The Sweetener Aspartame Is a Known Excitotoxin

question 15

Multiple Choice

The sweetener aspartame is a known excitotoxin. With regard to nerve cells, ingestion of this substance results in chronic nerve stimulation. With your knowledge of action potentials, this toxin must

• A)stimulate continual impulses at the cell body.
• B)block the synaptic cleft.
• C)stimulate continual impulses at the dendrite.
• D)bind the nodes of Ranvier.
• E)stimulate continual impulses at the presynaptic receptors.

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