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00:01 Okay, welcome back. This is five of neuroscience. Today is Tuesday

00:11 31st the last day. And we essentially today, more than halfway through

00:19 material that you will be responsible for midterm exam one. So if you

00:25 missed a couple of classes, if missed a couple of lectures, if

00:29 not attending in person, uh and just watching these videos, I would

00:35 you to probably the best way to the highest. And the exam is

00:41 attend the lectures, take notes, the videos, not just watch the

00:45 at home. So that's for people are watching this video on video,

00:50 video points. And we're going to supposed to talk about neuronal number and

00:56 trust, but we're going to finish of the things that we discussed about

01:01 then talk about Glia and then see we have time to start discussing resting

01:06 potential. But we probably will as cover the lecture material today, there

01:12 supplementary and supporting class lecture readings and that I have for you in a

01:18 folder and blackboard. So I will using some of these links, as

01:22 mentioned. Some of them are to videos that are publicly available. Some

01:26 them are Youtube videos and they may commercials in front of them. So

01:30 apologize, I'm not responsible for that there. The point is actually the

01:36 of the video itself. Okay, we discussed many different things about neurons

01:43 if you want to remind yourselves where finished was we spoke about this particular

01:50 and we spent, I would say , 10 maybe even 15 minutes on

01:54 slide. And there were some he away messages that I was telling you

02:01 I was explaining this, I was for you on the board. That's

02:04 advantage of being in the classroom. said through the video, it doesn't

02:08 clearly show what I write on the , but you can hopefully see very

02:14 everything that I write here in So if you look at your lecture

02:20 , this is the continuation of 34 the last few slides that we're supposed

02:28 discuss and then the 45, it's the same kind of slides, just

02:34 reminder and then discussion on glia. what I would like to highlight from

02:41 uh slide that we discussed last time particular, we talked about what structure

02:48 the brain this circuit is from. we said that this structure in the

02:55 is called the hippocampus. We said hippocampus is an Arky cortex or arcade

03:06 . Arche cortex because it's predominantly three structure. We talked about how within

03:19 excitatory glutamate neurons will have about 80 90% of the total cellular population and

03:31 the inhibitory gaba releasing neurons with constitute other 10 to 20% of the total

03:41 population. We also talked about how motor GIC neurons are projection neurons.

03:50 so if you look at these local circuits that are adjacent to each

03:56 the excitatory karam, it'll, cells are glittering, liturgical excitatory are going

04:02 communicate this excited for information within the work locally. But it's also going

04:09 project this information. So these are neurons and for the most part they're

04:15 glutamate releasing and they will interconnect the networks. Now with them these networks

04:23 is a variety of inhibitory cells that going to be talking to each other

04:28 also going to be influencing and talking the parameter cells excited tourists. These

04:36 for the most part inhibitory gaba releasing and their local network into neurons.

04:43 they're not projection cells. We said also exceptions to almost every rule.

04:49 so this kind of arrangement that you're this arrangement of inhibitory cells and excitatory

04:56 , this kind of a ratios that discussing of excitatory overall cells and these

05:04 versus the inhibitor overall south. You'll that in the hippocampus you'll see it

05:08 the cerebral cortex as well. So lot of times we refer to these

05:13 of circuits as canonical circuits because that that there's going to be analogous circuits

05:19 you will be able to find if the exact same self sometimes that we're

05:24 analogous circuits and connectivity and rules by processing in these neuronal networks happens.

05:33 what else did we talk about it's important for semantic memory. So

05:37 a structure in the brain that is for semantic memory and also is involved

05:44 emotional information processing. So it's the of that memory and also recall of

05:52 memory through this hippocampal circuits. And when we looked at the circuit

05:57 we said that there is not that variety in the excitatory projection cells.

06:03 these are the parameter cells and their cells and that we cannot really distinguish

06:09 one from another morphological e we can that some of the cells are located

06:14 the stratum ready atom layer versus stratum middle versus stratum orients. But more

06:20 . These green and turquoise parameter they look analogous to each other and

06:28 cannot really distinguish them based on whether projections, their projection cells, they

06:33 glutamate. But these different some types cells we said well express slightly different

06:39 of genes. Therefore they will carry slightly different substance of molecules, proteins

06:45 chemicals inside of them. So some the parameter cells will be called in

06:49 positive and others will be called in negative. And for the most

06:54 this is the only distinguishing distinguishing feature these parameter cells, not even their

07:00 firing rates and firing properties that we'll in a second. Now when we

07:07 at the circuit and we said that other cells that are labeled one through

07:10 . These are actually the inhibitory local into neurons and they can be distinguished

07:18 on morphology. So where they're located , Selma's, in which layer based

07:23 the dendritic morphology, whether they have projecting them rights or vertically projecting

07:30 And finally based on the locations of inhibitory synapses, these yellow cups that

07:37 will be forming in controlling the activity these excitatory cells, projection cells.

07:44 finally we still need to use markers as uh evolvement markers or other self

07:51 markers in order to distinguish and the . Some of these inhibitory interneuron that

07:57 actually look very similarly morphological and may have the same functional output. When

08:05 talk about functional output. That's when start talking about the last really very

08:11 feature that will allow us to subtype different subtypes of neurons into that.

08:17 was 21 in the previous slide, example, for the inhibitory cells.

08:22 this is an example of a wholesale it. The patch clamp, wholesale

08:27 These are the micro electors the scales you're looking at the diameter of the

08:32 . The neural is about 10 micrometers the diameter of this electrode tip is

08:37 than one micro meter across. Democrats about one micrometer. Some of the

08:42 axons shooting off here, our half micrometer or less in diameter. So

08:49 approach these cells using the infrared Remember that in this type of microscopy

08:55 don't need to stay neurons in order visualize neurons, we record electric physiological

09:01 from these cells and both of these through these electrodes will receive identical inputs

09:08 that input is an electrical stimulation in form of deep polarization of the

09:13 But the cell on the left produces very fast frequency response and their action

09:21 . These are individual action potentials and cell on the right while it receives

09:25 same stimulus, it fires it much lower frequency than the cell on

09:32 left. So during the experiment there also dies that can be placed inside

09:38 electorate. They're called neuro biotin or and dice. And these dyes will

09:45 leak into the neurons that you're targeting the recordings. And after the experiment

09:51 can use the modern day in camera up camera lucida microscope. If you

09:57 was used by ramon alcohol to reconstruct in modern day, you can use

10:03 neuro lucida software with a little bit human health and reconstruct the precise morphology

10:10 these neurons. And so that you demonstrate their precise morphology location and finally

10:18 stated cross reacted with specific cellular So all of these are essentially necessary

10:26 order to convince the reviewers in high high level publication magazines for neuroscience that

10:35 recorded from Cell subtype number seven, subtype number two, cell subtype number

10:44 and so on. So there's some that we're we're trying to standardize and

10:50 order to definitively prove a subtype of cell. You have to involve all

10:56 these techniques and the sustaining techniques would done with you know histology immunities to

11:03 . Uh And these dyes the diet goes in is called neuro Buyten also

11:09 called biocyte in. And this is example of now neo cortical circuits.

11:17 neocortex is a new cortex X. structure and this is a patch of

11:21 neocortex and this patch of neocortex. is an example with each one of

11:27 arrows points to recording that was done all of these different neurons in this

11:33 circuit here in the neocortex and all these neurons that receive the same

11:39 But they produced a very different outfit their outfit is different. Some of

11:46 produced these bursts of action potential others have continuous fast firing, others

11:56 slow and firing, Others are delayed stuttering. So so these are what

12:08 call cellular dialects. They all speak same language. They all produce action

12:14 but the dialects are different and all these 100 50 or so different subtypes

12:21 cells will have slightly different dialects and will produce action potentials in different patterns

12:29 this is important for the processing the of collectivity. The complexity and processing

12:36 the complexity and cellular composition of these networks stems from the variety and the

12:44 of the inhibitory cells local network into and so parameter cells for the most

12:51 will produce the same accommodating it's called accommodating patterns. So this is the

12:58 of the excited through projection cells and them to be positive or negative.

13:03 will still speak the same dialect. the inhibiting internet are going to be

13:09 for all of these different subtypes of . And this is just in this

13:15 in here in the neocortex. So is some of the takeaway information and

13:23 fact that you have diversity of these neurons and because of their diversity and

13:31 of the molecules that they express and channels that they express and the way

13:35 conduct ions across plasma membranes, influences the types of frequencies and responses that

13:41 can produce to the same stimuli. , so this kind of a recording

13:47 be done, as I mentioned to using a microscope with infrared microscopy and

13:54 can if you're really good and potentially simultaneously in vitro in a dish from

14:00 cells. Six cells. It was maybe that done eight recordings from eight

14:06 at the same time. But beyond , that's kind of where the stretch

14:11 the experimental capability stops and the automated of these types are not yet at

14:17 level where they can be done using robotics but in any case uh sometimes

14:24 use really sophisticated equipment. This was setup when I was doing my second

14:31 at George Mason University in Fairfax Virginia I started studying epilepsy. And the

14:38 why I was uh uh stubborn enough spend hours and trying to record from

14:45 or three neurons simultaneously because they wanted know whether the inhibitory or excitatory cells

14:53 the hippocampus in that area, which were basically responsible for starting seizure activity

15:01 . That was the question that I addressing for a number of years using

15:05 techniques and sometimes you work late in lab and you run out of the

15:10 holders and if you notice this is pen and it is on a sophisticated

15:19 , but I didn't have anything This would be like a more proper

15:23 to hold it. We didn't have else. So sometimes you just innovate

15:27 you go if you have to get good result. Okay, so at

15:32 point, uh we're continuing with with and as I mentioned, your other

15:41 , which is more five lecture slides essentially the same uh as the continuation

15:47 34. So glia glue for a time, we're kind of a understudied

15:57 subtypes of cells, they're not right? The Glion and Glia,

16:05 not excited or they're not inhibitory. Glia, in fact, like I

16:12 from the very first slide I said like chocolate chips in the cookie.

16:18 dough is ugly and chocolate chips and . So there's a lot more dough

16:23 chocolate chips. And the same with cellular uh ratios. There's a lot

16:28 glial cells versus neurons. So glial for a long time were thought to

16:35 serving a passive property sort of to and insulate neurons. And they were

16:43 considered very interesting until the last two . Many discoveries in neuroscience have led

16:49 to understand that we are intricately involved this. Try synaptic, what we

16:56 communication. So glia is involved in the communication between neurons. Glia is

17:03 in migration of neurons to find their and their destinations are involved in synaptic

17:10 and synaptic plasticity. And so they're even have their own distinct ways in

17:16 they communicate to neurons as well. addition to all of this. So

17:22 are different subtypes of glial cells at end of this uh presentation. You'll

17:32 this slide that summarizes and you actually the slide already when we talked about

17:38 19 infections. So you can see micro glial cells the astra sides a

17:45 demo besides and they go down the are responsible for my elimination in the

17:50 . N. S. Astrocytes are much involved in the synoptic control and

17:57 transmission between neurons and influencing the synaptic especially between the excitatory cells and in

18:04 excitatory cells. Michael glial cells are smallest and the most mobile elements in

18:12 brain. They're the scavenger cells they activated when there's a need for repair

18:19 a damaged are also involved in control inflammation and release of side of kinds

18:26 the normal, regular, controlled release side of kinds of normal function.

18:31 essentially it is the response to microbial , the immuno inflammatory response that calls

18:41 the brain to start fixing itself, itself. So michael glial cells are

18:50 for this function. And uh let's at the video here. What you

19:01 see in this video is this dot appears here now. What this dot

19:07 is is the site of injury right . So this is where the injury

19:14 is where this dot is. And else sustained in this particular video?

19:20 micro glial cells. So all of not all neurons, but these are

19:25 the neurons that are glowing glia that glowing are micro glial cells.

19:31 this is leo specific marker for micro south. So there's a side of

19:37 . You'll also see that there is time lapse here um which probably gets

19:46 maybe covered by this top menu. then you have the 10 micro meter

19:54 space reference here. Okay, So you're seeing is this is about 40

20:08 into it. And so when the happens at first in this area,

20:17 first thing that happens is you can that micro glia start reaching out and

20:25 their processes and migrating their processes towards side of the injury kind of surrounding

20:30 site of the injury. And that's within minutes and you'll actually, sometime

20:39 . You can also see time lapses the cells that were located here.

20:45 most of the microbial cells are located closer now to the site of the

20:51 . So if you if you jump can see that this distance is

20:58 So micro glial cells that the most elements in the brain of the smallest

21:06 and they're responsible for amassing this response injury. And uh potentially not only

21:16 but also infection because they will be following infection. And when you talk

21:22 COVID-19 actually a lot of times will hear cytokine storms and control cytokine storms

21:29 these uh there's a normal response of brain and the body's to produce inflammation

21:35 release cytokines so that the cell immune can be activated. But when the

21:44 of khan and this inflammatory molecules, inflammatory molecule are released uncontrollably, then

21:53 can have uh too much of And that is also. Yes.

22:12 so maybe the question is, can rebuild neurons? Probably not? You

22:17 , there is no regeneration of So once neurons are injured, they

22:24 regenerate. We have some stem cells the brain. So new neurons can

22:30 born to very small extent, especially adult brains and to a larger extent

22:35 younger brains. Um So they're responsible of for cleaning up around the side

22:42 the injury and for making sure that is a sufficient repair an immune response

22:52 gets generated around the side of the physically. You cannot rebuild neurons.

22:59 is no environment in the C. . S. By which these neurons

23:04 rebuild their processes uh Once they have severed. Once they have been

23:11 That's not the case in the Because you can know from probably experiences

23:18 reading that if you have a damage the nerve and the arms sometimes it

23:23 it can repair itself, it can some time but it can be a

23:27 and repair the generation because the peripheral system, the environment is different,

23:32 chemical environment is different. And of again you talk about within the context

23:38 plasticity, any damage to the If you are in the early stages

23:43 this development, you're more likely to whatever damage has been caused as as

23:52 to if this happened to more mature person. Okay so we are going

24:02 into the never transmitter and ion uptake astrocytes and we'll talk about that.

24:08 astrocytes are not just responsible for We'll talk about the fact that astrocytes

24:15 responsible for absorbing glutamate, the major or neurotransmitter and actually breaking down glutamate

24:25 getting some of that glutamate back to excited projection cell. Astrocytes are also

24:34 and comprise a portion of the, glad it's yours, a portion of

24:40 blood brain barrier. Uh And so is and feet of the astra synthetic

24:49 that hug the little capillaries the blood . And they patrol essentially what gets

24:56 the brain. Remember that there is barrier. And we'll discuss that in

25:00 second now. Number four guide neuronal and process outgrowth, neuronal Agrio

25:09 So when neurons are born in the brains, they're born in a few

25:16 areas in the brain, they're not . So neurons that are in the

25:21 cortex here in area 17, broadband 17. They're not born in the

25:27 cortex, neurons that are in the cortex and not born in the temporal

25:33 . They're born in specific zones in brain, more on the inside,

25:38 of the brain. And then neurons migration. They migrate and they migrate

25:47 radio glial cells. The radio glial becomes like a lattice the neurons to

25:53 to their final destinations. So neurons to find temporal lobe and they have

26:00 find auditory cortex. It's a six structure when they're destined maybe to be

26:07 layer four. And that is gonna their final mail mailbox is layer four

26:14 a specific column in auditory cortex and temporal lobe. So there's a significant

26:20 of migration that happens. And this an example of this kind of cellular

26:29 that you would see. And was during these uh early cellular migrations and

26:40 is a neuron and it's using radio cell like a rope and it's kind

26:47 just climbing along the road, its destination. But the membrane actually becomes

27:00 . So the cytoplasm becomes continuous. it's using the sliders with radial glial

27:07 . But it's very important then this of providing the proper lattice and guiding

27:16 into specific areas and specific tortoises and and the networks um with a much

27:25 like back bouncing back and forth. like I wish I wish I

27:34 Maybe it's a little little guiding maybe it's even some piece of dirt

27:42 something. Something in the solution. . I don't think that was in

27:48 figure legends out good observation because you know. Maybe there's like a little

27:55 and it's leading the south to migrate certain distances. So astrocytes again come

28:03 here as blood brain barrier. Already , they're also involved in growth factor

28:10 . So like slow growth factors that influence the actual growth of individual.

28:17 . How long does it take to ? It's a good question. Uh

28:27 this case this migration is short distance this movies. It's I think it's

28:34 minutes to migrate some micro meters and that could be uh pretty comfortable what

28:42 happening in the brain. So probably to two weeks for neurons to migrate

28:47 establish themselves and that is happening mostly the very early development of Lebron.

28:56 So is the migration from the same all neurons or very uh well it

29:09 be the same time because they have come from these zones where they're sort

29:16 like stem cells and at this stage still very potent and they then may

29:24 uh an inhibitory cell versus an excitatory or inhibitory cell number seven in hippocampus

29:31 to previous charge. So it is . This process is happening though within

29:39 demands of giving birth to new And these neurons of migrating is the

29:45 structures to differentiating during early development. then when you're born you have the

29:54 and the structures of the brain. the connectivity now is what's really changing

30:00 lot post natively. So. All . Uh So the the the glia

30:11 we're talking about, they are very . They're very important. The control

30:19 genesis, the formation of new synopsis and genesis they control synapse numbers

30:27 they influence the dendritic spine numbers And the contact numbers synaptic function and

30:36 plasticity. But unlike neurons that we talked about and we said that neurons

30:44 this dialect and the language of action and that's how they communicate this information

30:50 another. Because this language of electrical potentials translates in the chemical neurotransmitter release

30:58 certain patterns. Paglia is not capable producing action potentials. They don't produce

31:05 potentials. But instead they have large of calcium and they passed this calcium

31:13 between glial networks that are interconnected and they communicate with what we call via

31:21 calcium waves that are much slower. an action potential is 1 to 2

31:27 in duration, agreeable calcium wave can a second longer. So there are

31:34 temporal processing scales, neurons are very but also neurons can be slow.

31:43 there's a whole range of dynamic range the speed and the frequency with which

31:51 process. The slowest neurons can process just within one or two hertz

32:00 One or two spikes a second. the fastest neurons can produce 600 spice

32:06 2nd. 600 hertz. Very very . And the action potential so very

32:14 fast. 1 to 2 milliseconds in . And leo calcium waves are very

32:22 slow. And they don't speak that . Real cells. They don't speak

32:30 language of the actual potential. So don't have that same dialect. Their

32:35 is calcium waves. Yeah. So we talk about insulation it's very important

32:55 neurons and that is my elimination and you have in the periphery periphery.

33:01 nerves are Myelin ated with Schwann So all of the uh nerves that

33:09 in the periphery. Okay and are out of the brainstem and into your

33:16 . Their peripheral. They're not in C. N. S. So

33:21 Myelin ated with Schwann cells and the nervous system, neurons are pollinated with

33:31 genital sites. The big difference is once one cell is just one single

33:40 of Myelin. And for illegal Deandra they can have multiple processes and one

33:48 cell can form multiple segments on multiple that belong to different neurons. So

33:56 cell is just one segment, one . And for legal de emphasizes multiple

34:03 in the cns. So there are that can happen with regard to Myelin

34:12 and my elimination process is controlled where have the precise compaction of Myelin.

34:22 when myelin wraps around ourselves, wrapping around multiple times and forming the

34:30 is you also having a certain compaction these processes are running, wrapping around

34:39 there's d my elimination. Now deem can occur. For example, if

34:45 have an infection if you have an myelitis which will cause inflammation and can

34:55 d my elimination or loss of Myelin you can reproduce that by basically having

35:03 injections of uh in the animal brains infections that can happen in animal

35:13 There are seven related proteins. So not just one protein that is responsible

35:19 the proper compaction. Their myelin associated as an example that is responsible for

35:29 of Myelin Nation. And to initiate elimination. It's very important that delicate

35:36 recognizes neuron and neuron says, hey we can play together, you can

35:43 around me so the cells cell Now we'll come back and talk about

35:51 Marie tooth disease. Uh This just out that it's not necessarily that D

35:57 Nation is a result of a decrease a certain protein or not enough of

36:02 certain protein because it's interaction of seven proteins. And then periphery D.

36:07 Nation can be a result is too of one type of protein which is

36:14 myelin protein PMP 22. And we'll Charcot Marie tooth disease in the following

36:23 , yep, we are talking about associated with and systematic and no

36:41 Yeah. Yeah. I mean they they will they may have a different

36:47 of these seven or more so of myelin compaction and Myelin basic proteins that

36:54 controlling the installation process, wrapping It's not like something with the and

37:03 for the what uh we're not necessarily at the exact subset of proteins that

37:14 used for each expression. That's that's what we can cover in this

37:19 But there will be variations. And course it will be different self self

37:25 that has to happen for a in case a motor neuron or a cranial

37:35 to be recognized by Swanson. Rather than a inhibitory gaba neuron be

37:44 by uh legal lymphocyte. So, there are slight variations in this protein

37:53 expressions and how they interact with each . Um We won't get into details

38:00 that. But the most important thing take away from this slide is that

38:08 sclerosis which is not going up Well here in yellow, multiple sclerosis

38:15 a disease is a neurological disorder. one of the common neurological disorders.

38:22 when we talk about neurological disorders what are the things that come to

38:27 when you think about multiple sclerosis? you thinking about developmental mental retardation?

38:34 an autism spectrum disorders or fragile acts ? Are you thinking that multiple sclerosis

38:41 um, aging disease will be observed the onset of it will be uh

38:48 population. And it turns out that sclerosis, the onset of the disease

38:55 happens in the 30s. So this a disease. Now when we're talking

39:00 that also has a genetic component. you will have mutations, for

39:07 chromosome 18 mutations have to have to . He also has to be recessive

39:14 order for you to express the disease have the phenotype, which the symptomology

39:23 the phenotype is tremors and convulsions. so you will hear a lot of

39:31 people with multiple sclerosis, what is with multiple sclerosis is that you have

39:38 significant demand elimination of loss of So multiple sclerosis is an auto immune

39:50 . That means that in this case body itself or in this case the

39:58 itself starts killing illegal. Down beside getting rid of the myelin and

40:07 Now, something is wrong with the of illegal genocides and instead myelin and

40:15 down the sides of being recognized as foreign invader which needs to be

40:22 So this is essentially a response that you're having now. Uh if you

40:33 about symptomology, humans uh multiple sclerosis lot of times you will hear that

40:42 can't control the movement of their So there's a tremor component. Uh

40:49 is a component of spasms, muscle and locked up muscles because of the

40:58 now being the myelin ated, it carry the infosys properly. Those patterns

41:03 action potentials are not being carried And in this case this de milo

41:09 is happening in the C. S. So the commands that are

41:13 taking place from the motor cortex are commands. And you can essentially,

41:21 you think about it first, if demolish nation in the areas of control

41:27 things like movement of hands and things the progression of the disease and subsequent

41:35 Allan nation further the marination of neurons globally can lead to all sorts of

41:41 , cognitive problems and mental problems and sorts of things like that. So

41:48 we have Have a model here and is a cross section through lenny axons

41:54 really nice and thick ma domination around axons. And this is a genetic

42:01 that we refer to a shiver model this case. You have a mutation

42:07 chromosome 18. You have the model nation And these animals in this case

42:13 rodents, they will be shivering. they will be reproducing and manifesting some

42:19 the symptomology of traumas and spasms and convulsions. Uh Following the Myelin

42:29 And this example shows that you have trance faction. Gene transfer action here

42:36 normal genius transfer active in this case this completely very scant Myelin you rebuild

42:45 of this installation in my elimination around excellence here with this, with this

42:50 therapy. A subject. Yes. , something like that. Be humans

42:55 do that like that. I What is that like a nation in

43:01 ? There are some things I've heard what from from a perspective like what

43:07 cause different stuff like like that right to my elimination of humans. You

43:15 , I wish we knew. But if you have the myelin nation as

43:23 sclerosis and these are the causes of sclerosis. Uh there probably is some

43:29 induced imagination. It can happen. obviously you can have infection induced the

43:36 nation. So some of the severe infections and encephalitis. You know,

43:43 talked about how when COVID-19 gets into brain will have neuro degeneration. So

43:49 have everything that you have demolished Slowly, neurons unraveling and being able

43:54 fire properly and going into program cell apoptosis or necrosis. So that there

44:03 instances, but it's not that it known that oh well if you consume

44:10 much caffeine or if you consume too nicotine or ethanol alcohol then you know

44:18 that is meant to cause the violent . Mhm. So, but I

44:24 need to refresh and look at if anything known with some of the substances

44:28 common substances that that that we Well, you know, patients are

44:50 Parkinson's patients because in that case dopamine are inhibited severely or harmed severely,

44:57 that progression I know it has a onset and I know that it's treatment

45:03 also different in terms of uh the for text right here in the

45:07 So I was wondering like because it at a later age and progresses indicates

45:13 M. S. Where it's almost . Which a that's a that's very

45:26 to say. So the question is Parkinson's disease and you're correct to say

45:31 Parkinson's disease is a motor disorder, is a lot of significant amount of

45:38 and Parkinson's disease. Uh Now it with dopamine signaling, so it's

45:48 No, no. And it's later . So it's typically fifties and older

45:57 Parkinson's occurrences and diagnosis. No, , it is loss of dopamine logic

46:10 and dopamine cells and dopamine receptors for . So it is so it is

46:16 . I'm glad you're thinking about it comparing especially the motor component, but

46:21 will see that some M. Patients will also have seizures convulsions.

46:29 patients may also have seizures fragile X will also have seizures. So this

46:36 a pretty comical morbidity if you have app set and balance or upset Violin

46:42 or connectivity in the cells. Um , maybe what you're getting at is

46:48 can somebody diagnose one person with a versus Parkinson's disease? If they if

46:56 if they're doing it purely based on , the tremors that may not be

47:02 . So then you would go through modern political day testing potentially for markers

47:08 things like that and genetic tests that indicate something or you would do another

47:17 slew of behavioral tests on that So yeah. And sometimes, you

47:26 , you know what diagnosis you have also know in clinical world diagnosis sometimes

47:33 not definitive. And sometimes clinicians will that you have one condition. And

47:41 years later let's say it's actually you know, in oncology a lot

47:47 times when let's say somebody has a and they study that growth and

47:59 Uh apparently 20 the pathology and the is wrong. So, so this

48:09 an example where, you know, hospital thinks that you may have one

48:14 of cancer. Another hospital thinks you another type of cancer or they think

48:19 you don't have cancer. So that's and it's all modern tools and really

48:26 doctors looking at it and they still a different interpretation and based, you

48:31 on in this case, even on pathology, not even in the symptomology

48:35 markers and some, you know, to visualize brain structures. Yeah so

48:52 second disease that we will discuss with and you do have too much of

49:00 P. M. P. Two this case 17 G. Duplication.

49:07 this is a normal stain. And you can clearly see duplicated stain stain

49:14 the gene and the podium as This is the sharp cutlery tooth.

49:19 can see normal violin layers and then can see a loss of violence.

49:24 this is a developmental condition and this in the periphery. Okay so we're

49:33 . N. S. For multiple . We're not talking about peripheral Myelin

49:38 . Why two different cells sometimes right house and this is in the

49:47 typically in the lower limbs. When have a demand the nation and shark

49:52 american. And if there is no for the disease that's Entomology is that

50:00 will see impaired gait. You will a person that is walking and quite

50:07 they will be wobbling sideways more than . So the forward motion is more

50:15 because the legs typically get slanted outwards there is uh difficulty in maintaining the

50:27 and the gate as the person So there's extra effort in that what

50:35 is because there is no installation on nerves. The impulses don't get sent

50:42 to the muscles. And if there uh the Agnes is that is not

50:48 enough Charcot merited disease then you can up with a lot of bodily

50:55 especially in lower limbs. Very But if it is detected very

51:02 there's a possibility of placing a person embraces to help keep the symmetry.

51:10 that would help the person walk basically symmetrical forward motion kind of way.

51:20 now this is something that is So this is due to do my

51:28 and typically curse and was diagnosed in , early life. Yes,

51:47 once the, once the during the , your muscles are uh moving your

51:57 and your bones are growing. And you form into a mature adult,

52:03 it's really you cannot really shape anymore it grows. But there's probably some

52:11 that is used from maybe soft braces things like that and sometimes crutches

52:20 Okay, so two disorders that are to myelin multiple sclerosis, Little shark

52:28 , married tooth. And so these all of the cells that we're talking

52:34 , The good emphasized ostracized micro You have these dependable cells that are

52:40 the cerebral spinal fluid space from what call the interstitial spaces between the cells

52:45 the dependable cells are thought to be potent, which means that they can

52:51 developed into other types of glial This is the blood brain barrier that

53:00 discussed from almost the first name this . What's in the blood is not

53:06 the brain and that is because you the barrier this barriers form. First

53:15 all, you have the yourselves, is the blood vessel walls inside you

53:22 the blood of surrounding parasite cells. then you have the astro glial processes

53:32 between then to feel yourselves, you the tight junctions. So when things

53:38 cross through the blood brain barrier are small molecules, molecules that are fat

53:47 because they have to cross through the of the south molecules that have transporters

53:55 have facilitators that have receptors that combined be transported. So the blood brain

54:03 is very important because if you consumed lot of uh certain level of ions

54:12 potassium that goes from your gut into blood, it doesn't mean that all

54:19 it or all of the substances that into the blood of men across into

54:24 brain. But if you are thinking neurological drugs and designing neural pharmacological substances

54:36 treat diseases, what is the most way that people take their medications orally

54:46 the tablet? Now, gummy or capsule pill. What happens with

54:58 You put it in your brain, ? You open the box, put

55:01 your brain and close it. So goes into your it goes into your

55:09 acidic environment. It goes into your Dropth into your stomach ph 3.3 oh

55:22 and gets starts being digested, goes your digestive system into the God,

55:32 ? Some of it going through the . Uh and then how does it

55:39 into your brain it gets absorbed right the micro villain or God and goes

55:48 the blood and then from the blood goes into the brain. So a

55:54 painkiller, acetaminophen or ibuprofen Advil. it instant? Is it 10 seconds

56:06 you have a mild pain or a headache? What is the doctor

56:11 You have to wait for 1520 minutes sometimes it's half an hour before or

56:18 even longer. And some people depending how they process it through their digestive

56:25 . So if you're treating a neurological now you want to have a drug

56:32 after it gets into the blood can pass through the blood brain barrier.

56:38 guess what? Only a fraction of you swallowed in your mouth gets into

56:43 blood and only a fraction what's in blood gets into the brain. And

56:51 is why when you watch commercials on for example in medication for seizures,

56:58 or depression. Something to do with brain function and then you will hear

57:07 if you are taking this medication you have all of these potential side

57:13 So and the side effects will be and nausea and diarrhea or constipation and

57:22 in the gut. Why why is ? Because you're trying to treat the

57:28 condition But a lot of the receptors lot of the targets in the brain

57:32 also shared in the system systematically in body. Also, if you're trying

57:37 get something into the brain, you're have to have a higher concentration if

57:43 digesting the digestive system. So uh 19 can get in through the nasal

57:54 . So can the drugs actually. there are some nasal sprays and nasal

58:00 can be quite effective in actually delivering substances more directly into the brain,

58:07 it doesn't have to bypass the blood barrier. Because we talked about the

58:11 anatomy that you have in the in formation the crib reform played in the

58:17 reform formation where the olfactory nerve endings out here. So it's a

58:24 It's a challenge if you want to a very effective drug that you have

58:29 swallow, it's a challenge to deliver to the brain. It's easy to

58:35 drugs to the stomach. Uh but difficult to get it through the blood

58:41 barrier. And what happens when we about covid 19 is when there is

58:47 and there's inflammation or if there is , the blood brain barrier becomes loose

58:57 this tie junctions during infection are not as well what is in the blood

59:04 what is in the brain. So is an added level of complexity and

59:09 that can stem from the loose blood barrier, so to speak.

59:15 thinking forward. Uh we're thinking about drugs, we discussed oral nasal,

59:27 good way to get things bypassing digestive is inhalation into the lungs absorption to

59:34 blood that goes into the brain and of the inhalers or inhaling medications are

59:42 to target the lung function. Not else. But I and that's because

59:51 creatures of comfort and habit. You , pop an Advil versus imagine you

59:57 to put it up in the nose you know, do that. Another

60:01 way to deliver things is suppository which vaginal or anal suppository. Why?

60:12 it doesn't get digested in the gastric , it bypasses the liver metabolism.

60:18 there are different advantages of how you and deliver things into the blood.

60:22 that's something for you to start thinking . Uh There's a lot of you

60:28 we'll end up doing something with pharmacology neuro pharmacology or the science of.

60:35 . So would you say that if is having a seizure and I know

60:40 used to help treat. What's You say that you perform for somebody

60:49 having procedure may be more effective So for CBD or cannabidiol, the

61:05 approved pharmaceutical preparation is a tincture. a 10% CBD tincture called the

61:15 This is the CBD that's by prescription there is C. B.

61:22 That is subscription online or in the when you talk about pharmacological drugs.

61:33 only 10% CBD that's approved for the of seizures, epilepsy and it's uh

61:42 a pharmacological substance. Now what you're about the other CBD that is

61:49 These are federally non regulated substances that state regulated to some extent. And

61:58 actually just came up with a statement that uh CBD is too dangerous to

62:05 in supplements on the federal level. , but the state of texas for

62:12 , allows the sales of CBD as guess is something a supplements, you

62:18 ? So um It works efficiently as tincture for these Children that have seizures

62:26 epilepsy, but its high concentration of , it's 10% ethanol days, has

62:31 other oil carriers and sesame seed oil the formulation. So it's a it's

62:36 it's a pretty, pretty standard pharmacological from like after all, and sesame

62:43 oil perspective, but it's very high and just so you know that to

62:49 kids to help them with seizures in , They use 10 mg per kilogram

62:57 this. So adult is about 60 10 mg times 6600 mg per

63:07 Or sometimes multiple doses a day. with people use recreationally or for lower

63:16 uh preparations with CBD. Uh this Within a range of maybe 5-20-40 mg

63:27 CBD period. So it's, we know a lot about like the dozing

63:33 what it can do, how it different people differently too. Just like

63:37 any other drug uh mm, that's good question. So both. There

63:51 examples where it can stop seizures, typically it is used as a as

63:59 a regular um kind of a regiment intake. Not necessarily added on to

64:04 the seizure but it's been done to seizures. Yes. And it reduces

64:09 . And it is I mean it's , it's an approved drugs and we'll

64:12 at some of these studies at the end of this course. We talk

64:17 medical Canavan ours and we talk about pharmaceutical drugs and things that are in

64:21 market, you said fat molecules, is something that can go through tight

64:28 . So if somebody happening over accumulation fat intakes are there like this is

64:38 yeah, cholesterol accumulations cholesterol is a of the membranes. So there is

64:46 cholesterol levels. So actually when you high cholesterol levels and also high cholesterol

64:52 in the brain and that's an alter function too. Although it's not like

64:58 specific disease that stems from, you , high cholesterol levels in the plasma

65:03 . Were just starting to understand that . Good questions. Keep thinking,

65:10 the world what's happening and learning as progress in this course. This concludes

65:18 glia and we're gonna start talking about number and the trust we only have

65:23 little bit of time left today for . But the bottom line is that

65:29 are excitable membranes and all of the In the excitability action and the action

65:37 is happening at the level of the membrane on the outside of neuronal possible

65:42 is positively charged and inside is negatively . So if you were to call

65:47 outside ground environment cellular environment zero neutral , zero Miller bowls neutral charge were

65:56 sink an electorate inside the cell membrane that cell. We have a negative

66:01 to 65 year old. This is cell that is not very active.

66:06 we call this rustic membrane potential or address. And that's just the value

66:12 approximately negative $65 million. So the and the action potential occurs at the

66:21 membrane and to measure this deflection. change in the number of potential.

66:28 will need an amplifier and a volt . Now today, what we're gonna

66:36 is before we uh delve into the ionic distribution of sodium potassium florida and

66:46 across the plasma membrane. On the versus on the outside of the

66:50 How the channels to build the Arms law. You may want to

66:56 this for yourself. We're gonna talk nerds equation and Goldman equations here.

67:04 this is all coming. Next Not too glad. So, but

67:10 today I'm gonna talk to you briefly this circuit which is the knee jerk

67:17 fatale attendant circuit. And the reason is because action potentials need to be

67:24 fast. And the communication by motor in the spinal choir and the inter

67:32 in the spinal cord has to be fast in order to communicate that information

67:37 the muscles. So there could be muscular contraction. Okay now the muscular

67:43 potentials as I said are slower but of the action potentials produced by the

67:48 here are very fast and so this a good circuits to know and

67:54 Okay there are three types of cells are involved in the circuit. You

67:59 dorsal root ganglion cells you have inhibitory neurons and you have motor neuron cells

68:09 dorsal root ganglion cells and parents and are excitatory and they release glutamate into

68:25 are inhibitory cells local network and they glycerine. So the major inhibitory neurotransmitter

68:35 the spinal cord is glycerine. I telling you about Gaba in the brain

68:41 in the cerebrum and the C. . S. And in the spinal

68:45 proper Which is a part of cns exception is an inhibitory neurotransmitter. There

68:52 glycerine. Okay the dorsal root ganglion a pseudo unipolar cells which means that

69:01 gonna have the peripheral axon and essential on the inter neurons are multipolar

69:11 The motor neurons are key for They're gonna carry the information from the

69:18 cord into the muscles. They're also and they release a senal coding.

69:32 are also multipolar cells. So if were to activate this reflex. Are

69:45 recall. This is a typical test somebody may do when you visit a

69:51 office or even if you're doing a checkup sometimes the doctor will say sit

69:57 on the table or if you have problem with your leg or some pain

70:00 numbness or something, they may do . So this is a stimulus.

70:07 is a little mallet and that little will excite here. The muscle spindle

70:15 the quadriceps. This is a sensory from the quadriceps. Also with gangly

70:22 will carry that information. The ganglion be formed by the soldiers that are

70:27 outside spinal cord proper and the central that will innovate into the spinal cord

70:34 . And it will contact the motor and it will excite the motor neuron

70:39 this motor neuron through one synapse just synapse activating one motor neuron here will

70:47 acetylcholine and cause the contraction of the . For extensive muscle. So just

70:53 synapse is enough to cause the contraction this muscle. But if this muscle

71:01 the opposing muscle in order for you have the proper reflex on the

71:06 if this muscle contracted but the opposing hamstring is also contracted, this light

71:12 not going to move properly. So there is excitation here and there's a

71:19 of the quadriceps the same sensory neuron inform the inhibitory interneuron which is the

71:26 inhibitor in general and that inhibitor inter will inhibit the motor neuron and we'll

71:32 this motor neuron quiet and by keeping opposing muscle motor neuron quiet this muscle

71:39 going to be really Braxton is going be a proper kick response to the

71:45 . This is reflex. So you're controlling that. You cannot sit there

71:50 say I'm not gonna kick my life somebody put some out of your leg

71:53 going to go up. Yes. no no. That's inside the that's

72:04 nerve endings inside the muscle fibers that sensing the actual mechanical stimulus here and

72:13 that information to the spinal cord. that's about the that's what the that's

72:17 the peripheral axons that are projected into muscles into the skin into the tendency

72:24 cut the stimulus and carrying that information the reflexive responses to pick up the

72:31 . Yeah. Yeah. So this referred to simple reflex. Uh And

72:46 is a simple reflux because it can only mama synaptic one synapse sensory to

72:53 , one sensory one synapse activated Uh In reality it's actually at least

73:01 synopsis or three if you want to and the fact that reflex but it's

73:06 , efficient enough to contract this muscle synapse, it's not efficient to relax

73:12 also you have to involve the other . And then this is a very

73:17 type of reflex. And then we very complex reflexes. So for example

73:22 gagging reflex when there's something nauseous or some some nauseous stimuli or something that

73:29 around you. The gagging reflex That's very complex reflex that involves policy synaptic

73:34 and multiple members. But these are questions for the exam. You know

73:39 ? Because there's three subtypes of We talked about the morphological distinctions pseudo

73:47 versus multipolar, the neurotransmitters, the excitatory versus inhibitory in this case uh

73:56 seen as the inhibitor neurotransmitter versus Yeah. And this is why you

74:02 really fast action potentials because when you on the nail you shouldn't think for

74:08 two minutes. Should I step off now? No I think it

74:13 No. Does it really your reaction immediate. It doesn't mean that you're

74:19 consciously aware of your reflexes. So your doctor's office and you stimulate your

74:27 tendon with a mallet, your leg up, it doesn't mean that you

74:31 know your leg just went up and just looking around the room not understanding

74:36 pursue. So that information is going travel and ascend up the spinal cord

74:41 going to inform the higher centers and conscious perception of what's happening and even

74:47 subsequent motor outfit. The initial when stepped off the nail is one

74:52 But then you're gonna go through a complex motor pattern. For example of

74:57 overtaking your shoe off wrapping it and on and that is obviously coming from

75:03 centers. Alright so we're gonna end today and when we come back,

75:08 gonna talk about how these fast action happen in neurons and motor neurons.

75:14 start discussing the biophysics of the Thank you.

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