Nobel Prize for Medicine
This recently pioneered field of neuroscience was the focus of the 2026 Nobel Prize for Medicine.
What is Optogenetics?
While this word might refer to a multi-lane public road that cars drive on, it is also a great description of the Spinal Cord
What is a highway?
The part of your brain divided into two halves which also takes up 80% of your brains volume.
What is the cerebrum?
What is 4 lobes?
The animal that Karl Deisseroth introduced the light-sensitive protein to.
What is a rat?
These are the three R's of the Central Nervous System.
What is to Receive, Reason with, & Respond?
The three layers of protection for your brain
What are the meninges, cerebrospinal fluid, and skull?
This lobe contains the hippocampus, which is responsible for the consolidation of long-term memories from short term ones.
What is the temporal lobe?
The name of the light-sensitive protein discovered in algae
What is Channelrhodopsin?
The part of the neuron that receives information in the form of an electrical/chemical signal called an "Action Potential"
What is a dendrite?
The three parts of your brain (& explain what each does)
What are the Brainstem, Cerebellum, and Cerebrum?
You smell fresh cookies baking in the oven and immediately remember visiting your grandma’s house as a kid. What part of the brain is in use?
What is the temporal lobe?
The full names of the three people who were awarded the 2026 Nobel Prize for Medicine
Who are Karl Deisseroth, Peter Hegemann, Georg Nagel?
Cells in the Nervous System which feed, support & protect Neurons
What are Glial Cells?
Your brain requires this percent of your bodies energy to properly function.
What is 20%?
This lobe is located towards the back of the brain.
What is the occipital lobe?