Instructions

Tell a ‘story’ by describing how a neuronal impulse creates a cascade of events to occur within the neuron and between neurons. Imagine that you are explaining how neuronal activation occurs, and what the step-by-step processes are, as you would, to a fellow nurse practitioner that has not specialized in psychiatric nursing but is familiar with medical/biology terminology.

Concepts/words that must be incorporated and explained throughout your ‘story’ includes:

• Neurotransmitter
• Synaptic Cleft
• Receiving Neuron
• Signal Transduction Cascade
• Voltage-gated and Ligand-ion channels
• G-protein-linked Receptor
• Agonist, Partial Agonist, Antagonist, and Inverse Agonist and their Role in Signal Transduction

Please follow the Assignment Rubric. The expected length of the submission is 1-2 pages and include at least three scholarly references in your work.

Please refer to the Grading Rubric for details on how this activity will be graded.

SOLUTION

Week 2 Assignment 1: Neurotransmission

Neurotransmitters are chemical messengers that carry, boost, and balance signals between different neurons also referred to as nerve cells/target cells in the body. Ideally, neurotransmitters play the role of ligands for different G protein-coupled receptors (GPCRs), profoundly known for the modulation of neural activity (Kofuji & Araque, 2021).

Neural activation takes place via a highly structured system of neurons. Neurons transmit signals through action potential. According to York et al (2018), the synapse is a form of a neuronal intersection, acting as the tool for transmitting nerve impulses across neurons. This………………..use the purchase button to access the solution at $10