Long-Term Potentiation Is When

question 70

Multiple Choice

Long-term potentiation is when:

• A) neurons continue to respond long after a stimulus has been removed.
• B) a recent strong stimulus causes a neuron to over-respond to a subsequent stimulus.
• C) neurons respond in the absence of a stimulus.
• D) a strong stimulus leads to a weaker-than-normal response in a neuron.

Understand the process and significance of synaptic pruning.

Describe the structure and function of DNA.

Understand the development and changes in the frontal lobes during adolescence.

Describe the structure and function of a neuron.

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