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Brain Trivia: Anatomy, Cells, and Molecules

  • Published28 Mar 2022
  • Source BrainFacts/SfN

This Brain Awareness Week webinar originally aired on March 16, 2022.

About how many neurons does the human brain contain? Which neurotransmitter is involved in the brain’s reward system? What part of the brain controls our rational and logical decision-making?

Test your knowledge, and find out the answers in the first Brain Trivia game from BrainFacts.org with moderators Audrey Chen Lew, assistant professor of teaching, and Andrea Nicholas, associate professor of teaching, from the Department of Neurobiology & Behavior at the University of California, Irvine.

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