Brain Rot
The group chat is going crazy, but your brain is trying to sleep. This hormone helps regulate your sleep-wake cycle
What is melatonin?
This is the functional unit of the nervous system
What is a neuron?
A non-invasive diagnostic test that measures electrical activity of the brain via electrodes placed on the scalp
What is EEG?
This medication is used when you suspect someone is experiencing a drug overdose
Narcan/Naloxone
The name of URI's mascot is
Who is Rhody the Ram
Your brain releases this neurotransmitter every time you scroll on TikTok.
What is dopamine?
This change in membrane potential travels down the axon to facilitate neurotransmitter release
What is an action potential?
This clear, colorless fluid surrounds the ventricles of the brain and subarachnoid space and cushions/protects the CNS
What is cerebrospinal fluid?
This drug is taken by patients with ADHD to regulate their symptoms
What is Adderall
The name of URI's president is
Who is Marc Parlange?
When you are scrolling and hear the Tralalero Tralala chant, the sound is picked up by hair cells inside of this structure
What is the cochlea?
This glial cell create myelin sheaths around axons to promote faster signaling
What are oligodendrocytes?
This is the deep brain structure that acts as the primary sensory relay station for almost all incoming signals heading to the cerebral cortex
What is the thalamus?
This is the most commonly prescribed antidepressant in the U.S
Zoloft (sertraline)
The URI Neuroscience Club has been around for this amount of time
What is 3 years?
When you lock in on studying instead of scrolling on instagram reels, this is the part of your brain doing the heavy lifting.
What is the prefrontal cortex?
This active transport pump helps maintain resting membrane potential in neurons
What is the sodium-potassium pump?
This neurodegenerative disorder is characterized by loss of dopaminergic neurons, causing tremors or muscle rigidity
What is Parkinson’s disease?
Used globally for cosmetic treatments, this substance is derived from one of the most deadly biological nerve toxins
Botox
The neuroscience curriculum at URI has been around for this amount of time
What is 6 years?
When someone “mews”, they press their tongue to the roof of their mouth. This cranial nerve is involved in motor control of the tongue (Hint: 12th cranial nerve)
What is the hypoglossal nerve?
Hyperphosphorylation of this protein causes it to detach and aggregate into neurofibrillary tangles, making it a hallmark of Alzheimer’s Disease
What is tau?
This headache is known to be "the worst headache of my life" Hint: This headache is due to bleeding in this specific brain compartment, often from a ruptured aneurysm
What is a subarachnoid headache?
This neurotransmitter is primarily associated with fight or flight
Norepinephrine (NE)
The year URI was founded
What is 1892?