Chapter 2: How Neurons Work
- Video: Neurotransmission: A nice, animated overview of neurotransmission. Useful summary at the beginning or end of lectures on neurotransmission (5 min, 40 sec)
- Video: Neural reflex: Dropping a hot cup. Illustrative and humorous animation of Fig 2-01. (16 sec) Section 2.1
- Video: Voluntary inhibition of the neural reflex: Holding on to the hot cup. Illustrative and humorous animation of Fig 2-03: (12 sec) Section 2.1
- Video: What if the brain’s inhibitory signal arrives too late? (11 sec) Section 2.1
- Video: Sodium enters the cell through channels. An animation. (16s) Section 2.2
- Video: Visualizing neural impulses Animation of Na+ rushing in at each point along the axon, as the action potential sweeps across it. (59 sec) Section 2.24
Additional Reading: A new way to capture the brain’s electrical symphony
