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Acetylcholine is an organic chemical that functions in the brain and body of many types of animals, including humans, as a neurotransmitter—a chemical released by nerve cells to send signals to other cells. Its name is derived from its chemical structure: it is an ester of acetic acid and choline. Parts in the body that use or are affected by acetylcholine are referred to as cholinergic. Substances that interfere with acetylcholine activity are called anticholinergics.
Acetylcholine is the neurotransmitter used at the neuromuscular junction—in other words, it is the chemical that motor neurons of the nervous system release in order to activate muscles. This property means that drugs that affect cholinergic systems can have very dangerous effects ranging from paralysis to convulsions. Acetylcholine is also used as a neurotransmitter in the autonomic nervous system, both as an internal transmitter for the sympathetic nervous system and as the final product released by the parasympathetic nervous system.
Khan Academy is a non-profit educational organization created in 2006 by educator Salman Khan with the aim of providing a free, world-class education for anyone, anywhere. The organization produces short lectures in the form of YouTube videos. In addition to micro lectures, the organization's website features practice exercises and tools for educators. All resources are available for free to anyone around the world. The main language of the website is English, but the content is also available in other languages.
The founder of the organization, Salman Khan, was born in New Orleans, Louisiana, United States to immigrant parents from Bangladesh and India. After earning three degrees from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (a BS in mathematics, a BS in electrical engineering and computer science, and an MEng in electrical engineering and computer science), he pursued an MBA from Harvard Business School.
In late 2004, Khan began tutoring his cousin Nadia who needed help with math using Yahoo!'s Doodle notepad.When other relatives and friends sought similar help, he decided that it would be more practical to distribute the tutorials on YouTube. The videos' popularity and the testimonials of appreciative students prompted Khan to quit his job in finance as a hedge fund analyst at Connective Capital Management in 2009, and focus on the tutorials (then released under the moniker "Khan Academy") full-time.
Crash Course (also known as Driving Academy) is a 1988 made for television teen film directed by Oz Scott.
Crash Course centers on a group of high schoolers in a driver’s education class; many for the second or third time. The recently divorced teacher, super-passive Larry Pearl, is on thin ice with the football fanatic principal, Principal Paulson, who is being pressured by the district superintendent to raise driver’s education completion rates or lose his coveted football program. With this in mind, Principal Paulson and his assistant, with a secret desire for his job, Abner Frasier, hire an outside driver’s education instructor with a very tough reputation, Edna Savage, aka E.W. Savage, who quickly takes control of the class.
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This video is about Intro to Neurotransmitters - Acetylcholine
This video will cover the basics of acetylcholine (ACh) neurotransmitter synthesis, storage, release, and breakdown. Also, drugs affecting different parts of the pathway and drugs affecting the metabolism are included.
TODAY WITH GUY RAZI: Acetylcholine is an organic compound found within the nervous system of numerous animals including humans. Discovered by Henry Dale and confirmed by Otto Loewi, they shared the 1936 Nobel prize in Medicine and Physiology. Acetylcholine has effects on the body and the brain. Within the central nervous system ACh acts as a neuromodulator on neuroplasticity, arousal, and reward. Its nootropic effect is to maintain alertness and concentration. Increased ACh has been shown to help with decision-making abilities in some studies. Lack of it has also been demonstrated in Alzheimer's while abundance is associated with healthy learning and sleep. It has 2 types of receptor it can attach to. Muscarinic receptors are G-protein coupled receptors while nicotinic rece...
Hank tries not to stress you out too much as he delves into the functions and terminology of your sympathetic nervous system. -- Table of Contents Sympathetic Nervous System Controls the Body's Stress Response 0:26 How Signals Travel to Effectors 1:48 Acetylcholine in the Ganglion 3:55 Norepinephrine at the Effector 4:42 Norepinephrine and Epinephrine Are Secreted as Hormones 5:35 Alpha Receptors Cause Smooth Muscles to Constrict 7:14 Beta Receptors Cause Smooth Muscles to Relax 7:27 *** Crash Course is now on Patreon! You can support us directly (and, until April 30th, have your contributions matched by Patreon!) by signing up at http://www.patreon.com/crashcourse Thanks to the following Patrons for their generous monthly contributions that help keep Crash Course free for everyone f...
Topics covered include: mechanism of action of cholinergic agonists, cholinergic receptors; muscarinic & nicotinic, direct-acting cholinergic agonists, indirect-acting cholinergic agonists reversible & irreversible, cholinergic toxicity & adverse effects. Cholinergic agents mentioned include: Acetylcholine, Carbachol, Pilocarpine, Bethanechol, Edrophonium, Physostigmine, Neostigmine, Pyridostigmine, Donepezil, Rivastigmine, Galantamine, Echothiophate
This video was prepared and presented as part of the Ph.D. thesis defense of Crystal Dilworth: Fluorescence microscopy of nicotinic acetylcholine receptors, Division of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, California Institute of Technology, November 21, 2013 Written and Narrated by Crystal Dilworth Animated by Meg Rosenburg
http://www.amerra.com. The chemical compound acetylcholine (often abbreviated ACh) is a neurotransmitter in both the peripheral nervous system (PNS) and central nervous system (CNS) in many organisms including humans. Acetylcholine is one of many neurotransmitters in the autonomic nervous system (ANS) and the only neurotransmitter used in the somatic nervous system. It is also the neurotransmitter in all autonomic ganglia.
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Created by Matthew Barry Jensen. Watch the next lesson: https://www.khanacademy.org/test-prep/nclex-rn/nervous-system-phy/rn-neuronal-synapses/v/neurotransmitter-removal?utm_source=YT&utm;_medium=Desc&utm;_campaign=Nclex-rn Missed the previous lesson? https://www.khanacademy.org/test-prep/nclex-rn/nervous-system-phy/rn-neuronal-synapses/v/types-of-neurotransmitters?utm_source=YT&utm;_medium=Desc&utm;_campaign=Nclex-rn NCLEX-RN on Khan Academy: A collection of questions from content covered on the NCLEX-RN. These questions are available under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike 3.0 United States License (available at http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/3.0/us/). About Khan Academy: Khan Academy offers practice exercises, instructional videos, and a personalized...
Part one in a three part animation explaining how the enzyme acetylcholinesterase works to cleave acetylcholine, how sarin inhibits the enzyme, and how 2-pam is therapeutic to reactivate the enzyme. Written, animated, and narrated by Alexandre Katos, PA-S Part 2: http://youtu.be/Z-odNOay_PE Part 3: http://youtu.be/W_k20FkVqQ0 This video is copyright of the United States Army.