You’re performing an experiment with mice that have a mutation that causes them to OVEREXPRESS CaMKII in their hippocampus – you want to study how this mutation affects learning. To do this, you make the mutant mice perform the Morris water maze test. Compared to normal mice without this mutation, which of the following would you expect to be true regarding the mutant mice and their performance in the water maze? 

Synapsin proteins are used in which stage of synaptic transmission?

Critical periods are important for the development of basic behaviors such as eating and mating

Which of the following changes would CB1 receptor activation be expected to cause? 

Although procedural and declarative memories are different in content, the specific brain regions used to create and store them are the same. 

Using a phosphatase to dephosphorylate CREB would stimulate the activity of CREB. 

Which is the correct definition of ‘quantal content’ (also called ‘quantal effect’ in lecture)?

The NMDA receptor acts as a “dual sensor.” This means that it senses _________ and ________. 

The ___ of a mini is proportional to the ___ of the synapse.

The intracellular targets of cyclic GMP include protein kinase G, protein kinase A, and cyclic nucleotide gated channels.