history and anatomy
chemicals and cells
diseases and treatments
research
soup
100

Which neurotransmitter was extracted from frog hearts in a 1921 experiment by Otto Lowei?

What is Acetylcholine?

100

which neurotransmitter is targeted by fluoxetine?

what is serotonin?

100

What is the condition treated with lithium?

what is bipolar disorder?

100

What necessary phase of the clinical trial is conducted in healthy individuals?

What is Phase I?

100

What animal did we first record neuronal activities in (using an electrode)?

what is a squid?

200

Which the name of the cranial nerve responsible for hearing?

what is the vestibulocochlear nerve?

200

what is the name of the stress hormone is produced by the adrenal gland?

what is cortisol?

200

what part of the neuron is attacked by immune cells in MS?

What is myelin sheath?

200

After which phase of clinical trial can you apply for FDA approval for a new treatment?

What is Phase III?

200

what is the most common condition seen by psychiatrist?

What is anxiety disorder?

300

What is the term for nerves crossing hemispheres in the central nervous system?

What is decussation?

300

what ion is involved in NMDA receptors recruiting AMPA receptors to the post-synaptic membrane?

What is calcium?

300

What are the four components of a standard clinical note?

What is subjective, objective, assessment, and plan?
300

what is the name of the enzyme in my mice that knocks out celsr genes?

what is cre recombinase?

300

What is the main inhibitory neurotransmitter in our brain?

What is GABA? 

400

What are the three kinds of human photoreceptors in terms of color?

what is blue, green, and red?

400

what is the name of the embryologic structure that is formed by closing of the ectoderm, eventually becoming the central nervous system?

What is the neurotube?

400

In what disease we have discussed do patients lose the sense of smell as an early sign?

What is parkinsons disease?

400
what type of molecule is alternatively process in the 1982 paper discovering CGRP, which later led to the development of a new medication for migraine treatment?

What is RNA?

400

what part of the brain stem is most inferior (lowest), connecting directly to the spinal cord?

What is the medulla?

500

Who famously debated Golgi in the structural organization of the nervous system?

What is Cajal?
500

What type of cell in the brain re-uptakes and breaks down glutamate into glutamine?

What is astrocyte?

500

What minimum duration of symptoms is required for a schizophrenia diagnosis?

what is six months?

500

what type of microscopy is able to visualize inside a cell, allowing us to see vesicles lining up by the synapse, instead of only imaging the surface of cells?

What is electron microscopy?

500

What is the name of a protein that lights up under laser? (I showed you a green one during the lab tour)

What is a fluorophore?

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