Final Exam Practice Questions And Answers Verified 2024

1. LTP in the Schaffer collateral and the direct perforant pathway differs in the presence on which of the following mechanisms? a. NMDA receptors b. Shaker potassium channels c. Calmodulin d. L-type calcium channels {Ans: . L-type calcium channels}1. Which of the following ions flows against its electrical gradient when an ion channel specific to it is opened? a. Calcium b. Chloride c. Sodium d. Magnesium {Ans: Chloride}1. Axons of the facilitating interneuron in Alysia synapses with which other neuron a. Tail nociceptors b. Gill motor neuron c. Siphon sensory neuron d. Mantle motor neuron {Ans: Siphon sensory neuron}1. Integrins help to stabilize or immobilize filipodia by interacting with a. Intermediate filaments b. Tubulin c. Microtubules Actin filaments {Ans: Actin filaments}1. The open book experiment demonstrates a. The axon's attraction to the floor plate b. The axon's attraction to Netrin c. The axon's repulsion from slit d. All of these {Ans: The axon's attraction to the floor plate}1. What target is activated when FGF binds its target? a. Beta catenin b. SMAD pathway c. Wnt MAP-K pathway {Ans: MAP-K pathway}1. In the presynaptic mechanism of hippocampal LTP, which is the coincidence detector a. NMDA