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You are a new neurology resident at the Mayo Clinic. You are working with a stroke team to develop a care plan for a stroke patient. When the patient sticks out their tongue, the tongue turn to the LEFT. What might the area of damage? (select all that apply)

Damage to the cerebrocerebellum on the RIGHT side of the cerebellum will primarily affect movements of the ___ side(s) of your body.

Efferent information from the intermediate spinocerebellum travels from the ___ nuclei to regulate the ___.

Peri-neuronal net (PNN) formation corresponds to the _____ of critical periods in development. 

At the cellular/molecular level, sensitization could be produced by

EphB is high in (1) and EphrinB is high in (2).

BONUS question worth 1 point.  Points will be added after the exam closes. Where is the cell body for a Merkel cell located? 

In class, we discussed the critical period experiment with kittens/cats. What were the results of the experiment when one eye was sutured shut AFTER the critical period? 

Which of the following are NOT one of the conclusions from the experiments of knocking out alpha-CaMKII in the mouse hippocampus? 

A random mutation in hair cells’ voltage-gated calcium (Ca 2+) channels has just been discovered in a certain population. What is most likely to occur IF these calcium channels are NOT opening as demonstrated under normal physiological conditions? (select all that apply)