Neuroscientists Bliss and Lomo Stimulated Input Nerve Fibers in the Rabbit

question 31

Multiple Choice

Neuroscientists Bliss and Lomo stimulated input nerve fibers in the rabbit hippocampus and made what discovery?

• A)Postsynaptic neurons are not affected by the activity of the presynaptic neurons
• B)The brain is made of discrete neurons, rather than a continuous netwrok of neurons
• C)Synapses are not involved in episodic memory
• D)Synaptic connections could be changed by the activity in the neurons involved

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