Dr. Blagovich is interested in understanding how antidepressants affect brain structure. After administering SSRIs to a group of rats for several weeks, Dr. Blagovich analyzes their brain tissue. He is likely to find an increase in ____
a. ?subventricular volume
b. ?the thickness of the cerebral cortex
c. ?connectivity in the corpus callosum
d. ?the numbers of neurons in the hippocampus
ANSWER:
d
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