Links

Here are some web resources to help you and your students learn more about this fascinating topic. While we recommend them, NSTA is not responsible for their content.

• The process of a nerve impulse is so quick that it takes a special field of chemistry to study it. There are several great simulations on the web to help you understand this process better:
  • Action potential
  • Resting Membrane Potential
  • Simulation of the channels that control the passage of sodium in the membrane
• Each year over 10,000 Americans suffer the effects of spinal cord injury:
  • You can learn more about this condition here.
  • Actor Christopher Reeve has led the efforts to research cures for this condition. Read about his fight here.
• Parkinson's Disease is one of a series of nervous system disorders:
  • Read more about it and the efforts to find a cure here.
  • Read about the newest gene therapy treatments here.
• When brain cells sometimes signal abnormally, the condition is called epilepsy:
  • Learn more about it here.
• These aren't the only diseases of the nervous system:
  • Learn about others here.
• The web is full of good stuff about the nervous system - here's a good site for kids.