Distinguish between innate and learned behavior. Explain how an experiment using optogenetics could demonstrate the concept of “fire together, wire together” Predict whether a given change in receptors or neurotransmitter release is likely to strengthen or weaken a synaptic connection.

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  • Distinguish between innate and learned behavior.
  • Explain how an experiment using optogenetics could demonstrate the concept of “fire together, wire together”
  • Predict whether a given change in receptors or neurotransmitter release is likely to strengthen or weaken a synaptic connection.
  • Hypothesize how a channel or another molecule in a plant or animal would detect outside stimuli such as touch, chemicals, or light.
  • Predict how perturbations in light levels, retinal, opsins, and cation channels in photoreceptors affects the photoreceptor’s membrane potential and neurotransmitter release.
  • Given information about a neuron’s responses to stimuli, hypothesize what its receptive field might be.
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