You Are Working on a Project in Which You Block

question 130

Multiple Choice

You are working on a project in which you block autophagy in a particular portion of the brain of a laboratory animal. What happens to these animals? (Select all correct choices)

• A)Nothing happens since nerve cells are so long-lived.
• B)That region of the nervous system experiences a massive loss of nerve cells.
• C)There is slight, but not dangerous damage, to the organelles and proteins of the nerve cells.
• D)There is continuous damage to the proteins and organelles of these long-lived cells.

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