Synapse construction kit
https://library.prcvi.org/link/catalog30669
2016.
Grades: 10, 11, 12.
- Material Type
- Kit
- Publisher
- 3B Scientific Products
- Date Published
- 2016
- Curriculum Area
- Science
- Subjects
- Science - Tactile perception
- Science - Study and teaching (Secondary)
- Central Nervous system
- Material Type
- Kit
- Collation
- 4 yellow s-curved membranes, 4 yellow arc-shaped membranes, 14 yellow straight membranes, 4 brown SNAP/SNARE protein, 2 blue toxins, 1 red synaptotagmin, 4 orange gated Na+ channel, 4 green K+ leak channel, 4 green gated K+ channel, 1 red gated Ca2+ channel, 1 G-Protein coupled receptor (3 pieces blue, red, and brown joined), 2 yellow transport protein, 2 grey Na+ /K+ pump, 1 grey acetylcholine receptor, 1 grey GABA receptor, 1 brown acetylcholinesterase, 40 grey chemical compounds, 30 purple potassium ions (K+), 30 blue sodium ions (Na+),12 green chloride ions (Cl-), and 8 white calcium ions (Ca2+)
- Abstract
- Students can use the colorful foam pieces in the Synapse Construction Kit© to: Discover how the resting potential of a neuron is established. Demonstrate the propagation of an action potential down an axon. Simulate the action of the sodium-potassium pump in resetting the resting potential. Explore the effects of neurotransmitters acetylcholine, dopamine and GABA on on a post synaptic neuron. Model cholinergic, dopaminergic and GABAergic synapses. Compare and constrast metabotropic and ionontropic receptors. Analyze the impact of various substances such as nicotine, cocaine, sarin gas and propofol on neuronal signaling.