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michelleunicorn

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What is the current status of attempting to mend the brain with computer chips?
 
  a. There has been some success with monkeys, indicating that the computer chip was able to act as a central pattern generator.
  b. A paraplegic woman was implanted with the BrainGate array of 96 electrodes in her motor cortex, and was soon able to control a robotic arm to drink coffee.
  c. Several computer chip devices have been developed to compensate for nervous system damage in humans; they are in clinical trials now.
  d. None of the attempts have produced any change in function in either animals or humans.

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Sudden cardiac death is the result of extreme ___ activity, which destabilizes the heart's contractions.
 
  a. cortisol
  b. sympathetic
  c. parasympathetic
  d. hypothalamus-pituitary-adrenal


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kthug

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Reply #1 on: Jun 22, 2018
Answer to Question 1

B

Answer to Question 2

B


michelleunicorn

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Reply 2 on: Jun 22, 2018
Excellent

Kedrick2014

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Thanks for the timely response, appreciate it

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