so slow. Just a

51:53 milliseconds, which is charging off the membrane. There's some resistance. There

51:58 a capacitance that accounts with this slow on when you release the stimulus

52:05 it slowly within milliseconds, actually, pretty fast rebuilds to the normal

52:13 So let's look at the resistance. he equals. Are are the inside

52:17 of the cell Depends on the resting density. What does that mean?

52:22 many channels are in the plasma You can have a plasma member,

52:27 it has 1000 channels to 10 The one that has 1000 channels will

52:33 formidable. That means it will have resistance will allow for things to pass

52:38 through 1000 channels versus 10 channels. depends on the member and surface

52:45 The smaller the neurons, the higher resistance input resistance. The input resistance

52:51 in or inside the cell. Resistance the inside of the cell depends on

52:57 in resistance R M over four by square where a stands for the radios

53:05 a spherical neuron, so the larger radius Uh huh. The larger the

53:15 , the smaller the resistance, the the a, the smaller the input

53:23 in this equation for capacitance and in . Why is it important? Because

53:30 way that you could represent the change voltage V equals IR is by representing

53:36 change in Q, which is charged capacities. How much charges changing over

53:44 capacities to change vaulted charge has to moved or removed from capacitor. So

53:51 look at this equation here below. the capacitance input, capacitors is equal

54:00 membrane capacitance times four Pi Alfa Square opposed to resistance where it's over.

54:12 Pi Alfa a square in this is four pi a square times.

54:19 the larger the membrane area, the the capacitance. And so these are

54:26 good features of the capacitor, and is the symbol for the capacitor here

54:33 its stores positive charge on one side negative charge. On that aside,

54:39 good features of the capacitor are that supposed to have a lot of surface

54:45 seek. Ambassador should store a lot charge. And if you have a

54:50 of dendritic ramifications, pardon me or protrusions. You have a lot of

54:59 area and it expires. You have lot of surface area. Capacitance is

55:02 be greater. Okay. The capacitor supposed to be close to each other

55:10 plasma membrane. A capacitor is separated by two molecules. Phosphor lipid,

55:15 layer. The passenger should charge up and discharge fast. That is the

55:22 also. So this capacitor in the membrane and the cell charges up within

55:27 few milliseconds and discharges within a few seconds has a lot of surface area

55:32 store a lot of charge on the top and be. What is shown

55:37 what we refer to as voltage current or ivy plot, where you have

55:43 changes and current changes. So if are deep polarizing the cell, if

55:49 putting positive current inside the cell or you're putting negative current inside the

55:53 this plot is a linear plot or ivy plot, voltage current plot or

56:02 lot of times it's referred to as IQ from arms law Ahmed plot.

56:07 means for equal amount off one Nana positive you change the member and potential

56:13 10 million balls and by one Nana , injecting negative currently changes by 10

56:19 volts, hyper polarizing it into more direction. This would be what we

56:25 an Ivey core for channel, but reality a lot of the channels will

56:30 have these linear curves, and we'll it when we come back in the

56:34 lecture, your left the slide so you can draw your own number in

56:39 circuit. But it's already being drawn so disgusted that at the top you

56:44 see on the top right that each has a conductor. Each one of

56:49 ion sodium potassium chloride has a It was a passive flock circuit on

56:54 bottom. You have a more realistic because you have the C M,

57:00 stands for capacitance of the membrane and store. Which of the charge positive

57:05 negative you have in a K which is flowing sodium and potassium against

57:11 concentration. Grady, Um, and have, of course, the conductors

57:16 ions sodium coming from outside to inside protection going from inside to outside.

57:22 this is the active circuit representing the circuit here of the bottom, which

57:28 the capacity. It's very important thing , capacitance. So what we've learned

57:38 and we've learned a lot is we , first of all, that we

57:43 no Ernst equation for calculating equilibrium Proton that we want. If we want

57:49 calculate number and potential, we used . We have to use Goldman

57:53 It's also referred to as Goldman, and Cats. Cats equation a steady

57:58 equation, and we have to incorporate term of permeability. You can pull

58:06 potassium, sodium and chloride and see the membrane potential changes. And of

58:13 , it will, because the top here PK ratio permeability to PN A

58:18 sodium to PCL chloride indicates that oppressed 20 times 40 times more. Permeability

58:28 has 1.0 permeability over 0.4 for sodium addressed cell membrane and these permeability ratios

58:36 also slightly different in different textbooks. the permeability ratio is the highest of

58:43 oppressed, and so if you plug the known concentrations of potassium, sodium

58:48 and the permeability ratios for potassium sodium , you will derive the membrane potential

58:55 . However, what happens during action that we will discuss over the next

59:01 lectures, but the action potential. actually switch the permeability, and the

59:08 becomes mostly permeable to sodium. It's times more permissible to sodium now than

59:15 potassium. This is during the rising of the action potential. So now

59:20 you were to take the same concentrations change the permeability ratios for these

59:26 you will get a completely different member potential value, which could be more

59:32 of the polarized member and potential, a member and potential that is starting

59:37 generate an action potential or during the of the action potential. All

59:43 so it's a good exercise if you to plug in this permeability ratios and

59:48 known concentrations for potassium, sodium and ions and ran through this calculation off

59:55 membrane potential because you will see what big change it actually causes in the

60:02 potential when you change the permeability and can see how drastically the permeability changes

60:08 sodium, address that 0.4 and during firing off the action potential 20 Hugh

60:17 and permeability for the science. huge change in the membrane potential.

60:22 the next two lectures I'm almost finished today with the undergraduate students. For

60:27 next two lectures, we will be all of the dynamics about action potential

60:33 will gnome or than you wanted to about action potential. You'll know what

60:39 during the rising phase of the action . There is influx of sodium.

60:44 is an overshoot, which is over 100 0 Mila vault value. And

60:50 is the sodium flexing inside the cell to drive the Celtics equilibrium potential,

60:56 is positive 55 million volts. And is a very strong driving force here

61:02 sodium. And then there is a e flux potassium, leaving the cell

61:08 balance the membrane potential. Because now is much stronger driving force for

61:14 Potassium tries to drive it equilibrium potential potassium, the member and potential

61:20 which is minus 80 million loss for potential for potassium and therefore generating this

61:27 and the re balancing of the membrane back. The resting membrane potential is

61:32 in Florence, generated by the pumps the ATP A sperm. So when

61:41 come back next lecture We will also about both clamp. We will talk

61:46 Hodgkin and Huxley. We'll talk about , scientists that recorded action potentials.

61:56 can view a movie that I posted the a lecture documents will review next

62:04 to on the initial work with Squid acts on um and it's gonna be

62:11 interesting next couple of lectures discussing ah about measuring currents and understanding the action

62:19 and how action potential is generated and . So at this point, I'm

62:25 end our undergraduate lecture portion and for of the graduate students, will log

62:33 to the separate link, and we'll start a separate recording from that zoom

62:40 . So please all of the students this, like just savior questions for

62:46 . We will repeat and overview some this material on Wednesday, and you

62:51 save them for after Wednesday lecture if mawr. Serious questions or if you'd

62:57 to review anything else, a Z I'm sorry on Thursday. Keep confusing

63:03 with Wednesday on Thursday. Please ask questions on Thursday after the class of

63:09 onda uh, wishing you a great , and we will connect back with

63:15 on Thursday and now will connect with students in a different

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