Synapse Construction Kit©
Product Code: SCK
$142
You students will uncover how electrical and chemical signals allow us to move, breathe, and think then predict what happens when things go wrong.
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Description
Where one neuron ends and another starts, things can get pretty interesting. Your students can investigate the action potential of a neuron plus the interaction of neurotransmitters, membrane receptors, and transport proteins. Students work collaboratively to:
- Discover how the resting potential of a neuron is established and travels down an axon
- Simulate the action of the sodium-potassium pump in resetting the resting potential
- Explore the effects of neurotransmitters acetylcholine, dopamine and GABA on a post synaptic neuron
- Model cholinergic, dopaminergic and GABAergic synapses
- Compare metabotropic and ionotropic receptors
Content & Assembly Instructions
| Synapse Construction Kit© | 1-Group |
| Membranes | 22 |
| Synaptotagmin | 1 |
| SNAP/SNARE Proteins | 2 |
| Toxins | 2 |
| Gated Sodium Channels | 4 |
| Potassium Leak Channels | 4 |
| Gated Potassium Channels | 4 |
| Gated Calcium Channel | 1 |
| G-Protein Coupled Receptor | 1 |
| Transport Proteins | 2 |
| Sodium/Potassium Pumps | 2 |
| Acetylcholine Receptor | 1 |
| GABA Receptor | 1 |
| Acetylcholinesterase | 1 |
| Acetylcholines | 7 |
| Dopamines | 7 |
| GABAs | 7 |
| Sarins | 2 |
| Cocaines | 2 |
| Propofols | 2 |
| Nicotines | 2 |
| ADP and Pi | 1 |
| Potassium Ions | 30 |
| Chloride Ions | 12 |
| Sodium Ions | 30 |
| Calcium Ions | 8 |
Please allot approximately 60 minutes to put together your first kit and 45 minutes for each additional kit (if you have more than one).
Colors may fade. Consider storing foam kits in a dark location such as a closet, cabinet or drawer.
