A person visits the doctor and is given a diagnosis of multiple sclerosis. In terms of neuron structure, what, most likely, would you see? An increased number of synapses forming on the dendrites More inhibitory than excitatory synapses An increased number of synapses forming on axons larger than normal synaptic cleft A decrease in the myelin sheath

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A person visits the doctor and is given a diagnosis of multiple sclerosis.
In terms of neuron structure, what, most likely, would you see?
An increased number of synapses forming on the dendrites
More inhibitory than excitatory synapses
An increased number of synapses forming on axons
A larger than normal synaptic cleft
A decrease in the myelin sheath
Transcribed Image Text:A person visits the doctor and is given a diagnosis of multiple sclerosis. In terms of neuron structure, what, most likely, would you see? An increased number of synapses forming on the dendrites More inhibitory than excitatory synapses An increased number of synapses forming on axons A larger than normal synaptic cleft A decrease in the myelin sheath
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