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bio_gurl

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Sherrington deduced that transmission at a synapse must be slower than conduction along an axon. This was based on what kind of evidence?
 
  a. temporal summation
 b. drugs that increase or inhibit activity at synapses
 c. the speed of reflexive responses
 d. differences in diameter between axons and dendrites

Question 2

Chronically high insulin levels lead to increased appetite by ____.
 
  a. lowering body temperature, increasing the need for nutrition
 b. preventing glucose from entering the cells
 c. causing a high percentage of available glucose to be stored as fat
 d. directly altering the responses of the taste buds


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Mollythedog

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

c

Answer to Question 2

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bio_gurl

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Reply 2 on: Jun 22, 2018
Thanks for the timely response, appreciate it

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Great answer, keep it coming :)

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