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Ralph has suffered from alcoholism since he started college. Instead of undergoing a medically supervised rehabilitation, he plans to try quitting on his own. You advise Ralph that his plan is
 
  a. probably perfectly okay, because he has no family history of epilepsy.
 b. probably perfectly okay, because alcohol is legal and safe.
 c. a really bad idea, because withdrawal from GABA agonists like alcohol can lead to severe seizures.
 d. a really bad idea, because alcohol inhibits seizures in people with epilepsy by boosting activity of acetylcholine.

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Seizure activity may be associated with reduced activity of
 
  a. glutamate.
 b. GABA.
 c. acetylcholine.
 d. adenosine.


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abro1885

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Reply #1 on: Jun 21, 2018
Answer to Question 1

c

Answer to Question 2

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Reply 2 on: Jun 21, 2018
:D TYSM

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