Areas of the Brain
The lobe of the brain associated with auditory processing
What is the occipital lobe
The division of the nervouse system responsible for mediating your fight/fight response
What is the sympathetic nervous system
This is caused by a lack of blood flow to the brain, either by a clot (ischemic), or by a ruptured blood vessel (hemorrhagic)
What is a stroke
The main excitatory neurotransmitter in the brain
What is glutamate
Which star basketball player recently got traded to the Los Angeles Lakers for Anthony Davis in a blockbuster trade that rattled men across the country
Luka Doncic
The sensory relay station of the brain
What is the thalamus
What is the ability of the brain to form new synaptic connections and rewire itself in response to learning or physical trauma
What is neuroplasticity
A neurodevelopmental disorder affecting ones ability to communicate and interact socially
What is Autism Spectrum Disorders (ASD)
This hormane is known to play a role in mood and dreaming
What is serotonin
Who would win in a race? A bear, or a dog
The bear
The system in the brain associated with memory and emotion
What is the limbic system (I will also take the hippocampus)
The space between the pre-synaptic and the post-synaptic neuron
The synaptic cleft
Wernicke's aphasia is associated with difficulty in ____
Language comprehension. Wernickes word salad!!!
This hormone promotes sleepiness and maintains the circadian rhythm
What is melatonin
The supposed deterioration of a person's mental or intellectual state, especially viewed as the result of overconsumption of online material considered to be trivial or unchallenging
What is brainrot
Damage to this area of the brain results in difficulty producing speech
Brocas area
The cells in the brain responsible for fighting infection and phagocytosis of pathogens
What are microglia
Parkinson's disease is a progressive neurodegenerative disease associated with a loss of which neurotransmitter in the basal ganglia
What is dopamine
This neurotransmitter is released at neuromuscular junctions and is responsible for causing muscle contraction
What is acetylcholine
What is teh white matter tract linking Brocas area to wernickes area
Arcuate fasiculus
The white matter tract connecting the left and right hemispheres of the brain
What is teh corpus callosum
The only sense in the brain that bypasses the thalamus and is projected straight onto the cerebral cortex
What is smell
This is an autoimmune disorder in which the body attacks its own myelin sheaths
What is multiple sclerosis
This hormone mediates the sympathetic response (fight/fight), causing increased heart rate, respiratory rate, and blood glucose levels.
What is epinephrine/adrenaline and norepinephrine/noradrenaline
Who is the G.O.A.T. of basketball
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