Killing Neurons by Overstimulating Them Is Caused by

question 29

Multiple Choice

Killing neurons by overstimulating them is caused by

• A) electric current via wire.
• B) anesthesia.
• C) excitatory amino acids.
• D) sucking away brain tissue.
• E) radio-frequency current.

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Definitions:

Deleterious Version

Refers to a harmful version of a gene or allele that can negatively affect the fitness or survival of an organism.

Mobile Genetic Elements

Segments of DNA that can move or copy themselves from one location to another within a genome.

Protein-Coding Segments

Portions of DNA or RNA that contain the information necessary to build proteins, crucial for all biological processes.

Pseudogenes

Segments of DNA that resemble functional genes but are nonfunctional due to mutations.