Brain Bee

1^st Question "What is Brain Bee"
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1^st Response "It is a staged competition"
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1^st Question "What are the stages?"
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1^st Response "Online Quiz"
- ⋯ is held during Brain Awareness Week. Students study the book Neuroscience: Science of the
  Brain. An Introduction for Young Students by The British Neuroscience Association (BNA) and
  European Dana Alliance for the Brain (EDAB). They then complete an on-line quiz in their
  schools under exam conditions to determine their knowledge and understanding of the
  structure and function of the brain 14 - 20 March 2016
1^st Question "What to study?"
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1^st Response "Electronic Book"
1^st Question "Contents"
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2^nd Response "Neurons and Action Potential"
- ⇒ What is a neuron?
  - ⋯ cell that generates a nerve pulse from senses (sensory)
    generates a pulse from another (interneuron) or
    fires a muscle (motor)
4^th Question "Parts of Neuron"
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6^th Response "Axons"
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1^st Question "How do axons transmit their signal"
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Step (3 of 3): "signal stimulates the next segment of axon"
- ⋯ So a neuron is kind of miniature calculator - constantly
  adding and subtracting. What it adds and subtracts are the
  messages it receives from other neurons. Some
  synapses produce excitation, others inhibition. How these
  signals constitute the basis of sensation, thought and
  movement depends very much on the network in which the
  neurons are embedded.
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