A Key Pathway Through Which Alcohol Disrupts Normal Brain Development

question 115

Multiple Choice

A key pathway through which alcohol disrupts normal brain development is by interfering with

• A) enzymes that break down cell wastes.
• B) the conversion of phenylalanine into tyrosine.
• C) the processes that terminate the formation of new neurons.
• D) a protein that helps guide neuronal growth in the developing brain.
• E) the function of glial membrane sodium-potassium transporters.

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