Megan Wants to Enter a Weight-Lifting Competition and Consults You

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Essay

Megan wants to enter a weight-lifting competition and consults you as to what type of muscle fibers she needs to develop and how she should go about it. What would you suggest to her?

Recognize and describe the guiding principles of brain plasticity.

Explain the causes and symptoms of Korsakoff syndrome.

Describe neurogenesis in the adult brain and identify where new neurons are formed.

Understand changes to motor maps following limb amputation.

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Definitions:

Beneficial

Having a positive or useful effect; providing a benefit.

Harmful

Referring to anything that can cause damage or adverse effects on living organisms or the environment.

Nonpolar Covalent

A type of chemical bond where two atoms share a pair of electrons with each other equally because they have similar electronegativities.

Polar Covalent

A polar covalent bond is a type of chemical bond where a pair of electrons is unequally shared between two atoms, leading to a molecule with partial positive and negative charges.