What is the advantage of reuptake over enzymatic degradation in the termination of neurotransmitter postsynaptic effects?
What will be an ideal response?
Answer: Reuptake transports the neurotransmitter molecule into the presynaptic terminal button where it can be moved into a vesicle for release into the cleft. Degradation cleaves the molecule into biologically inactive components. Restoration of the molecule will require all of the components required for synthesis. Reuptake is economical as it allows the transmitter molecule to be recycled.
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A. social worker B. mental health counselor C. genetic counselor D. psychologist
Which statement best illustrates the concept of heritability?
a. Dara is outgoing, just like her father and older sisters. b. Mario is the first person in his family in three generations to have blue eyes. c. Naomi inherited the mutated BRCA1 gene, increasing her risk for certain cancers. d. Selma has a 50% chance of passing the gene for curly hair to her children.
The James-Lange theory would predict that people with a severed spinal cord at the neck would experience:
A. little or no emotion B. an intensifying of emotion C. the same type and intensity of emotion as those with intact spinal cords D. continuing feedback of physiological responses
Night terrors occur in Stage 3 or 4.
Answer the following statement true (T) or false (F)