Following a Certain Kind of Experience in Aplysia, a Facilitating

question 5

Multiple Choice

Following a certain kind of experience in Aplysia, a facilitating interneuron causes changes that block the potassium channels at the end of the axon of the sensory neuron, leading to:

• A) sensitization.
• B) habituation.
• C) both sensitization and habituation.
• D) death of the individual sensory neuron.

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