Neuro 101
The junction between two neurons.
What is a synapse?
Memory loss, dementia, depression, social withdrawal; plaques and tangles
What is Alzheimer's?
The team up north
Who is Michigan?
In May 2003, the fastest known speeding ticket in US history was handed out, with a Swedish sports car allegedly going 242 MPH in a 75 MPH zone. Fittingly, in what state did this occur? I suppose everything's bigger, and everything's faster there.
Where is Texas?
Name of the man who survived after an iron rod went through the frontal lobe of his brain is 1848.
Who is Phineas Gage?
Excessive daytime sleepiness, sleep paralysis, hallucinations
What is narcolepsy?
The two-time Heisman trophy winner at Ohio State.
Who is Archie Griffin?
At the time of his death, this was the fourth president to have been assassinated.
Who is JFK?
Parietal, Frontal, Temporal, Occipital, and Cerebellum
What are the lobes of the brain?
What is encephalitis?
The name of the student-elected homecoming queen of 1926
Maudine Ormsby
The year in which the North American Free Trade Agreement (NAFTA) went into effect
When is 1994?
the structure that links both hemispheres
Muscle weakness, trouble with coordination; disease associated with loss of myelin
What is Multiple Sclerosis?
Ohio State won their first National Championship in this year.
When is 1942?
The contested 1876 election of this president marked the end of Reconstruction due to the backroom Compromise of 1877, which ensured which president's election and averted a constitutional crisis.
Who is Rutherford B. Hayes?
Primary excitatory neurotransmitter in the central nervous system
What is glutamate?
Disorder in which the body's immune system attacks the peripheral nervous system
What is Guillain-Barré syndrome?
In the mid-1980's, this Ohio State quarterback chucked the ball out of bounds, to stop the clock on 4th down, in the waning seconds against Purdue.
Who is Mike Tomczak?
As per the terms of the 1850 Clayton-Bulwer Treaty, the United States and the United Kingdom agreed to halt colonization efforts in this region.
What is Central America?