An individual develops mental retardation due to a disorder called PKU. What do we know about this?
a. The individual has excessive myelination.
b. The individual does not form myelin in the brain.
c. The myelin travels into the soma and destroys the neuron.
d. The myelin covers the dendrites and stops the communication process.
B
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