term	page reference
central nervous system (CNS)	428
peripheral nervous system (PNS)	428
receptor	429
afferent neuron	429
interneuron	429
effector	429
efferent neuron	429
neuroglia	430
Schwann cell	430
neurilemma	430
myelin sheath	430
satellite cell	430
oligodendrocyte	430
protoplasmic astrocyte	430
perivascular feet	430
fibrous astrocyte	431
ependymal cell	431
microglia	431
soma	432
neurofibril	432
Nissl bodies	432
lipofuscin	432
dendrites	432
dendritic spines	434
axon hillock	434
axon (nerve fiber)	434
axoplasm	434
axolemma	434
collateral	434
terminal arborization	434
telodendria	434
synaptic knob	434
synapse	434
synaptic vesicle	434
node of Ranvier	435
internode	435
initial segment	435
trigger zone	435
unmyelinated fiber	435
multipolar neuron	435
bipolar neuron	435
unipolar neuron	435
anterograde transport	436
retrograde transport	436
fast axonal transport	436
slow axonal transport	437
regeneration tube	437
resting membrane potential (RMP)	439
polarized	439
depolarization	439
repolarization	439
local potential	439
current sink	439
action potential	440
generator potential	440
threshold	440
hyperpolarization	441
spike	443
all-or-none law	443
absolute refractory period	443
relative refractory period	443
saltatory conduction	445
presynaptic neuron	446
postsynaptic neuron	446
synaptic cleft	446
electrical synapse	446
chemical synapse	446
acetylcholine	448
biogenic amine	448
monoamine	449
catecholamine	449
indolamine	449
neuropeptide	449
cholinergic synapse	449
postsynaptic potential (PSP)	449
synaptic delay	449
ionotropic effect	449
metabotropic effect	449
adenylate cyclase	449
protein kinase	450
monoamine oxidase (MAO)	452
neuromodulator	452
neural integration	453
EPSP	453
IPSP	453
temporal summation	454
spatial summation	454
facilitation	454
neural coding	454
recruitment	454
synaptic potentiation	455
tetanic potentiation	455
posttetanic potentiation	455
long-term potentiation (LTP)	455
presynaptic inhibition	455
neuronal pool	455
discharge zone	455
facilitated zone	455
neuronal circuit	455
diverging circuit	456
converging circuit	456
reverberating circuit	456
parallel after-discharge circuit	457

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