Under Stress, a Number of People Have Problems with Working

question 396

Multiple Choice

Under stress, a number of people have problems with working memory. If you wanted to design a drug to help with this, which of the following would you target?

• A)Serotonin
• B)Protein kinase C
• C)MAO
• D)Cortisol
• E)The temporal lobes

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Definitions:

Medial Geniculate

Part of the thalamus involved in the auditory pathway, acting as a relay station for sound information to the auditory cortex.

Primary Auditory Cortex

The region of the brain responsible for processing auditory information, located in the temporal lobe.

Ventral Medial Geniculate Nucleus

The ventral medial geniculate nucleus is a part of the auditory thalamus involved in the processing and relaying of auditory information from the ears to the auditory cortex of the brain.

Inputs

Signals or data received by a system, which are then processed to generate an output.