CNS CBR Quiz

Who is known as the "father of modern neuroscience" for his work on the neuron doctrine?

•  Santiago Ramón y Cajal

• Camillo Golgi

•  Charles Sherrington

• Ivan Pavlov

Answer explanation

Santiago Cajal first proposed the brain was made of individual neuron cells, rather than a collection of interconnected fibres as most commonly previously thought

What proportion of people will have experienced a mental illness during their lifetime?

• 5%

• 15%

• 25%

• 30%

What time period and what location was evidence of the oldest form of neurosurgery discovered?

• Medieval East Africa (1500 YA)

• Ancient Egypt (3600 YA)

• Bronze Age France (3000 YA)

• Neolithic Age - Widespread (5000 YA)

• Mesoamerican Peru - (2000 YA)

Answer explanation

Evidence of trepanation is found in skulls dating back to the neolithic period. The Edwin Smith Papyrus dates to 17th Century BCE, from ancient Egypt, contains 48 case studies of head injuries, 27 of which were treated with this method. Signs of trepenation were found in Ancient China as well. A mesoamreican skull was found with a trepination hole covered in gold, with signs of bone healing over the top

Which of the following is NOT a psychological defense mechanism?

• Denial

• Projection

• Dreaming

• Displacement

Who is credited with being the first to accurately describe the brain's ventricles and cerebrospinal fluid?

• Galen

• Aristotle

• Hippocrates

• Leonardo da Vinci

Answer explanation

Aristotle - Considered the heart, not brain, centre of movement, emotion and action (due to noticing tachycardia during exercise and emotion)

Hippocrates - Considered the brain the centre of emotion, willpower, thoughts, described paraplegia, apoplexy + others through his 'treatise on sacred disease,' still sourced in modern day neurological research.

Leonardo - Formed a model and described the cerebellum