What Are Two Roles of Glial Cells

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Multiple Choice

What are two roles of glial cells?

• A) acting as insulation and providing structure to surrounding neurons
• B) shaping cells and moving new neurons into place
• C) regulating metabolic activity and serving as pain detectors
• D) monitoring neural transmission and releasing hormones in the brain

Identify symptoms and differentiate between various mood disorders based on their distinct signs.

Comprehend the role of neurotransmitters and the biological basis of mood disorders.

Understand the influence of cognitive aspects, including rumination, self-defeating beliefs, and negative explanatory style, on mood disorders.

Acknowledge the role of environmental and stressful life events in the development of mood disorders.

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Definitions:

α-Pyranose

A form of monosaccharide that adopts a cyclic six-membered ring structure, resembling a pyran, with the anomeric carbon in the alpha configuration.

Haworth Structure

A method for representing cyclic sugars as planar rings with hydroxyl groups positioned above or below the plane.

β-Furanose

A form of a cyclic sugar where the furanose ring has the hydroxyl group at the anomeric carbon in the beta configuration.

α-D-Glucopyranose

An isomer of glucose that is a six-membered oxygen-containing ring (pyranose form), important in biology and nutrition.