The Nervous System

041 - Animal Nervous System Paul Andersen begins this podcast with a discussion of brain lateralization and gives a brief demonstration of tests that were performed on split-brain individuals. He then discusses the major parts of a neuron and explains how action potentials are generated using voltage-gated ion channels. He explains how neurotransmitters transmit messages across a synapse and how these messages can be either inhibitory or excitatory. Do you speak another language? Help me translate my videos: http://www.bozemanscience.com/translations/ Intro Music Atribution Title: I4dsong_loop_main.wav Artist: CosmicD Link to sound: http://www.freesound.org/people/CosmicD/sounds/72556/ Creative Commons Atribution License All of the images are licensed under creative commons and public domain licensing: Bananas, n.d. http://openclipart.org/detail/20182/bananas-by-pitr. "File:Action Potential Vert.png." Wikipedia, the Free Encyclopedia. Accessed December 9, 2013. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Action_potential_vert.png. "File:Butyric-Acid-3D-Balls.png." Wikipedia, the Free Encyclopedia. Accessed December 9, 2013. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Butyric-acid-3D-balls.png. "File:Hemispheres.png." Wikipedia, the Free Encyclopedia. Accessed December 9, 2013. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Hemispheres.png. "File:Neuron Hand-Tuned.svg." Wikipedia, the Free Encyclopedia. Accessed December 9, 2013. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Neuron_Hand-tuned.svg. "File:Synapse diag1.svg." Wikipedia, the Free Encyclopedia. Accessed December 9, 2013. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Synapse_diag1.svg. Flower 7 Colors, n.d. http://all-free-download.com/free-vector/vector-clip-art/flower_7_colors_145142.html. Saltcellar, n.d. http://openclipart.org/detail/4452/saltcellar-by-pipo. Sun, n.d. http://openclipart.org/detail/126151/sun-by-viscious-speed.