Synaptic Cleft

Human Biology 4A: The Human Organism. This shoutout to Wu-Tang Clan's "Gravel Pit" explores the world of neurons, synapses, and how drugs affect the brain.

Big thanks to:

Jake Wacthel - Director/Editor
Nick Streets - Methyl Man
Derrick Davis - Dope A. Mean
Amanda Ramero - Sarah Tonin
Julio Delgado - Bobby Voltage
Matt Gebre - Nitrous Popnloxide
Elliott Liu - Checkinephrine

Wu Chess, and much love to the Wu-Tang Clan.

Category:

Science & Technology

Tags:

• synapse
• neurons
• neuroscience
• acetylcholine
• receptors
• action
• potentials
• chess

[zagabria]

and back again? Synapse is unidirectional.

[tomcfad]

glad to see a close reading. the lyric means "electrical, to chemical, and back into electrical"

however, it could be correctly interpreted to mean bidirectional. google the term "retrograde signaling synapse" - the bidirectionality of some synapses is not in all textbooks, but is becoming an important part of understanding of how nervous systems develop.

[DefiningConcepts]

Exceptionally innovative approach to combining our multiple intelligences (linguistic, logical-mathematical, spatial, bodily-kinesthetic, musical, interpersonal, intrapersonal, and naturalist, see Howard Gardner) in an attempt to understand, apply, analyze, and synthesize (see Bloom Taxonomy) knowledge about how drugs affect normal brain functioning. My only suggestion is next time to try holding frames of key concept scientific diagrams a bit longer on screen. Nitpicking, i know.

[tomcfad]

thanks for the feedback. most of the videos I made this year erred on the side of entertainment and keeping students excited rather then pedagogical value (and were all specifically geared towards our university course). but I'm looking forward to trying to dial up the educational value a little, so thanks for the advice.

[muesk3]

Thumbs up if you were directed to this video by professor D'Hooge of the KUL!

[terminaldeity]

My neuroscience professor showed this in class today. Needless to say, it was a hit.

[LittenJack]

Is it possible to get the text to this song? :-) I am norwegian, so I have som problems understanding it all when listening.

[Twinklettuce]

This looks like the Stanford campus..

[utmostrose]

i love this!  its helping me study for my summer finals for anatomy and physiology. thanks!

[Bildungsrebell]

Wow, that's cool! I'll use for my classes. That's the first nerdcore I saw where choreography is (partly) tuned to content. Thank you so much from Germany - hope to visit Stanford soon again: coolest place on the globe :-)

[EEE51993]

Yeeee this help me learn science nigga, WU for life!

[HeartOfLife1]

love it! thank you 4 showing another side to science

[SmileySmillie]

LOL THIS IS A PRO VIDEO

[mymistakewasgold41]

LOL good job!