Kenyon College -- Department of Biology
Biology 113 
Fall 2001 

Lecture outline 16
10/03/01 

The synapse

  • An example, the neuromuscular junction
  • Vesicle formation
  • ACh release
  • ACh receptors
  • Acetylcholinesterase
The cytoskeleton
  • components
    • microfilaments
    • intermediate filaments
    • microtubules
  • relation to synapse and neurons
    • cell shape
    • cytoplasmic streaming
    • vesicular transport
    • ACh receptor localization 

Kenyon College -- Department of Biology