Neuroscience
What neurotransmitter is also known as the warm, fuzzy, lovey hormone?
Oxytocin
What is the largest animal on the planet?
The blue whale
How many diagnostic criteria must someone meet to be diagnosed with a substance use disorder?
two
A neurodevelopmental disorder affecting how a person interacts with others, communicates, and learns. Difficulties with social interaction, communication challenges, and repetitive behaviors or restricted interests. Some people may have intense focus, while others may have difficulty with organization.
Autism Spectrum Disorder
How does Nate like his coffee?
Black (hot or cold)
What is our brains ability to build new neurons and neural connections in response to stimuli or trauma/injury called?
Neuroplasticity
O2 is the chemical formula for what compound?
dioxygen or naturally occurring Oxygen
a substance which has a physiological effect when ingested or otherwise introduced into the body.
Drug
a mental health condition where you have two or more separate personalities that control your behavior at different times. When personalities switch, you’ll have gaps in your memory. The identities are usually caused by living through trauma
Dissociative Identity Disorder
Nate was born over seas. In which Country was he born in?
China
The hippocampus is named after what?
The Hippocampus (seahorse)
This country was originally used to house prisoners from the UK.
Australia
a phenomenon that occurs when an individual's response to a particular substance (drug or medication) diminishes over time due to repeated use
Tolerance/Habituation
a mental health condition characterized by the recurrent, compulsive urge to pull out one's own hair, leading to noticeable hair loss.
Trichotillomania
Nate and his husband have 4 pets. What are they?
A dog, snake, lizard, and scorpion.
In the movie Concussion, Will Smith plays Dr. Bennet Omalu, who discovers and coins the name for which neurological disorder?
Chronic Traumatic Encephalopathy (CTE)
Who is the killer in the 1980 horror movie Friday the 13th
Mrs. Vorhees (Jason's Mother)
a phenomenon in which an organism becomes more responsive to a stimulus after being exposed to a strong or noxious stimulus
Sensitization
a progressive brain disorder that gradually impairs memory, thinking, and eventually, the ability to carry out simple tasks due to the buildup of amyloid plaques and neurofibrillary tangles
Alzheimer's Disease
What is Nate's husbands name?
Zach
How many neural connections does the average human have in the brain?
100 Trillion to 1 Quadrillion connections between approximately 86-100 Billion neurons.
True or false: There is no such thing as a black panther.
True. "Black Panther" is a general term used to describe any melanistic member of the Panthera genus, but does not refer to an individual species or specific animal.
This actor has released their own brand of non-alcoholic beer in response to his own substance use history.
Tom Holland
A group of neuropsychiatric delusions where a person falsely misidentifies people, places, or objects
Delusional Misidentification Syndrome (Capgrass Syndrome, Fregoli Delusion, Clinical Lycanthropy)
Nate has models from two Animes/Mangas in his office, which two are they from?
Zoids/Gundam