A Nurse Is Discussing the Use of Benzodiazepines as Sedative-Hypnotic

A nurse is discussing the use of benzodiazepines as sedative-hypnotic agents with a group of nursing students. A student asks about the actions of these drugs in the central nervous system. The nurse makes which correct statement?

A) "Benzodiazepines affect the hippocampus and the cerebral cortex to cause anterograde amnesia."
B) "Benzodiazepines depress neuronal functions by acting at a single site in the brain."
C) "Benzodiazepines induce muscle relaxation by acting on sites outside the central nervous system."
D) "Benzodiazepines promote sleep through effects on the limbic system."