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After Debbie's car accident, as the doctor asked her if it hurt here or if it hurt when he pressed this hard.
 
  Debbie understood why she could tell the differences in amount of pressure the doctor used; her sensory neurons coded the different pressures via:
  A) Different magnitude action potentials
  B) Differences in threshold
  C) Different neurotransmitters
  D) Different rates of firing in neurons

Question 2

Which of the following explains a neuron's means of encoding various intensities of stimuli?
 
  A) Passive conduction
  B) Decremental conduction
  C) All-or-none law
  D) Rate law


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aadams68

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

D

Answer to Question 2

D


penguins

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

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Excellent

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