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Zombie Neuroscience

This video is  pretty funny and it takes a unique approach to teaching about the brain. It explores different neuroscience concepts by hypothesizing what could be wrong in the brains of zombies. You’ll learn about Parkinson’s disease, the neurotransmitter dopamine, ataxia, the cerebellum, Broca’s aphasia, Wernicke’s aphasia, and the arcuate fasciculus and how all of these relate to Zombies. But here’s a quick list of the definitions of the terms for your reference:

Dopamine: a neurotransmitter found in the basal ganglia in the brain. It’s associated with movement.

Parkinson’s Disease: a disease in which the dopamine releasing neurons of the basal ganglia die off, resulting in difficulty in movement and muscle rigidity.

Ataxia: inability or lack of movement of the voluntary muscles.It’s usually a result of the dysfunction of the cerebellum- the little brain.

Broca’s aphasia: inability to produce coherent speech.

Wernicke’s aphasia: inability to comprehend language.

Motor Neurons…for Real