Biology Forums - Study Force

Aricept may slow the progression of Alzheimer's because it slows destruction of the neurotransmitter ____ in the brain.
 
  a. acetylcholine
  b. dopamine
 c. serotonin
 d. GABA

Ques. 2

A person with damage to the cerebellum might have problems with ____.
 
  a. memory consolidation
 b. emotionally-based memories
  c. procedural memories
 d. episodic memories

Ques. 3

Procedural memory seems to depend most on the ____.
 
  a. basal ganglia
 b. hypothalamus
  c. cerebellum.
 d. striatum

Ques. 4

The long-term storage declarative information is governed by the ____.
 
  a. basal ganglia
 b. amygdala
 c. cerebellum
 d. cerebral cortex

Ques. 5

A person with isolated brain damage affecting only the hippocampus is most likely to have ____.
 
  a. anterograde amnesia
  b. hypermnesia
 c. retrograde amnesia
 d. synesthesia

Ques. 6

H.M. underwent experimental brain surgery in hopes of treating severe epilepsy. Following damage to his hippocampus, he was unable to ____.
 
  a. remember events occurring after the surgery
 b. remember events occurring before the surgery
 c. remember previously learned information
 d. remember a sense of unique and individual selfhood

Ques. 7

Patients whose ____ has been damaged can perform well on long-term memory tasks but have trouble keeping information in their short-term memory.
 
  a. basal ganglia
 b. perisylvian cortex
  c. cerebellum
 d. cerebral cortex

Ques. 8

Patients who have sustained damage to the ____ have difficulty in storing new information or retrieving old memories from their long-term store.
 
  a. basal ganglia
  b. hippocampus
  c. cerebellum
 d. amygdala

Answer to #1

a

Answer to #2

c

Answer to #3

c

Answer to #4

d

Answer to #5

a

Answer to #6

a

Answer to #7

b

Answer to #8

b

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