Fundamentals of Anatomy and Physiology-Kandel Hypothesis

 Fundamentals of Anatomy and Physiology (Eleventh Edition) p390-395 in the Martini | Nath | Bartholomew. P416

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•       What was Eric Kandel’s hypothesis, and how did he design an experiment to test it?
• Why did Kandel pick A. californica for his experiment?
• How did Kandel create a memory in the sea slug?
• What is a synapse?
• What did Kandel observe when he stimulated the sensory neuron in the A. californica neural circuit? Based on those results, what was his conclusion?
• Why was Kandel’s discovery considered pioneering?
• How might research about the anatomical basis for memory formation be used to help people with memory loss?