It Was a Hot August Afternoon...
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Abstract
A farmer becomes concerned after discovering a number of dead animals on his small farm, including some ducks, several deer, and a coyote, all within a single week. Fearing that someone might be poisoning his land, he calls in a veterinary pathologist to investigate. The case is designed to teach students in an upper-division comparative anatomy and physiology class about the central nervous system.
Objectives
- Learn that all vertebrate nervous systems are essentially similar.
- Describe how an action potential is initiated and propagated.
- Describe how neurons communicate with each other and with other cells.
- Describe the neuro-muscular junction.
- Apply knowledge of nervous system physiology to understanding the mechanisms of action of two neurotoxins.
Keywords
Nervous system; neurotoxin; neuro-muscular junction; action potential; cyanos; cyanobacteria; anatoxin; saxitoxinTopical Areas
N/AEducational Level
Undergraduate upper divisionFormat
PDFType / Methods
InterruptedLanguage
EnglishSubject Headings
Physiology | Veterinary Science | Zoology |
Date Posted
03/09/05Teaching Notes
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