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Imagine NMDA receptors are the only receptors on a post-synaptic terminal. Glutamate release would cause a depolarization in the post-synaptic neuron.

In the Aplysia gill withdrawal reflex, the phenomenon of______occurs when the _______ is repeatedly stimulated and the _________ releases fewer synaptic vesicles after each consecutive stimulation

What is one way you could activate a silent synapse?

When dopamine binds to the _____ receptor, the alpha subunit _____ of the trimeric G protein interacts with adenylyl cyclase, resulting in cAMP being synthesized from ATP.

In which of the following situations would you have current flowing if an NMDA receptor was patch clamped at +60 mV?

In class, we discussed an experiment in which 2 frog hearts were placed in different beakers of salt solution.  The beakers were connected by tubing that allowed the movement of the salt solution.  Heart 1 had a vagus nerve still attached, heart 2 did not have the attached vagus nerve.  The change in the contraction of heart 2 was due to

In activating protein kinase A, cAMP phosphorylates the catalytic domain of PKA, allowing the regulatory subunits to change conformation so that a substrate can bind.

When compared to the current through the NMDA receptor, which of the following is true regarding the AMPA receptor current?

Which of the following alpha subunits of the trimeric G protein are matched with the correct second messenger?

If the Reticular Theory was supported by the heart vagus nerve stimulation experiment (one heart placed in each of two beakers connected by tubing thatallowed diffusion between the beakers), what results would be observed?