Random Fun Facts (Hard)
How do you feel sadness?
Hippocampus - the memories might be depressing
Amygdala - overactive amygdala or it can’t cope with stress
Low amount of serotonin, norepinephrine, and dopamine
hippocampus was 9% to 13% smaller caused by stress in depressed people
How many basic emotions are there?
6
Finish the sentence.
Our brain processes more information in one morning than ___ in the 1900s.
a week
How does the white and grey matter help your brain function?
The white matter and grey matter are nerve bundles and they allow you to send messages all around your brain.
What are the 2 main reasons you can get Alzheimer's Disease?
Plaques and Tangles
Name every layer of the brain?
Skull
The Meninges
Dura mater
Arachnoid
Pia mater
cerebrospinal fluid (CSF) (liquid)
Grey matter, white matter - nerves
What does the amygdala do?
Amygdala helps you experience emotions and feelings, memories and social interpretations and scans for threats.
What is the glymphatic system for?
it uses it to clean your brain
It keeps your balance, coordination, posture and moving skills.
What is the percentage of the disease being caused by genetic of environmental factors?
90-95%
What is the percentage of getting a gene mutation?
There's a 5-10% gene mutation.
Name the 4 types of hormones that makes you happy.
Dopamine
Serotonin
Endorphin
Oxytocin
What is the Popcorn Syndrome?
Fast digital doom scrolls can make people struggle with the slow pace of real life.
What's are all five lobes of the brain called?
Frontal, Parietal, Occipital, Insular, Temporal
Why do most people dirt-nap when having Alzheimer's Disease?
They usually get infections.
How do you get plaques from Alsheimer's Disease.
APP helps neurons grow and repair and gets broken down after a while
Normally 2 enzyme(alpha secretase and gamma secretase) breaks the outside cell. If 2 enzyme (beta secretase and gamma secretase) breaks the outside cell it can’t dissolve and creates beta amyloid plaques. It’s sticky and form clumps which create plagues. It can get between the neurons and disrupts the signal. The plaques can start an immune response and create inflammation and damage neurons.
Explain what the 4 disgust are and what they do.
Animal-nature disgust - anything that reminds us of our mortal, animal nature like death
Core disgust - It’s used to protect you in case of food or liquid being bad
Over time the core disgust wasn’t as important anymore
Interpersonal disgust - contact with other people or their belongings
Moral disgust - seeing someone do immoral or unethical acts or violate common rules they make
Explain to me the process of scrolling.
Scroll → See something new → More dopamine →Stop scrolling → Loses Dopamine → Boredom/Anxiety → Scroll again
Which level is the arachnoid located?
(Ex. it's in between the skull and the dura mater)
In between the dura mater and pia mater.
What's the normal 2 enzyme that break the outside cell?
alpha secretase and gamma secretase
How many people died from Alzheimer's Disease in Canada in the chart in 2023?
2,000,000 - 2,500,000 people
What is the Norepinephrine?
It makes you very alerted and focused on what's making you mad and increases heart rate and blood pressure to stress.
-at least 5-
Thinning in the white and grey matter, cognitive decline, memory problems, loss of physical coordination, overly emotional, front lobe is weak, high blood pressure, decreased bone density, sleep deprivation, vision issues, depression or become dumber.
What does the corpus callosum's -largest white matter structure - rostrum do?
It’s the front-most part that connects behind your eyes.
Why was Alzheimer's Disease called that?
Dr. Alois Alzheimer was the doctor who was helping Auguste Deter with the disease.