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Brain Bee

The document provides a sample of difficult questions that may be asked at the International Brian Bee Competition. The questions cover various topics relating to the brain including the number of neurons in the brain, devices used to measure brain waves, neurotransmitters affected by antidepressant drugs, parts of neurons, brain regions affected in diseases like Parkinson's and disorders like Alzheimer's, and cognitive effects of conditions like chronic alcoholism. Answers to the sample questions are provided on the second page.

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Brain Bee

The document provides a sample of difficult questions that may be asked at the International Brian Bee Competition. The questions cover various topics relating to the brain including the number of neurons in the brain, devices used to measure brain waves, neurotransmitters affected by antidepressant drugs, parts of neurons, brain regions affected in diseases like Parkinson's and disorders like Alzheimer's, and cognitive effects of conditions like chronic alcoholism. Answers to the sample questions are provided on the second page.

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Sample

Questions from International Brian Bee Competition

Note: these represent some of the most difficult types of questions that will be asked. See study outline
for examples of more general questions.

Answers are on second page. But don’t look now, try them first!

1. Approximately how many neurons does the brain contain?


2. Name the device that measures brain waves.
3. Drugs that relieve symptoms of depression might work by affecting which neurotransmitters?
4. The Greek word for “the branches of a tree” give us the name of what part of a neuron?
5. Name the brain region affected in Parkinson's patients.
6. The biologic clock is located in what part of the brain?
7. Name the brain disorder named after the famous baseball player, Lou Gehrig.
8. What is a common type of inherited mental retardation?
9. Name the peptide that accumulates in the senile plaques of brains of Alzheimer's patients?
10. What is the leading preventable cause of mental retardation in children (hint: caused by a drug of
abuse)?
11. The abbreviation PET stands for what brain imagine technique?
12. What do netrins and semaphorins do?
13. Name a cognitive disorder associated with chronic alcoholism.


Sample Question Answers

1. 100 Billion
2. Electroencephalograph (EEG)
3. Serotonin or norepinephrine
4. Dendrites
5. Basal ganglia
6. Hypothalamus
7. Amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS)
8. Fragile X Syndrome
9. Beta Amyloid
10. Fetal Alcohol Syndrome
11. Positron emission tomography
12. They are signaling molecules that guide the growth cones of axons during development
13. Korsakoff's Syndrome

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