Long-term potentiation (LTP) can be demonstrated outside the hippocampus at synapses involving neurotransmitters other than glutamate
a. True
b. False
Indicate whether the statement is true or false
True
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A) middle-class families B) rural families C) Southern families D) low-income families
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