Injecting Lidocaine into the BLA Following Avoidance Training Will Impair

question 38

Multiple Choice

Injecting lidocaine into the BLA following avoidance training will impair memory because it will _______. (Select all that apply.)

• A) enhance the release of glutamate from BLA neurons projecting to other regions of the brain
• B) reduce the release or norepinephrine on to BLA neurons
• C) enhance Arc translation in the hippocampus
• D) prevent glutamate release by neurons solitary tract nucleus
• E) None of the above

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