Match the Following Neurotransmitters with Their Role in Arousal from Sleep

question 67

Multiple Choice

Match the following neurotransmitters with their role in arousal from sleep:
-_____released by the basal forebrain neurons that extend projections throughout the cortex and reduce the tendency of neocortical neurons to fire rhythmically

• A) glutamate
• B) acetylcholine
• C) histamine
• D) hypocretin.

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