A Study Was Completed to Determine Whether Early Alterations in Glutamate

question 40

Multiple Choice

A study was completed to determine whether early alterations in glutamate signaling, via daily injections of the glutamate agonist, domoic acid (DOM) , during a critical period of CNS development, would result in temporal memory deficits (Robbins, et. al, 2013) . Analyses revealed that DOM-treated females demonstrated temporal memory dysfunction, as evidenced in a significantly lower proportion of total exploratory behaviour directed toward the remote objects. This work demonstrated that glutamate is important in

• A) depression.
• B) muscle movement.
• C) reward.
• D) memory.

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