Synaptic Transmission
Brain Anatomy
Mesolimbic Dopamine System
Neuroscience Jokes
Brain Songs
100

What continues to work even after it is fired?

A neuron

100

This R&B artists has "love on the brain. 

Rihanna

200

What was the neurons favorite TV channel?

The ion channel

200

Jay-Z and Alicia Keys collaborated this masterpiece where "concrete jungle dreams are made of".

Empire State of Mind

300

Which ions have the greatest concentration outside the cell?

Sodium and Calcium

300

What lobe of the brain is responsible for touch and vibration sensing?

Parietal Lobe

300

What is the source of dopamine in the mesolimbic dopamine system.

Ventral Tegmental Area

300

Which street does the hippocampus live on?

Memory Lane

300

Complete this Cypress hill lyric. "Insane in the..."

Membrane, insane in the brain.

400

Which ions move inside the membrane?

Sodium

400

What are the nucleus accumbens and ventral tegmental area responsible for?

The mesolimbic dopamine system (i.e., cravings).

400

What is the repeated performance of a response that delivers electrical stimulation to certain sites of the brain (think stimulation of brain areas that support lever-pressing behavior)?

Intracranial Self-Stimulation

500

What does the entrance of sodium into the postsynaptic membrane do to its membrane potential?

Depolarization, making the membrane potential increase.

500

What part of the brain is responsible for impulse control and evaluating consequences (be specific)?

Prefrontal Cortex

500

What is the activation of the mesolimbic dopamine system?

The release of dopamine from the ventral tegmental area to the nucleus accumbens and other limbic structures.