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- Gallery 1 - Images to replace
- Gallery 2 - Public domain images, DOJ (jpg)
- Gallery 3 - New images (svg)
- Gallery 5 - Obsolete images (png). Move useful images to Wikimedia Commons, delete unused images.
- Mikhail Bulgakov - Public domain images.
- Plants -
Articles: update
- Retrograde tracing - (reference: Purves pp. ???)
- Neuroembryology - separate article
- Secondary metabolite - cleanup
- Allelopathy - cleanup
- Glucose - clarify interconversion, anomers, etc. (reference: McMurry pp. 985)
- Sulfanilamide - create image showing synthesis route from benzene (reference: McMurry pp. 941)
- Caveolae - same as coated pits? (reference: ??? from Pinocytosis)
- Sassafras vs. Sarsaparilla - try to alleviate confusion between the two (reference: Scientific American article from 100+ years ago), see also: Sarsi (drink)
- REM rebound - stub?
- Koniocellular pathway - k-cell pathway (reference: Purves pp. 307)
- Receptor (biochemistry) - rewrite using less jargon
- Endocytosis - (reference: ???)
- Receptor-mediated endocytosis - add inline citations
- Semipermeable membrane - (reference: Widmaier 110)
- Osmole (unit) - (reference: Widmaier 109)
- Gas chromatography - (reference: Pavia 798-810)
- Phenytoin - add "Pharmacology" section
- DLCO - cleanup
- Coping strategies - rewrite for style
- Epigallocatechin gallate - cleanup
- Commissure - (reference: Purves 15)
- Spinal nerve - (reference: ???)
- Dihydrocodeine - cleanup
- Anatomical terms of location - cleanup
- Indolamine - (reference: Purves ???)
- Fluoxetine - add "Pharmacology" section, add info about interactions (reference: Holt ???)
- Biosynthesis - add links to Indolamine / Catecholamine
- Chiral resolution - add better image (cf. Pt.11 Pg.21)
- Meso compound - add better image of tartaric acid isomers
- Polarimeter - add image
- 8-Circuit Model of Consciousness - add "Criticism" section
- Calcium signaling - (reference: ???)
Articles: new
- gastrointestinal acidosis - should be a sub-section of acidosis
- Lesion study - important neuroscience research technique; "The use of structure to infer function was adopted for experimentation, and much of neuroscience rests upon observations made by purposefully damaging a distinct brain region, nerve or tract in an experimental animal and observing and documenting the subsequent loss of function." (reference: Purves pp. 16)
- double labeling - labeling neurons in a particular region using two different methods, e.g. anterograde tracing and enzyme labeling (reference: Carlson pp. 164)
- Radioactive tag - mentioned in many articles, but never explained anywhere
- Active form - extensively used, especially in the context of chemistry, but never explained anywhere
- Vesicle depletion hypothesis - of synaptic depression (reference: Purves pp. 179)
- Retinoid cycle - (reference: Purves pp. 268-269)
- Arborization - extensively used term; should it have its own article?
- Joint receptors - reference (reference: Purves pp. 217)
- Molar excess - this term is used everywhere, yet there is no clear explanation of it; refers to the compound in a reaction that has more moles than are necessary to complete the reaction in full (the direction of the reaction is unimportant, c.f. Le Chatlier's principle)
- Neural tract - "A collection of axons in the central nervous system having the same origin, termination, and function." (reference: Marieb pp. G-19) ; equivalent to a nerve in the PNS
- relationship to Neural pathway? Biological tracts in general (e.g. GI tract)? Proposed titles for a more general article were "Tract (biology)" or "Tract (anatomy)"
- Presynaptic specialization & Postsynaptic specialization - used in a vague manner throughout Neuroscience 4e, e.g. "Typically, the presynaptic terminal is immediately adjacent to a postsynaptic specialization of the target cell." (reference: Purves pp. 7); probably refers to certain features of receptor proteins and/or the morphology of dendrites
- Charles Bradley - child psychiatrist who conducted the earliest experiments on the use of amphetamine as drug therapy, providing the precursor for the subsequent development of theories about ADD and ADHD. (reference: Samuel Barondes, "Better Than Prozac", pp. 61 and onward)
Articles: unsorted
- Boston Harbor Islands National Recreation Area - add NPS maps (public domain) and photos [1][2]
- Axon - (reference: Marieb), (reference: Purves)
- Nucleus (neuroanatomy) - needs table of major nuclei, (reference: ???)
- Thalamus - needs better introduction, (reference: ???)
- Scarpa's ganglion - (reference: Purves 356), change name?
- Oscillopsia ("bouncing vision") - (reference: Purves 357)
- Macula of saccule and Macula of utricle - naming and content (reference: Purves 348-50)
- Fovea - (reference: Purves 258, 272-3)
- Color blindness - (reference: Purves 274-7)
- Placebo effect - (reference: Purves 247-8)
- Anterolateral system - create flow chart based on (reference: Purves 238)
- Vanilloid - (reference: Purves 232-3)
- Ganglion - (reference: Marieb), clear up confusion with Ganglion cell; add examples of ganglia (e.g. spiral ganglion, Scarpa's ganglion, etc.)
- "Collections of hundreds to thousands of neurons found outside the brain and spinal cord along the course of peripheral nerves."
- Ganglion cell - (reference: Purves 261-310), info is scattered throughout text
- M ganglion cells & P ganglion cells (reference: Purves 305)
- Ganglion cell layer - merge into ganglion cell?
- Edinger-Westphal nucleus - (reference: Purves 290-1)
- Pretectum - (reference: Purves 290-1)
- Pupillary response merge into Pupillary light reflex after 11/21/08, if no objections
- Neuron - reorganize
- Type Ia sensory fiber - aka "group Ia afferents", (reference: Purves 216)
- Type II sensory fiber - aka "group II afferents", (reference: Purves 216)
- Extrafusal muscle fiber - add better image (reference: Purves 216-7)
- Intrafusal muscle fiber - add better image (reference: Purves 216-7)
- Proprioception - (reference: Purves 216)
- Merkel nerve ending - (reference: Purves 212-3)
- Receptor potential - (reference: Purves 208, etc.)
- Paranasal sinuses - (reference: Marieb 204-18)
- CREB - add inline citations
- Combined drug intoxication - cleanup, (reference: ???)
- Humectant - (reference: ???)
- Patch clamp - (reference: Purves ?)
- Current clamp - needs to be properly partitioned, and much more info is needed about the biological-research-technique type of current clamp
- Voltage clamp - create new picture based on Box 3A (reference: Purves 42)
- Electrical synapse - (reference: ???)
- Glutamate-glutamine cycle - add image, add more info (reference: Purves 130)
- Nicotinic acetylcholine receptor - fix references from "Receptor regulation" section onward. also, "Subunits" should be a subsection of "Structure"
- Metabotropic receptor - article is messy and confusing
- Ligand-gated ion channel - rename "Ionotropic receptor" for consistency with Metabotropic receptor
- Nicotine - add "Interactions" section
- List of drugs - create articles for red-links
- Membrane potential - (reference: ???)
- Resting potential - aka "resting membrane potential", (reference: ???)
- Reversal potential - (reference: Purves, Ch.3)
- Receptor potential - (reference: ???)
- All synaptic vesicles contain ATP. (reference: Purves 142)
- GPCR - (reference: Purves 156)
- Drug use statistics & DA involved in all drug addictions & COMT. (reference: Purves 138-9)
- Ryanodine receptor. (reference: Purves 162)
- Does Kinase link to Phosphatase, and vice-versa (with explanations)?
- Gravity (beer) - add better image of hydrometer, link to/from other homebrewing articles, term is used in relation to all alcoholic beverages although consumers only see it in relation to beer
- Valerian (herb) - cleanup
- Definity - drug "used in cardiac imaging, cardiopulmonary reactions" (reference: [3]). current article is about digital imaging.