Brain Bender (Riddles)
Which weighs more: a pound of feathers or a pound of bricks?
Neither, they weight the same.
This part of the neuron receives signals from other neurons.
Dendrite
Which brain region is responsible for decision-making, planning, and impulse control?
Frontal Lobe
This technique amplifies specific DNA sequences and is often followed by gel electrophoresis to visualize results.
Polymerase Chain Reaction (PCR)
Third years!
You see me once in June, twice in November, but not at all in May. What am I?
The letter ‘e’
Which ion primarily rushes into the neuron to start an action potential?
Sodium (Na+)
Which brain structure helps regulate hunger, thirst, body temperature, and is often referred to as the body's “internal thermostat”?
Hypothalamus
This method separates proteins by size and uses an electric field to move them through a substance.
Gel electrophoresis.
Name every NSCB Club Officer
Aakarsh, Rylee, Nelson, Angelina, Raph.
I have cities, but no houses. I have mountains, but no trees. I have water, but no fish. What am I?
A map
Which neurotransmitter is involved in reward, learning, and is depleted in Parkinson’s disease?
Dopamine
Which brain lobe is primarily responsible for auditory processing and is also involved in understanding language?
Temporal Lobe
What is the difference between in vivo and in vitro experiments?
In vivo means within a living organism; in vitro means outside the organism, usually in a dish or test tube.
What is going to be one of our club events this semester?
Letter writing/movie night, Bay area science festival, berkeley project, research symposium
I have keys but no locks. I have space but no room. You can enter, but can’t go outside. What am I?
A keyboard
What is the name for the brief period after an action potential during which a neuron cannot fire another one?
Which lobe of the brain is primarily responsible for processing visual information?
Occipital Lobe
This lab technique transfers proteins to a membrane and uses antibodies to detect specific targets.
Western Blot
Which club officer is not from California?
Angelina!
Who can finish a book without finishing a sentence?
A prisoner
This hormone is produced in the hypothalamus, released by the posterior pituitary, and acts on the kidneys to conserve water.
Vasopressin (Also Antidiuretic Hormone / ADH)
Phineas Gage suffered an injury to this brain region, which altered his personality and emotional regulation. What part of the brain was damaged?
Prefrontal cortex
A ____ organism has had foreign DNA inserted into its genome to study gene function or model disease.
Transgenic organism
For our club logo, NSCB, which letter is the brain attached to?
The "C" in NSCB