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Intro to the Neuron (1) - Statistics
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- This quiz has been taken 44 times
- The average score is 5 of 16
Answer Stats
| Hint | Answer | % Correct |
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| To the nearest 5 roughly what is the average internal Na ion concentration in human neurons? (mM) | 15 | 50%
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| What is the primary excitatory transmitter in the CNS? | Glutamate | 50%
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| What is the name of the equation that can be used to determine equilibrium potential when the membrane is permeable to one ion only? | Nernst | 50%
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| What is now considered a gasous neurotransmitter which was known as endothelium-derived relaxing factor? | NO | 50%
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| To the nearest 10 roughly what is the average external Na ion concentration in human neurons? (mM) | 150 | 43%
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| NMDA and AMPA are both ionotropic glutamatergic channels, but which sometimes allows the entrance of divalent cations (e.g. Ca2+)? | NMDA | 43%
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| What is the most common type of electrical synapse? | Gap junction | 36%
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| What type of receptor has a quicker transmission? | Ionotropic | 29%
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| What is the name for a receptor which triggers a secondary messenger cascade when stimulated? | Metabotropic | 29%
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| In an action potential what is the name given to the point where inward current carried by Na+ ions just exceeds outward current across the resting membrane? | Threshold | 29%
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| GABA is one but what is the other major inhibitory transmitter in the CNS? | Glycine | 21%
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| Fusion of neurotransmitters with presynaptic membranes for exocytosis is controlled by v (vesicle) and t (target) proteins but what is the name of them? | SNARE | 14%
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| On the vesicle what is the Ca2+ion sensor called? | Synaptotagmin | 14%
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| What is the name for the protein on the vesicle that binds to the SNAP-25 and syntaxin on the plasma membrane? | Synaptobrevin | 7%
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| Chloride ions are normally extruded by secondary active processes, when couped to movement of K ions what is the name of the transporter? | KCC2 | 0%
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| When coupled to the sodium-dependant flux of HCO3- ions, what is the transporter? | NDCBE | 0%
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