Hair cells in the cochlea do not fire action potentials while hair cells in the utricle do fire action potentials

Would a mouse with a CamKII knockout in the hippocampus have impaired learning (for example, in the Morris water maze)? Why or why not?

In a new born cat, axons carrying information from the right and left eyes will synapse in _______ columns in the ________.

Which one of the following molecular regulators play a role in ocular dominance plasticity during the critical period?

Dendritic spines are said to be calcium signaling “microdomains”.  This means that

Which of the following is a signal amplification step?

Which of the following would increase activation of adenylyl cyclase by the G-alpha-S subunit of a trimeric G protein?

When compared to the current through the NMDA receptor, which of the following is true regarding the AMPA receptor current?

Silent synapses lack

Imagine NMDA receptors are the only receptors on a post-synaptic terminal. Glutamate release would cause a depolarization in the post-synaptic neuron.