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This professor has a dog named Charlie Bean
Who is Mark Sheffield?
The basic unit of the brain
What is the Neuron?
These cells are most densely packed in the fovea
What are cones?
This happened to my guy H.M.
What is having his hippocampus removed by the "daredevil neurosurgeon" Dr. William Skoville?
This board member cut and dyed their hair over the summer
Who is Chris?
This UChicago professor is pretty famous for his work with connectomics
Who is Bobby Kasthuri?
The site where summation of graded potentials occurs.
What is the Axon Hillock?
This sensory system is known for its incereased connectivity to the hippocampus and memory
What is the olfactory system?
This is one of the biggest (and one of the oldest) beefs in neuroscience.
What is the debate between Camillo Golgi and Santiago Ramón y Cajal?
This board member knows that if it flies, it spies...
Who is Cassie?
This professor founded the Neuro major
Who is Peggy Mason?
This support cell is responsible for Myelination in the brain
What is an oligodendorcyte?
These add weight to the otolith membrane to increase the impact of movement/ gravity
What are otoconia?
This professor made a joke in class but because of his German accent I didn't get it and was kind of scared that I was in trouble
Who is Christian Hansel?
This board member is super talented at drawing with colored pencil and I am jealous
Who is Zinnia?
This professor does studies on psychedelics like LSD and Psilocybin
Who is Harriet De Wit?
This binds to synaptotagmin
What is calcium?
A taste receptor cell can detect this amount of different taste profiles (ex: sweet, salty...)
What is just 1?
These are the four main types of somatosensation receptors
What are chemoreceptors, thermoreceptors, nociceptors, and mechanoreceptors?
This board member is really excited about Smino's new album
Who is Neema?
This description from the neuro website is about what person on the neuro steering committe?
Professor
Organismal Biology & Anatomy
Who is Nico Hatsopoulos?
This protein is modulated by Calcium after NMDA receptor activation
What is Calmodulin?
These are the two main peripheral mediators of proprioception.
What are golgi tendon organs and muscle spindles?
This person performed the most frequent and most notable experiments on H.M.
Who is Dr. Brenda Milner?
This is the cut of our amazing Marketing Director's engagement ring
What is oval?