Diazepam is a drug that stimulates the activity of GABA receptors in the brain. If a person was having an epileptic seizure, how would diazepam affect the seizure?
1. Diazepam is a drug that stimulates the activity of GABA receptors in the brain. If a person was having an epileptic seizure, how would diazepam affect the seizure?
2. During a surgical procedure, ananesthesiologist administers to the patient an inhaled anesthetic agent that opens Cl- channels in the postsynaptic membranes of neurons of the brain. Explain why this would put the patient “to sleep” for the duration of the surgical procedure.
3a. Jack places his foot on a piece of broken glass. He immediately lifts his leg away from the glass without losing his balance. What reflex response has occurred? How does he manage to maintain his balance?.
3(b) Which cranial nerves would be affected by a drug that stimulates the parasympathetic nervous system? Predict potential adverse effects that one might experience.
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