University of Plymouth Department of Psychology

Table of contents

Electrical Events and the Nerve Impulse

• The resting potential
• Neurotransmitters and membrane permeability
• Excitatory neurotransmitters
• Inhibitory neurotransmitters
• Mixed neurotransmitter effects
• Graded potential changes

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The Nerve Impulse: A Marriage of Chemical & Electrical Events

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• Receptor sites
• Synapses
• Neurotransmitters and the action potential
• Differences between action potentials and postsynaptic potentials
• Types of postsynaptic potential

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