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British Brain Bee Neuroscience Brain Facts Questions
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The Brain Bee is a neuroscience Q&A competition for secondary school students. Brain Bee participants compete in teams of three to answer questions on neuroscience topics such as learning and memory, emotion, sensation, movement, aging, neurobiology, brain anatomy, and neural disorders.

British Brain Bee Neuroscience Brain Facts Questions
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1. What is retrograde amnesia?

2. What does SPM stand for?

3. What triggers cytokine production? (3)

4. What type of rhythm is the sleep-wake cycle?

5. Why is the vagus nerve from the liver involved in neural signalling? (immune response)

6. What allows us to hold on to images of objects for long enough to be able to manipulate them in your mind’s eye?

7. What does 'EMGs' stand for?

8. What happens when the dendrite receives a chemical messenger? (2)

9. What does the myelin sheath do?

10. What the difference between neuronal decisions and actual motion?

11. How do growth factors influence axons?

12. What is the function of the hippocampus in episodic memory?

13. What two processes cause long-lasting changes in synaptic strength due to brief periods of neuronal activity?

14. What disease occurs when the immune system attacks the nerves as they emerge from the spinal cord?

15. Why does no permanent damage happen in a transient ischaemic attack (TIA)?

16. Where do the basal ganglia send impulses?

17. What are the core symptoms of schizophrenia? (5)

18. What is the cause of more serious headaches, skin rash and vomiting?

19. What kind of axons detect cold, warmth and pain?

20. What happens once a growth cone has reached its desired destination?

21. What chemical transmitters are involved in pain mediation?

22. What causes Parkinson's disease?

23. Consequence of alcoholism (2)

24. What regulates cytokine production and how?

25. How do we distinguish letter sounds (phonemes)?

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