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Understanding Synapses: A Neurobiology Quiz

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Excitatory postsynaptic potentials (EPSP) may be produced by all the following EXCEPT:

Opening of Cl- channels

Opening of Na+ channels

Opening of Ca++ channels

Inhibitory postsynaptic potentials (IPSP) may be produced by

Closure of Ca++ channels

Closure of K+ channels

Closure Cl- channels

Which of the following statements about EPSPs is incorrect?

They are propagated down the postsynaptic neuron

They undergo spatio-temporal summation

They are proportional to the amount of transmitter released by the presynaptic neuron.

Renshaw cell inhibition of alpha motor neurons is an example of:

(train) of impulses travelling in a pre- synaptic neuron causes:

An increase in the permeability of the pre- synaptic nerve terminals to calcium.

A spatial summation in the post-synaptic neuron.

Which of the following is an inhibitory neurotransmitter in the central nervous system (CNS)?

Norepinephrine

Serotonin

γ-Aminobutyric acid (GABA)

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