Your evil roommate is interested in determining whether mice can remember the lo
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Your evil roommate is interested in determining whether mice can remember the location of a piece of cheese in a maze. After counting every synapse in a the brain of lab mice prior to running them through mazes with cheese hidden in the maze, which of the following results best supports the hypothesis that mice can remember the location of the cheese?
Question 2 options:
a)
an increase in the number of synapses between neurons in the hypothalamus
b)
c)
d)
an increase in the number of synapses between neurons in the hippocampus
How does the CNS interpret the strength of a sensory stimulus coming in on a single neuron?
Question 8 options:
a)
b)
c)
d)
e)
a)
an increase in the number of synapses between neurons in the hypothalamus
b)
an increase in the number of synapses between neurons in the medullac)
a decrease in the number of synapses between neurons in the hypothalamusd)
a decrease in the number of synapses between neurons in the hippocampusan increase in the number of synapses between neurons in the hippocampus
How does the CNS interpret the strength of a sensory stimulus coming in on a single neuron?
Question 8 options:
a)
The degree to which the action potential depolarizes the membrane of the neuron.b)
The frequency of incoming neuronal signals.c)
None of the answers are correct.d)
Both "The degree to which the action potential depolarizes the membrane of the neuron. " and "The speed at which the action potential travels down the axon. " are correct.e)
The speed at which the action potential travels down the axon.Explanation / Answer
ANSWER 2
e) an increase in the number of synapses between neurons in the hippocampus
ANSWER 8
e) the frequency of incoming neuronal signals - it actually takes into account rapid variations in this
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