RANDOM
UAB
FACULTY/STAFF
NEUROSCIENCE
BRAINY HUMOR
100

What galaxy do we live in?

Milky Way Galaxy

100

Who is the current president of UAB? 

Dr. Ray Watts

100

What is Dr. Gavin's email? 

cfgavin@uab.edu

100

The main excitatory neurotransmitter of the CNS is

Glutamate

100

What continues to work even after it is fired?

A neuron.

200

What was the first Pixar movie?

Toy Story

200

What year did UAB become an independent institution?

1969

200
Who would you normally see running a marathon?

Whitney!

200

Who is arguably the most famous neuroscience patient? (Hint: railroad)

Phineas Gage

200

What kind of brain images do dogs and cats like best?

PET scans.

300

What was the age of the oldest person to graduate from college?

99!

300

What exact date did UAB announce that in-person classes were canceled for the rest of the spring semester due to COVID? 

March 18th, 2020

300

Who is the go-to for all of your neuroimaging questions?

Dr. Bolding

300

Which Spanish neuroscientists mapped the brain?

Ramón y Cajal

300

Why did the neuron like to sleep in the top bunk bed?

Because it wanted to have a high resting potential.
400

How many eyes to bees have?

5

400

What was the name of UAB's second official mascot?

Beauregard T. Rooster

400

Who was a TA for NBL230 (at least for Fall 2020) before becoming a professor? 

Dr. Jonathan Roth

400
Memory loss, dementia, depression, social withdrawals, plaques, and tangles are found in which disease? 

Alzheimer's

400

Why didn't the brain want to take a bath?

It didn't want to be brain washed.

500

The third planet from the sun is? 

Earth

500

What is the oldest building at UAB?

Ullman Building

500

Who was born in Canada?

Dr. Sorge

500

This structure is responsible for homeostasis and is also a part of the endocrine system.

Hypothalamus
500

Why was the neuron sent to the principal's office?

It had trouble controlling its impulses.

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