What experiment did Bell perform to show that the nerves of the body contain a mixture of sensory and motor fibers?

What is myelin? What does it do? Which cells provide it in the central nervous system?

Knowledge of genes uniquely expressed in a particular category of neurons can be used to under- stand how those neurons function. Give one example of how you could use genetic information to study a category of neuron.

Classify the cortical pyramidal cell based on (1) the number of neurites, (2) the presence or ab- sence of dendritic spines, (3) connections, and (4) axon length.

Colchicine is a drug that causes microtubules to break apart (depolymerize). What effect would this drug have on anterograde transport? What would happen in the axon terminal?

What are the steps by which the information in the DNA of the nucleus directs the synthesis of a membrane-associated protein molecule?

Of the following structures, state which ones are unique to neurons and which are not: nucleus, mitochondria, rough ER, synaptic vesicle, Golgi apparatus.

What are three physical characteristics that distinguish axons from dendrites?