A patient complains of hearing loss. The patient has trouble hearing his family and friends, but can hear his own voice well enough. Based on these symptoms, you would suspect the patient is suffering from

Patients with Bell’s palsy

In _______ clamping, the membrane potential of an axon is measured and manipulated; _______ clamping allows the manipulation and analysis of part of a membrane, even a single ion channel.

A subject whose medial forebrain bundle has been cut would most likely

The brightest light at which we can see is about _______ times as intense as the dimmest light at which we can see.

In which plane of section would it be easiest to see the corpus callosum?

Fibers that lie within the muscle spindle are known as _______ fibers.

Angiotensin II is produced in a reaction involving renin, which is secreted by the

Refer to the figure showing an experiment in which one neuron is being measured under two conditions. Which statement best explains why this neuron is not especially active in condition 2?

The number of trinucleotide repeats in the fragile site of the X chromosome is _______ from one generation to the next.