Which of the Following Is Support That BDNF and TrkB

question 4

Multiple Choice

Which of the following is support that BDNF and TrkB mRNA might form a local autocrine loop in hippocampal and cortical neurons?

• A) They are both found in the soma in hippocampal and cortical neurons
• B) They are both found to be transported via fast transport
• C) They are both transcribed at similar times.
• D) They are both transcribed at similar rates.
• E) They are co-localized and they are targeted to the dendrites and locally translated in hippocampal and cortical neurons.

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Definitions:

Hippocampus

A major component of the brains of humans and other vertebrates, involved in the consolidation of information from short-term memory to long-term memory, and in spatial memory that enables navigation.

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Aldosterone

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Hypothalamus

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