Keywords and topics that are found in this program: stress, the brain,
hippocampus, hypothalamus, hormones, bull frog.
| Topic |
Time |
| What is stress? (stressors and stress response). |
01:18 |
| What effect does stress have on the body? |
02:27 |
| Neurons (brain cells) Hormones (chemical messengers). |
02:45 |
| Cortisol (hormone) also known as hydrocortisone. |
03:20 |
| What happens when you have to much stress? |
05:07 |
| Things you might experience with to much stress. |
06:45 |
| Genes and DNA. |
07:33 |
| Does stress affect DNA? |
07:48 |
| Hypothalamus and the hippocampus - where are they and what do
they do? |
08:46 |
| Hippocampus - learning and memory. |
09:49 |
| Hypothalamus controls the start and stop of hormone cascade and
primitive activities. |
09:58 |
| Do the hypothalamus and hippocampus work together? |
10:42 |
| Basics about the hypothalamus and hippocampus - size and location. |
11:12 |
| Can we control unwanted stress? |
12:24 |
| What role does the hippocampus play in learning - the need
for sleep. |
12:46 |
| After a certain age does the brain only have neurons die and never
generate new ones? Adult neurogenesis |
14:10 |
| What happens to brain neurons as we age? |
16:04 |
| Bull frogs and brains. |
17:10 |
| Recording of bull frog call. |
18:07 |
| What have we learned from bull frogs? |
18:28 |
| Do other animal brains show neurogenesis? |
21:08 |
| How do you catch a bull frog? |
21:53 |
| Invasive species - food web - story of Guam and brown tree
snakes. |
24:00 |
| When did you know you wanted to be a biologist of scientist?
(unusual answer) |
25:15 |
| I bet you had some interesting jobs. |
26:34 |
| If you were not a biologist, what would you be? |
27:52 |
What advise do you have for people wanting to become a biologist?
Okay to make mistakes and avoid specializing. |
28:28 |
