Neuroscience

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?

Which parts of a neuron are shown by a Golgi stain that are not shown by a Nissl stain?

State the neuron doctrine in a single sentence. To whom is this insight credited?