Author Question: You overdo it the weekend before the big test, and drink way too much alcohol. As a result, you get ... (Read 22 times)

lb_gilbert · **on:** Jun 22, 2018

You overdo it the weekend before the big test, and drink way too much alcohol. As a result, you get very nauseous and throw up.

You remember the next day that one brain area is unprotected by the blood-brain barrier, which triggered your nausea by the excessive alcohol. This area was the:
a. Basal ganglia
b. Substantia nigra
c. Area postrema
d. Cerebellum

Question 2

The limbic system:

a. Is exclusively involved in emotions, which is why it is called the emotional brain
b. Is a network of structures located in the cortical regions of the frontal lobe
c. Is involved in emotions, along with structures at many other levels of the brain
d. Can be easily studied in humans because it is a relatively simple system