What Observation Led to the Investigation of Progesterone as a Potential

question 58

Multiple Choice

What observation led to the investigation of progesterone as a potential treatment for traumatic brain injury?

• A) Female rats were immune to brain damage.
• B) Male rats do not produce progesterone.
• C) Male rats were immune to brain damage.
• D) Female rats recovered faster from brain damage than male rats.

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Definitions:

Top-down Processes

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Tropic Cascades

Ecological phenomena where predators in a food web indirectly affect the abundance or distribution of their prey's prey, through a chain of interactions.

Keystone Species

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Cryptic Coloration

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