What term best describes the following process? Action potentials are conducted from the cell body, down an axon by a process of regeneration at nodes of Ranvier.
Answer
Anterograde axoplasmic transport
Cable properties
Propagation
Saltatory action
Question 2
Question
Which of the following pairs of brain areas both contain neurons that use acetylcholine as a neurotransmitter?
Answer
Dorsolateral pons and medial septum.
Dorsolateral pons and locus coeruleus
Raphe nucleus and medial septum
Raphe nucleus and locus coeruleus
Question 3
Question
A number of neurotransmitter systems are involved in arousal and are consequently active
during waking and much less active when we are asleep. Which of these neurotransmitter
systems is also active during REM sleep?
Answer
Orexin
Acetylcholine
Serotonin
Noradrenalin
Question 4
Question
Which disorder is associated with decreased activity in the mirror neuron system?