Brain Facts
Lobe of the brain that is important for vision.
What is the occipital lobe?
"I write the weekly newsletters."
Who is Yumi Kim?
Russian psychologist Ivan Pavlov is most famous for conducting experiments using what animals?
What is Pavlov's Dog?
I’m a very common inhibitory neurotransmitter.
What is GABA?
A non-invasive technique using electrodes to measure electrical activity in the brain.
What is an EEG (electroencephalogram)?
The two types of light-sensitive cells in the eyes.
What are rods and cones?
“I’ve performed groundbreaking research in the biology of Alzheimer’s disease, and students in one of my classes repeat my work in their lab.”
Who is Lucia Pastorino?
What is the process in which neurons take on particular functions during neurodevelopment?
What is differentiation?
What brings a neuronal membrane back to resting potential?
What is a sodium-potassium pump?
This type of technology uses electrons as an illumination source, allowing us to see cell structures in the brain.
What is an electron microscope?
I was a railroad construction worker who miraculously survived an accident in which a rod was driven through my head, destroying much of my left frontal lobe.
Who is Phineas Gage?
“I’ve taught / been a part of a neuro lab at nearly every major university in Boston, and I once saw Malia Obama at Barry’s Bootcamp.”
Who is Kyle Gobrogge?
What would Maslow's theory be referring to?
What is hierarchy of needs?
The two driving forces for movement of ions.
What are diffusion and electrochemical drive?
Two most common programming languages in neuroscience research?
What are MATLAB and Python?
Disease characterized as an electrical “brainstorm.”
What is epilepsy?
“Though I teach at BU, I live in Maine.”
Who is John Tullai?
A major cycle of the homeostatic & stress response. Regulation of this system is believed to be linked to a number of affective disorders such as anxiety and depression.
What is the HPA Axis?
This disease of the basal ganglia is inherited and is caused by a glutamine repeat in a particular gene.
What is Huntington's Disease?
Scanning method that detects radioactive material that is injected or inhaled to produce an image of the brain.
What is PET? (Positron Emission Tomography)
A disease that causes death of neurons in the motor cortex and spinal cord; named for a famous baseball player.
What is amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS/Lou Gehrig’s Disease)?
"I hang out at Pavement and often see students there."
Who is Jeffrey Gavornik?
This is the inability to recognize faces, suspected to be a result of dysfunction in the fusiform face area.
What is Prosopagnosia?
I’m a type of molecule believed to be > 1 billion years old, shared by all animals and even protists.
What is an ion channel?
Elon Musk's neural interface technology company that is developing a device that would be embedded in a person's brain, where it would record brain activity and potentially stimulate it.
What is Neuralink?