Neurophysiology from MobileReference.com is an ideal quick-study guide, also known as "cheat sheet", for neurophysiology students. You will use this guide from an undergraduate school all the way to medical school. FREE first chapter in the trial version.

Audience:

Audience: Intended for everyone interested in Neurophysiology, particularly undergraduate and graduate life science students, medical students, and nursing students. 

I. Neurocellular Anatomy

Neuron: Overview | Axon | Dendrite | Apical dendrite | Dendritic spine | Afferent nerve | Efferent nerve | Sensory nerve | Motor nerve

Axonal Transport and Growth: Axoplasmic transport | Kinesin | Dynein | Myosin | Growth cone | Axon guidance

Synapse: Overview | Synaptic Vesicles | Exocytosis | Endocytosis | Synaptic plasticity | SNARE | Synaptobrevin | Synapsin | NSF | Excitatory synapse | Inhibitory synapse | Electrical synapse | Gap junction

Types of neurons: Pyramidal cell | Betz cell | Purkinje cell | Neuromuscular junction | Muscle spindle | Golgi organ | Motor neuron | Sensory neuron

Glial cell: Overview | Astrocyte | Oligodendrocyte | Schwann cell | Myelin | Nodes of Ranvier

Cytoskeleton: Overview | Actin | Intermediate filament | Microtubule

II. Membranes And Transport

Membrane Structure: Overview | Fluid mosaic model | Detailed Structure

Membrane Components: Phospholipids | Sphingomyelin | Glycolipid | Glycocalix | Cholesterol

Movement of Molecules: Diffusion | Osmosis | Electrochemical gradient

Passive transport: Passive transport | Facilitated diffusion | Ion channel

Active transport: Active transport | ATP-Dependent Na/K Pump | Proton pump | Antiporter | Symporter

III. Ion Channels

Ion channels: Overview

Voltage-gated: Overview | Potassium channel | Sodium channel | BK channel | Inward-rectifier potassium ion channel | Resting channels | Calcium channel

Ligand-gated: Overview | NMDA receptor | AMPA receptor | Kainate receptor | Nicotinic acetylcholine receptor | Glycine receptor | GABA receptor

Other ion channels: Cyclic nucleotide-gated | Stretch-activated | G-protein-gated | Light-gated | Gap junction

IV. Electrical Phenomena

Review: Electrical charge | Resistance | Capacitance

Resting Membrane Potential: Menbrane Potential | Ionic Basis | Number of ions involved in generating the resting potential | Equilibrium potential | Other values of membrane potential | Implications | Nernst equation | Goldman equation | Depolarization | Hyperpolarization

Action Potential: Action potential | Threshold and initiation | Circuit model | Propagation | Refractory period | Evolutionary purpose | Reflex arc

Postsynaptic Potential: Postsynaptic potential | Excitatory postsynaptic potential | Inhibitory postsynaptic potential | Spatial summation | Temporal summation | Shunting

V. Signal Transduction

Extracellular Signalling (Neurotransmitters and receptors): Acetylcholine | Degradation by acetylcholinesterase | Ach Receptors | Catecholamines | Epinephrine | Norepinephrine | Adrenergic receptor | Dopamine | Dopamine receptor | Serotonin | Serotonin Receptors | Histamine | Glutamate | NMDA receptor | AMPA receptor | Kainate receptor | GABA | GABA receptor | Glycine | Glycine Receptor | Nitric oxide | Neuromodulator

Intracellular signalling: Signal Amplification | Second messenger | Nuclear receptors | Calcium as a second messenger | Protein Phosphorylation | Proteing Kinase | Ca2+/calmodulin-dependent protein kinases | Calmodulin | Phosphatase | G-Protein | G-protein-coupled receptors | GTPase | cAMP | Adenylate cyclase | cAMP-dependent protein kinase | cGMP | Guanylate cyclase | Phosphodiesterase

Memory: Memory | Short-term memory | Long-term memory | Working memory | Cortical plasticity | Hebbian learning

Synaptic Plasticity: Synaptic plasticity | Long-term potentiation | Long-term depression | Spike timing dependent plasticity | Heterosynaptic | Homosynaptic

VI. Techniques

Two-photon excitation microscopy | Electron microscopy | Intracellular recording | Extracellular recording | Voltage clamp | Current clamp | Patch clamp | Single unit recording | Electroencephalography | Nerve conduction study