What is the name of the brain structure that produces dopamine, and when damaged produces symptoms called Parkinson's disease?
a. medulla
b. thalamus
c. medial forebrain bundle
d. hippocampus
e. substantia nigra
e
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Which statistic accurately reflects the vulnerability of prenatal development?
Only 31 percent of all conceptions become living newborn babies. Only 75 percent of fetuses reach the age of viability. 50 percent of fetuses are spontaneously aborted or stillborn. 10 percent of all fetuses die during birth.
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