consciousness??

yes i am conscious and aware of the upcoming tests.. grr so stress

been mugging since afternoon on neurotransmission and its related topics

took a short break and teddy showed me a catchy article on newsweek

topic to discuss is on the mystery of consciousness

100
number (in billions) of neurons in the human brain

*somatic and autonomic nervous system
*Efferent and Afferent neuron types in peripheral NS
*Interneurones found only in CNS
*2 critical neurotransmitters ( Ach & NA) in the autonomic NS
* The pathways in which acetycholine is released
* The sequence which takes place for neurotransmission
* The agonist and antagonistic effect on the different types of neurotransmitters


125
number (in billions) of visual receptors in each eye

* Unknown due to limited knowledge, will update you all on glaucoma soon. Stay tune.

6000
estimated number of genes out of a total of about 30,000 in humans that are expressed only in brain

* molecular genetics on the manipulation of DNA
* specific genes activity which involves the activation by specific polymerases and promotors