A 38-Year-Old Woman Visits the Physician Because of Uncontrolled Movements

question 7

Multiple Choice

A 38-year-old woman visits the physician because of uncontrolled movements of the arms, legs, head, face, and upper body. These symptoms have increased progressively over the past 12 months. She is also depressed and irritable, and she repeats the same question six times during the 30-minute office visit. Gene analyses show expansion of a CAG triplet repeat on chromosome 4. Use this information to answer the next two questions.
-Which of the following is most likely to be decreased in this woman?

• A)Acetylcholine neurons in the magnocellular forebrain nucleus
• B)Dopamine neurons in the substantia nigra
• C)Gamma-aminobutyric acid neurons in the caudate nucleus and putamen
• D)Serotonin neurons in the raphe nuclei

Understand and perform multiplication of fractions and whole numbers.

Calculate total quantities from combined individual quantities in real-world contexts.

Understand and perform the reduction of products to their lowest terms.

Understand and perform computations involving mixed numbers and improper fractions.

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