Research on Sleep Patterns and Depression Indicate That Individuals with Depression

question 27

Multiple Choice

Research on sleep patterns and depression indicate that individuals with depression

• A) have increased Stage 3 sleep.
• B) are deep sleepers.
• C) have decreased Stage 1 sleep.
• D) enter into REM sleep earlier in the night.
• E) experience the same amount of eye movements as non-depressed individuals.

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Definitions:

Plasmids

Small, circular DNA molecules found in bacteria and some other cells, independent of the chromosomes, often carrying genes beneficial for survival.

Genetic Information

The hereditary information encoded in DNA or, in the case of some viruses, RNA, which determines the biological development and function of an organism.

mRNA

Messenger RNA, a type of RNA that carries the genetic information from DNA in the nucleus to the cytoplasm, where it serves as a template for protein synthesis.

Translated

The process by which the sequence of a messenger RNA (mRNA) molecule is used by the ribosome to assemble amino acids into a polypeptide.