MRC World Microbiome Day Quiz Comp - Day 2 - Mental Health and Neuroscience

For each question below, select the correct multiple choice or check box to provide your answer.

You must complete the quiz for each day and get 100% of the answers correct to stay in the running for the prize, and you must include your name and email on each entry.

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* 1. True or False?: Research has demonstrated that the typical Western diet—high in saturated fats and refined carbohydrates— has been linked to poorer brain-states, like decreased hippocampal volume and increased rates of anxiety.

True

False

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* 2. A large body of evidence has confirmed that microbiota is an important player in the pathogenesis (development) of various neurological diseases including:

Traumatic brain injury.

Multiple sclerosis, Alzheimer’s disease, and Parkinson’s disease.

Heart and gum disease.

Amyotrophic lateral sclerosis and Spina bifida.

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* 3. A study of two large groups of Europeans found several species of gut bacteria, _ and _ are missing in people with depression.

Roseburia and Rumincoccus

Coprococcus and Dialister

Faecalibacterium and Alistipes

Blautia and Prevotella

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* 4. Our enteric (gut) nervous system is made up of ______________ that communicate through the same neurotransmitters as the central nervous system

approximately 50 million neurons

approximately 1 billion neurons

approximately 500 million neurons

approximately 2 million neurons

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* 5. True or false: Promising evidence from animal studies have shown the short-chain fatty acid (SCFA) butyrate alters the activity of blood-brain barrier cells and can produce an “antidepressant-like effect”

True

False

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* 6. Enter your information below to be in the running for the prize for most the correct answers:

Your name:

Your contact number:

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Are you a hospital employee, university employee, or a member of the public:

Country of Residence:

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MRC World Microbiome Day Quiz Comp - Day 2 - Mental Health and Neuroscience

Question Title

* 1. True or False?: Research has demonstrated that the typical Western diet—high in saturated fats and refined carbohydrates— has been linked to poorer brain-states, like decreased hippocampal volume and increased rates of anxiety.

Question Title

* 2. A large body of evidence has confirmed that microbiota is an important player in the pathogenesis (development) of various neurological diseases including:

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* 3. A study of two large groups of Europeans found several species of gut bacteria, _______________ and _______________ are missing in people with depression.

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* 4. Our enteric (gut) nervous system is made up of ______________ that communicate through the same neurotransmitters as the central nervous system

Question Title

* 5. True or false: Promising evidence from animal studies have shown the short-chain fatty acid (SCFA) butyrate alters the activity of blood-brain barrier cells and can produce an “antidepressant-like effect”

Question Title

* 6. Enter your information below to be in the running for the prize for most the correct answers:

* 3. A study of two large groups of Europeans found several species of gut bacteria, _ and _ are missing in people with depression.