A-level curriculum matching

'Big Picture: Music, Mind and Medicine' is particularly relevant to the following examination board specifications.

AQA Biology

3.5.2 Nerve cells pass electrical impulses along their length. They stimulate their target calls by secreting chemical neurotransmitters directly onto them

The passage of an action potential along non-myelinated and myelinated axons, resulting in nerve impulses

OCR Biology

4.1.2 Outline the role of neurotransmitters in the transmission of action potentials

Edexcel Salters Nuffield Advanced Biology

4.3.8 Describe how a nerve impulse (action potential) is conducted along an axon including changes in membrane permeability to sodium and potassium ions

'Big Picture: Music, Mind and Medicine' may also be used as a cross-curricular resource bringing together music and science.