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james9437

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The action of tetanospasmin, the toxin responsible for tetanus, interferes with the
 
  a. production of action potentials.
  b. production of EPSPs.
 c. production of IPSPs.
 d. presynaptic facilitation.

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The neurotoxin tetanospasmin, which produces the condition tetanus, invades the central nervous system by
 
  a. passing through the blood brain barrier.
 b. traveling via anterograde transport outside of neurons.
 c. traveling via retrograde transport within axons.
 d. traveling via retrograde transport between synapses.


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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
Great answer, keep it coming :)

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Gracias!

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