An Experiment by Canadian Neurophysiologist Bryan Kolb and His Colleagues

question 69

Multiple Choice

An experiment by Canadian neurophysiologist Bryan Kolb and his colleagues demonstrated that the offspring of rats raised in a complex environment exhibited

• A) decreased synaptic space on the neurons in the their cerebral cortex.
• B) increased synaptic space on the neurons in their cerebral cortex.
• C) an increase in the speed of neuronal transmission.
• D) increased numbers of the neurotransmitter dopamine.
• E) a decrease in the speed of neuronal transmission.

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