Excelsior PSY380 Brain Development Presentation

Question Description

Put together a multimedia presentation that will engage your audience and clearly teach them about glial cells, axon potentials, and synaptic transmission. Your multimedia presentation will utilize images, writing, and video and/or audio. You must include a voiceover in your presentation for full points.

Your presentation can be completed in Powerpoint, Prezi, Powtoons, or another platform approved by your instructor.

For maximum points, your presentation must include the following components:

Briefly describe four kinds of glial cells. Why is axonal regeneration an example of neuroplasticity? In your answer, be sure to describe the four kinds of glial cells.

Describe how postsynaptic potentials summate, and how action potentials are generated and conducted along axons. Review the description in your text of how neurons fire, and in your presentation give a different metaphor for the firing of a neuron. Describe it for your audience. Next, think of an additional analogy (besides the one in your text!) for axonal conduction and tell your audience about it. In your presentation, describe how postsynaptic potentials summate and how action potentials are generated and conducted along axons.

Describe the roles of glia and gap junctions in synaptic transmission. What are the roles of glia and gap junctions in synaptic transmission? Explain why you think there is a greater prevalence of glial cells in humans and other intelligent organisms.