Compared with Environmentally Impoverished Rats, Those Rats Housed in Enriched

question 153

Multiple Choice

Compared with environmentally impoverished rats, those rats housed in enriched environments experienced a dramatic increase in the number of their

• A) telomeres.
• B) schemas.
• C) synapses.
• D) teratogens.

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Definitions:

Melancholic

Characterized by a profound presentation of depression, often with significant changes in appetite, sleep, and energy levels, and marked by feelings of sorrow, hopelessness, or inadequacy.

Peripartum

refers to the period shortly before, during, and immediately after childbirth.

Catatonic

A state of psycho-motor immobility and behavioral abnormality marked by stupor, rigidity, or even excessive, pointless motor activity.

Basal Ganglia

Groups of neurons located deep within the cerebral hemispheres involved in controlling movement and coordination.