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madam-professor

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Degeneration of neurons within the ________ dopamine system leads to Parkinson's disease.
 
  a. nigrostriatal
  b. mesocortical
  c. hypothalamocortical
  d. mesolimbic
  e. retinal-suprachiasmatic

Question 2

The neostriatum consists of the
 
  a. putamen and the hippocampus.
  b. ventral tegmental area and the overlying pons.
  c. cerebellum and the nucleus accumbens.
  d. caudate nucleus and the putamen.
  e. amygdala and the hippocampus.



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Answer to Question 1

Answer: a. nigrostriatal

Answer to Question 2

Answer: d. caudate nucleus and the putamen.



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