Neural connections & communication

Listed below are links to animations and presentations to help you better understand what happens during nerve impulses and why it happens.

Video Link from class: Crash Course: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OZG8M_ldA1M

 1. How do neurons communicate? 

Short video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hGDvvUNU-cw

Video - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=k2OwDYF4MVo&feature=youtu.be

3. The Membrane & Action Potential:
2 Minute Membrane Potential:https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tIzF2tWy6KI
2 Minute Action Potential: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=W2hHt_PXe5o

4. Voltage Channels: https://faculty.washington.edu/chudler/ap.html


 5. Propagation of action potential:
http://www.psychologyconcepts.com/action-potential-propogation/



Other links if you need more help!
Action Potential: 
 http://bcs.whfreeman.com/WebPub/Biology/hillis1e/Animated%20Tutorials/at3402/at_3402_action_potential.html

Khan academy:  http://www.khanacademy.org/science/biology/human-biology 
    You may find the following lectures helpful:  sodium potassium pump, pump correction, saltatory conduction and neuronal synapses


You may find Nervous 1 (membrane potential and action potential)helpful.


You may go to one of the following websites to practice neuron anatomy, brain anatomy or games to increase neural connections! :)
brain games:  http://www.lumosity.com/ or https://www.gamesforthebrain.com/
innerbody:  http://www.innerbody.com/image/nervov.html