Exam 9: Development of the Nervous System

At the tip of each growing axon or dendrite is an amoeba-like process called

Enriched environments increase adult neurogenesis in the rat hippocampus.This effect occurs largely, if not entirely, because rats living in enriched environments tend to get more __________.

The first neurotrophin to be isolated was __________ factor.

Neurons and synapses that are not activated by experience usually

Adult neural stem cells that eventually migrate to the olfactory bulbs are created at certain sites in the ependymal layer lining the cerebral __________.