Postsynaptic potentials are ___ while action potentials are ___.

If I gave you a drawing of neurons, how would you label the area between two neurons?

You’re working as a research assistant in Dr. Maricel’s lab and have been asked to measure the electrical activity of neurons. What voltage would you see if you were correctly measuring the resting potential?

After the peak of the action potential, potassium ions leave the axon. Why?

When the neuron is at resting potential, what happens at the sodium channels?

What feature do epinephrine, norepinephrine, and dopamine have in common?

Exams are open-notes but must be my own notes, not resources from other sources.

____ tolerance occurs because less drug gets to the target site.

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Nicole meets the criteria for substance abuse disorder due to her abuse of opiates. Because the receptors that opiate drugs bind to are found in the ___, an overdose may result in suppressed breathing and heart rate.