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After one of the catecholamine transmitters stimulates the postsynaptic receptor, what happens to most of the transmitter molecules?

Which of the following best describes Mendel’s work with pea plants?

Which of the following cells surround and insulate synapses and nodes of Ranvier in the central nervous system?

An alien species is discovered that has the following equilibrium potentials: Na+ = +60mV; K+ = -90mV; Cl- = -80mV; Ca2+ = +130 mV If the membrane potential is -60mV, and a non-selective ion channel opens, which of the following could occur?

Which of the following DOES NOT contribute to individual differences in drug effectiveness?

A section through the brain that shows structures as they would be seen from the side involves which plane?

When Sherrington pinched a dog’s paw and observed the reflexive withdrawal of that paw, he made three major conclusions.  Which of the following is one of those conclusions?

What occurs when a stimulus shifts the local membrane potential of a neuron from the resting potential to a slightly less negative potential?

Which of the following is a somatic intervention?

What happens to the membrane ion channels when the action potential reaches its peak?