In the Research Study Discussed in the Focus on Neuroscience

question 54

True/False

In the research study discussed in the Focus on Neuroscience Box entitled "Psychotherapy and the Brain," which compared people with major depressive disorder to people without depression, those who are depressed show greater activation of the amygdala and decreased activation of the prefrontal cortex in response to cognitive tasks.

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Definitions:

Phytoremediation

The use of plants to remove, detoxify, or immobilize environmental contaminants in soil or water through natural processes.

Translocation

In genetics, structural rearrangement in which a broken piece of chromosome has become reattached in the wrong location. In plants, movement of organic compounds through phloem.

Casparian Strip

Waxy band between the plasma membranes of abutting root endodermal cells; forms a seal that prevents soil water from seeping through cell walls into the vascular cylinder.

Endodermis

In a plant root, a sheet of cells just outside the vascular cylinder. A Casparian strip between these cells prevents water from seeping through their walls.