Treasure Hunt #11
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TREASURE HUNT #11 is now CLOSED! Please try Treasure Hunt #12.
Winners with the correct answers were listed on the
GOLDEN NEURON AWARD PAGE.
[PRIVACY NOTICE]
Here were the questions (Note: this contest is now
closed, so please try Treasure Hunt #12):
- Name two different neurotransmitters found in the brain.
- What month does Alzheimer's Disease Awareness Month take place?
- In what year was Nobel Prize-winning neuroscientist David Hubel
born?
- What animal produces the neurotoxin called latrotoxin?
- What are the names of the two people who won the 2004 Nobel Prize in
Physiology or Medicine for their work on the olfactory system?
- Name two common signs that someone is having a stroke ("brain
attack.")
- What is the name of cranial nerve XII?
- What is the approximate value (in mV) of neuron's resting
potential?
- Name one type of sensory receptor ending found in the skin?
- What is the name of the disease caused by the loss of
dopamine-containing neurons in the substantial nigra of the brain?
Can you answer these questions? If so, go for the gold...the Golden
Neuron Award, that is.
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Send your answers to me (Dr. Eric H. Chudler) at chudler@u.washington.edu.
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