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FButt

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on: Jun 22, 2018
An important function of the astrocytes is to regulate the chemical environment of the synaptic gap. In particular, the astrocytes remove excess amounts of which of the following chemicals from the gap?
 
  a. magnesium
 b. potassium
 c. sodium
 d. tetrodotoxin

Question 2

The glia that participate in the formation of the blood-brain barrier are the
 
  a. astrocytes.
 b. oligodendrocytes.
  c. Schwann cells.
 d. microglia.


shailee

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

b

Answer to Question 2

a


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