Inflammation caused by which of the following types of glia is believed to contribute to neurodegenerative diseases, such as Alzheimer's disease and Parkinson's disease?
A. astrocytes
B. oligodendrocytes
C. Schwann cells
D. microglia
Answer: D
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a. Madhu: "Although women constitute the majority of undergraduates, men constitute the majority of graduate students.". b. Rudy: "Until recently, the majority of psychology faculty members have been male; as of 2000, however, the majority are now female.". c. Samantha: "At present, about 75% of psychology graduate students in both the United States and Canada are female.". d. Ismael: "Because women now constitute the majority of students and faculty in psychology, this field has become strongly feminist.".
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a. proactive interference. b. retroactive interference. c. retrograde amnesia. d. encoding failure. e. the serial position effect.
Researchers are completely certain that which of the following facial expressions is recognized by people of all cultures?
a. interest b. guilt c. contempt d. surprise
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