From: dmcclain@runet.edu (Dennis McClain-Furmanski)
Newsgroups: rec.music.filk
Subject: Neurophysiology For The Masses
Date: 12 Nov 1996 09:54:21 GMT
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Here's one I did at work. This is what I do at work.
No, not filks. Not generally. Brain stuff. The details
aren't exactly correct, but they're as correct as you'd
find in an undergrad physio-psych text book. In fact
this has been used as a teaching tool in class. Some
phrases are hard to fit in meter. I blame science, and
so should you. It's fun -- science can't fight back.
 
 
A Neu-ron-ron-ron
(from whatever old R-n-R song goes "A Do Ron Ron")
 
Neurotransmitter finds receptor site.
A neu-ron-ron-ron, a neu-ron-ron.
Locally depolarizes the dendrite.
A neu-ron-ron-ron, a neu-ron-ron.
Hey -- receptor site.
Hey -- the dendrite.
One sends out and the next takes in.
A neu-ron-ron-ron, a neu-ron-ron.
 
Excitatory signals summarize.
A neu-ron-ron-ron, a neu-ron-ron.
Inhibitories hyperpolarize.
A neu-ron-ron-ron, a neu-ron-ron.
Hey -- they summarize.
Hey -- hyperpolarize.
One sends out and the next takes in.
A neu-ron-ron-ron, a neu-ron-ron.
 
Sodium pumps and Potassium gates.
A neu-ron-ron-ron, a neu-ron-ron.
At the hillock a charge accumulates.
A neu-ron-ron-ron, a neu-ron-ron.
Hey -- Potassium gates.
Hey -- accumulates.
One sends out and the next takes in.
A neu-ron-ron-ron, a neu-ron-ron.
 
It hits threshold and begins to fire.
A neu-ron-ron-ron, a neu-ron-ron.
It travels down the axon like a wire.
A neu-ron-ron-ron, a neu-ron-ron.
Hey -- begins to fire.
Hey -- like a wire.
One sends out and the next takes in.
A neu-ron-ron-ron, a neu-ron-ron.
 
The action potential is an ion flow.
A neu-ron-ron-ron, a neu-ron-ron.
The myelin sheath makes it really go.
A neu-ron-ron-ron, a neu-ron-ron.
Hey -- and ion flow.
Hey -- it'll really go.
One sends out and the next takes in.
A neu-ron-ron-ron, a neu-ron-ron.
 
In the terminal button, vesicles hang about.
A neu-ron-ron-ron, a neu-ron-ron.
Potential comes along and kicks them out.
A neu-ron-ron-ron, a neu-ron-ron.
Hey -- they hang about.
Hey -- it kicks them out.
One sends out and the next takes in.
A neu-ron-ron-ron, a neu-ron-ron.
 
Neurotransmitters fly into synaptic cleft.
A neu-ron-ron-ron, a neu-ron-ron.
Now we start the song over 'cause that's all that's left.
A neu-ron-ron-ron, a neu-ron-ron.
Hey -- synaptic cleft.
Hey -- that's all that's left.
One sends out and the next takes in.
A neu-ron-ron-ron, a neu-ron-ron.
 
A neu-ron-ron-ron, a neu-ron-ron.
A neu-ron-ron-ron, a NEU-RON-RON.
 
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