17. Which of the following statements is NOT TRUE in terms of repair of damaged
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17. Which of the following statements is NOT TRUE in terms of repair of damaged brains? a) Adult neurons can sometimes form new connections. b) If an entry to a destination area is lost, the remaining inputs sometimes send new branches of their axons to colonize the vacant space. c) Although transplanted neurons taken from a brain in the correct state of development will grow in an adult brain, they will not restore normal function. d) Transplantation of dopamine cell bodies alleviates some of the symptoms of Alzheimer's disease in human patients.
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Ans d) transplantation of dopamine cell bodies alleviates some of the symptoms of Alzheimer's disease in human patients.
The transplantation of the dopamine cell bodies caused the restoration of some motor functions of the brain , It alleviated the symptoms of Parkinson's disease and not Alzheimer's diseases in human patients.
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