Neuroscientifically Challenged

2-Minute Neuroscience Videos

These 2-minute videos will help you learn the basics of neuroscience in short, easy-to-understand clips. The videos below are in alphabetical order; new videos will be added to this page regularly. You can also subscribe to my YouTube channel here to get updates when new videos are added.

2-Minute Neuroscience: Anxiety

Neuroscientifically Challenged Editorial Team · September 3, 2026

2-Minute Neuroscience: Depression

Neuroscientifically Challenged Editorial Team · August 15, 2026

2-Minute Neuroscience: Neuroplasticity

Neuroscientifically Challenged Editorial Team · July 21, 2026

2-Minute Neuroscience: Ion Channels

Neuroscientifically Challenged Editorial Team · July 3, 2026

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2-Minute Neuroscience: Aphasia

Neuroscientifically Challenged Editorial Team · June 23, 2026

2-Minute Neuroscience: Transient Ischemic Attack (TIA)

Neuroscientifically Challenged Editorial Team · March 30, 2026

2-Minute Neuroscience: Leptin & Ghrelin

Neuroscientifically Challenged Editorial Team · March 1, 2026

2-Minute Neuroscience: Color Blindness

Neuroscientifically Challenged Editorial Team · December 23, 2025

2-Minute Neuroscience: Beta Blockers for Anxiety

Neuroscientifically Challenged Editorial Team · December 5, 2025

2-Minute Neuroscience: Panic Attacks

Neuroscientifically Challenged Editorial Team · November 23, 2025

2-Minute Neuroscience: Subarachnoid Hemorrhage

Neuroscientifically Challenged Editorial Team · September 4, 2025

2-Minute Neuroscience: Pupillary Light Reflex

Neuroscientifically Challenged Editorial Team · July 20, 2025

2-Minute Neuroscience: Brown-Séquard Syndrome

Neuroscientifically Challenged Editorial Team · June 26, 2025

2-Minute Neuroscience: Kratom

Neuroscientifically Challenged Editorial Team · June 6, 2025

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2-Minute Neuroscience: Antipsychotics

Neuroscientifically Challenged Editorial Team · May 15, 2025

2-Minute Neuroscience: BDNF (Brain-Derived Neurotrophic Factor)

Neuroscientifically Challenged Editorial Team · April 25, 2025

2-Minute Neuroscience: Pituitary Gland

Neuroscientifically Challenged Editorial Team · April 12, 2025

2-Minute Neuroscience: Prion Diseases

Neuroscientifically Challenged Editorial Team · March 14, 2025

2-Minute Neuroscience: Hypothalamus

Neuroscientifically Challenged Editorial Team · February 28, 2025

2-Minute Neuroscience: Melatonin (drug/supplement)

Neuroscientifically Challenged Editorial Team · February 14, 2025

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2-Minute Neuroscience: Default Mode Network

Neuroscientifically Challenged Editorial Team · January 31, 2025

2-Minute Neuroscience: Fentanyl

Neuroscientifically Challenged Editorial Team · January 15, 2025

2-Minute Neuroscience: Gut-Brain Axis

Neuroscientifically Challenged Editorial Team · January 3, 2025

2-Minute Neuroscience: Trigeminal Neuralgia

Neuroscientifically Challenged Editorial Team · December 12, 2024

2-Minute Neuroscience: Naloxone (Narcan)

Neuroscientifically Challenged Editorial Team · November 29, 2024

2-Minute Neuroscience: Primary Visual Cortex

Neuroscientifically Challenged Editorial Team · November 21, 2024

2-Minute Neuroscience: Lyme Disease & the Brain

Neuroscientifically Challenged Editorial Team · November 4, 2024

2-Minute Neuroscience: Carpal Tunnel Syndrome

Neuroscientifically Challenged Editorial Team · October 3, 2024

2-Minute Neuroscience: Methamphetamine

Neuroscientifically Challenged Editorial Team · September 8, 2024

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2-Minute Neuroscience: Binge-Eating Disorder

Neuroscientifically Challenged Editorial Team · August 21, 2024

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2-Minute Neuroscience: Lucid Dreaming

Neuroscientifically Challenged Editorial Team · July 17, 2024

2-Minute Neuroscience: Seasonal Affective Disorder

Neuroscientifically Challenged Editorial Team · May 30, 2024

2-Minute Neuroscience: Zolpidem (Ambien)

Neuroscientifically Challenged Editorial Team · May 11, 2024

2-Minute Neuroscience: Sleepwalking

Neuroscientifically Challenged Editorial Team · November 4, 2023

2-Minute Neuroscience: Vertigo

Neuroscientifically Challenged Editorial Team · October 21, 2023

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2-Minute Neuroscience: Migraine

Neuroscientifically Challenged Editorial Team · October 1, 2023

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2-Minute Neuroscience: Methylphenidate

Neuroscientifically Challenged Editorial Team · September 15, 2023

2-Minute Neuroscience: DMT

Neuroscientifically Challenged Editorial Team · August 7, 2023

2-Minute Neuroscience: Cochlear Implants

Neuroscientifically Challenged Editorial Team · July 15, 2023

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2-Minute Neuroscience: Frontotemporal Dementia

Neuroscientifically Challenged Editorial Team · March 6, 2023

2-Minute Neuroscience: Spina Bifida

Neuroscientifically Challenged Editorial Team · February 23, 2023

2-Minute Neuroscience: Sleep Paralysis

Neuroscientifically Challenged Editorial Team · January 6, 2023

2-Minute Neuroscience: Fatal Insomnia

Neuroscientifically Challenged Editorial Team · November 22, 2022

2-Minute Neuroscience: PTSD

Neuroscientifically Challenged Editorial Team · August 16, 2022

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2-Minute Neuroscience: Schizophrenia

Neuroscientifically Challenged Editorial Team · June 3, 2022

2-Minute Neuroscience: COVID-19 & the brain

Neuroscientifically Challenged Editorial Team · April 16, 2022

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2-Minute Neuroscience: Obsessive-Compulsive Disorder (OCD)

Neuroscientifically Challenged Editorial Team · March 18, 2022

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2-Minute Neuroscience: ADHD

Neuroscientifically Challenged Editorial Team · February 12, 2022

2-Minute Neuroscience: Restless Legs Syndrome

Neuroscientifically Challenged Editorial Team · January 21, 2022

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2-Minute Neuroscience: Autism

Neuroscientifically Challenged Editorial Team · December 20, 2021

2-Minute Neuroscience: Narcolepsy

Neuroscientifically Challenged Editorial Team · November 15, 2021

2-Minute Neuroscience: MDMA

Neuroscientifically Challenged Editorial Team · September 28, 2021

2-Minute Neuroscience: Brain Aneurysms

Neuroscientifically Challenged Editorial Team · August 27, 2021

2-Minute Neuroscience: Bell's Palsy

Neuroscientifically Challenged Editorial Team · July 14, 2021

2-Minute Neuroscience: Tinnitus

Neuroscientifically Challenged Editorial Team · June 12, 2021

2-Minute Neuroscience: Ketamine

Neuroscientifically Challenged Editorial Team · May 15, 2021

2-Minute Neuroscience: Chronic Traumatic Encephalopathy (CTE)

Neuroscientifically Challenged Editorial Team · April 18, 2021

2-Minute Neuroscience: Motor Neurons

Neuroscientifically Challenged Editorial Team · March 23, 2021

2-Minute Neuroscience: Phantom Limb

Neuroscientifically Challenged Editorial Team · February 12, 2021

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2-Minute Neuroscience: Tourette Syndrome

Neuroscientifically Challenged Editorial Team · January 10, 2021

2-Minute Neuroscience: Withdrawal Reflex

Neuroscientifically Challenged Editorial Team · December 5, 2020

2-Minute Neuroscience: Serotonin-Norepinephrine Reuptake Inhibitors (SNRIs)

Neuroscientifically Challenged Editorial Team · November 3, 2020

2-Minute Neuroscience: Cerebral Cortex

Neuroscientifically Challenged Editorial Team · October 15, 2020

2-Minute Neuroscience: Deep Brain Stimulation

Neuroscientifically Challenged Editorial Team · September 24, 2020

2-Minute Neuroscience: Meningitis

Neuroscientifically Challenged Editorial Team · September 9, 2020

2-Minute Neuroscience: Wernicke-Korsakoff Syndrome

Neuroscientifically Challenged Editorial Team · August 5, 2020

2-Minute Neuroscience: Corneal Reflex

Neuroscientifically Challenged Editorial Team · July 13, 2020

2-Minute Neuroscience: CBD

Neuroscientifically Challenged Editorial Team · June 28, 2020

2-Minute Neuroscience: THC

Neuroscientifically Challenged Editorial Team · June 10, 2020

2-Minute Neuroscience: Alien Hand Syndrome

Neuroscientifically Challenged Editorial Team · June 1, 2020

2-Minute Neuroscience: Melatonin

Neuroscientifically Challenged Editorial Team · May 16, 2020

2-Minute Neuroscience: Psilocybin

Neuroscientifically Challenged Editorial Team · May 5, 2020

2-Minute Neuroscience: Agonism, Antagonism, & Allosteric Modulation

Neuroscientifically Challenged Editorial Team · April 26, 2020

2-Minute Neuroscience: LSD

Neuroscientifically Challenged Editorial Team · April 11, 2020

2-Minute Neuroscience: Beta-Endorphin

Neuroscientifically Challenged Editorial Team · March 28, 2020

2-Minute Neuroscience: L-DOPA

Neuroscientifically Challenged Editorial Team · March 11, 2020

2-Minute Neuroscience: Parasympathetic Nervous System

Neuroscientifically Challenged Editorial Team · February 22, 2020

2-Minute Neuroscience: Sympathetic Nervous System

Neuroscientifically Challenged Editorial Team · February 9, 2020

2-Minute Neuroscience: Indirect Pathway of the Basal Ganglia

Neuroscientifically Challenged Editorial Team · January 17, 2020

2-Minute Neuroscience: Direct Pathway of the Basal Ganglia

Neuroscientifically Challenged Editorial Team · January 8, 2020

2-Minute Neuroscience: Functional Magnetic Resonance Imaging (fMRI)

Neuroscientifically Challenged Editorial Team · December 19, 2019

2-Minute Neuroscience: Norepinephrine

Neuroscientifically Challenged Editorial Team · December 4, 2019

2-Minute Neuroscience: Sodium-Potassium Pump

Neuroscientifically Challenged Editorial Team · November 20, 2019

2-Minute Neuroscience: Electroencephalography (EEG)

Neuroscientifically Challenged Editorial Team · November 4, 2019

2-Minute Neuroscience: Touch Receptors

Neuroscientifically Challenged Editorial Team · October 21, 2019

2-Minute Neuroscience: Hypoglossal Nerve (Cranial Nerve XII)

Neuroscientifically Challenged Editorial Team · October 4, 2019

2-Minute Neuroscience: Accessory Nerve (Cranial Nerve XI)

Neuroscientifically Challenged Editorial Team · September 20, 2019

2-Minute Neuroscience: Prefrontal Cortex

Neuroscientifically Challenged Editorial Team · September 4, 2019

2-Minute Neuroscience: Vagus Nerve (Cranial Nerve X)

Neuroscientifically Challenged Editorial Team · August 13, 2019

2-Minute Neuroscience: Phototransduction

Neuroscientifically Challenged Editorial Team · July 11, 2019

2-Minute Neuroscience: Glossopharyngeal Nerve (Cranial Nerve IX)

Neuroscientifically Challenged Editorial Team · July 3, 2019

2-Minute Neuroscience: Methadone

Neuroscientifically Challenged Editorial Team · June 7, 2019

2-Minute Neuroscience: Vestibulocochlear Nerve (Cranial Nerve VIII)

Neuroscientifically Challenged Editorial Team · May 24, 2019

2-Minute Neuroscience: Nicotine

Neuroscientifically Challenged Editorial Team · April 23, 2019

2-Minute Neuroscience: Facial Nerve (Cranial Nerve VII)

Neuroscientifically Challenged Editorial Team · March 28, 2019

2-Minute Neuroscience: Abducens Nerve (Cranial Nerve VI)

Neuroscientifically Challenged Editorial Team · February 24, 2019

2-Minute Neuroscience: Concussions

Neuroscientifically Challenged Editorial Team · February 11, 2019

2-Minute Neuroscience: Trigeminal Nerve (Cranial Nerve V)

Neuroscientifically Challenged Editorial Team · January 30, 2019

2-Minute Neuroscience: Trochlear Nerve (Cranial Nerve IV)

Neuroscientifically Challenged Editorial Team · December 21, 2018

2-Minute Neuroscience: Oculomotor Nerve (Cranial Nerve III)

Neuroscientifically Challenged Editorial Team · December 7, 2018

2-Minute Neuroscience: Optic Nerve (Cranial Nerve II)

Neuroscientifically Challenged Editorial Team · November 2, 2018

2-Minute Neuroscience: Olfactory Nerve (Cranial Nerve I)

Neuroscientifically Challenged Editorial Team · October 16, 2018

2-Minute Neuroscience: Brain tumors

Neuroscientifically Challenged Editorial Team · September 16, 2018

2-Minute Neuroscience: Glial Cells

Neuroscientifically Challenged Editorial Team · August 28, 2018

2-Minute Neuroscience: Stages of sleep

Neuroscientifically Challenged Editorial Team · August 18, 2018

2-Minute Neuroscience: Huntington's Disease

Neuroscientifically Challenged Editorial Team · July 6, 2018

2-Minute Neuroscience: Amphetamine

Neuroscientifically Challenged Editorial Team · June 8, 2018

2-Minute Neuroscience: Pons

Neuroscientifically Challenged Editorial Team · May 18, 2018

2-Minute Neuroscience: Hydrocephalus

Neuroscientifically Challenged Editorial Team · May 2, 2018

2-Minute Neuroscience: Stroke

Neuroscientifically Challenged Editorial Team · April 20, 2018

2-Minute Neuroscience: Blood supply of the brain

Neuroscientifically Challenged Editorial Team · April 5, 2018

2-Minute Neuroscience: Oxytocin

Neuroscientifically Challenged Editorial Team · March 18, 2018

2-Minute Neuroscience: Wernicke's area

Neuroscientifically Challenged Editorial Team · March 12, 2018

2-Minute Neuroscience: Acetylcholine

Neuroscientifically Challenged Editorial Team · March 3, 2018

2-Minute Neuroscience: Broca's area

Neuroscientifically Challenged Editorial Team · February 22, 2018

2-Minute Neuroscience: Taste

Neuroscientifically Challenged Editorial Team · February 15, 2018

2-Minute Neuroscience: Alcohol

Neuroscientifically Challenged Editorial Team · February 7, 2018

2-Minute Neuroscience: Olfaction

Neuroscientifically Challenged Editorial Team · January 24, 2018

2-Minute Neuroscience: Midbrain

Neuroscientifically Challenged Editorial Team · December 30, 2017

2-Minute Neuroscience: Periaqueductal gray

Neuroscientifically Challenged Editorial Team · December 14, 2017

2-Minute Neuroscience: Benzodiazepines

Neuroscientifically Challenged Editorial Team · November 10, 2017

2-Minute Neuroscience: Caffeine

Neuroscientifically Challenged Editorial Team · October 23, 2017

2-Minute Neuroscience: Selective Serotonin Reuptake Inhibitors (SSRIs)

Neuroscientifically Challenged Editorial Team · September 29, 2017

2-Minute Neuroscience: Corpus Callosum

Neuroscientifically Challenged Editorial Team · August 19, 2017

2-Minute Neuroscience: Long-Term Depression (LTD)

Neuroscientifically Challenged Editorial Team · August 3, 2017

2-Minute Neuroscience: Serotonin

Neuroscientifically Challenged Editorial Team · June 21, 2017

2-Minute Neuroscience: Neurotransmitter Release

Neuroscientifically Challenged Editorial Team · May 22, 2017

2-Minute Neuroscience: Long-Term Potentiation (LTP)

Neuroscientifically Challenged Editorial Team · April 11, 2017

2-Minute Neuroscience: Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis (ALS)

Neuroscientifically Challenged Editorial Team · March 14, 2017

2-Minute Neuroscience: Dopamine

Neuroscientifically Challenged Editorial Team · February 9, 2017

2-Minute Neuroscience: Pineal Gland

Neuroscientifically Challenged Editorial Team · January 22, 2017

2-Minute Neuroscience: Primary Somatosensory Cortex

Neuroscientifically Challenged Editorial Team · November 29, 2016

2-Minute Neuroscience: Suprachiasmatic Nucleus

Neuroscientifically Challenged Editorial Team · November 5, 2016

2-Minute Neuroscience: Nucleus Accumbens

Neuroscientifically Challenged Editorial Team · October 20, 2016

2-Minute Neuroscience: Ventral Tegmental Area

Neuroscientifically Challenged Editorial Team · October 5, 2016

2-Minute Neuroscience: Medulla Oblongata

Neuroscientifically Challenged Editorial Team · September 28, 2016

2-Minute Neuroscience: Vestibular System

Neuroscientifically Challenged Editorial Team · September 1, 2016

2-Minute Neuroscience: Amygdala

Neuroscientifically Challenged Editorial Team · July 8, 2016

2-Minute Neuroscience: Striatum

Neuroscientifically Challenged Editorial Team · June 24, 2016

2-Minute Neuroscience: Epilepsy

Neuroscientifically Challenged Editorial Team · May 22, 2016

2-Minute Neuroscience: Multiple Sclerosis

Neuroscientifically Challenged Editorial Team · April 23, 2016

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2-Minute Neuroscience: Alzheimer's Disease

Neuroscientifically Challenged Editorial Team · April 7, 2016

2-Minute Neuroscience: Parkinson's Disease

Neuroscientifically Challenged Editorial Team · March 26, 2016

2-Minute Neuroscience: Glutamate

Neuroscientifically Challenged Editorial Team · March 13, 2016

2-Minute Neuroscience: GABA

Neuroscientifically Challenged Editorial Team · February 25, 2016

2-Minute Neuroscience: Neuromuscular Junction

Neuroscientifically Challenged Editorial Team · February 5, 2016

2-Minute Neuroscience: Knee-jerk Reflex

Neuroscientifically Challenged Editorial Team · January 3, 2016

2-Minute Neuroscience: Substantia Nigra

Neuroscientifically Challenged Editorial Team · December 23, 2015

2-Minute Neuroscience: Corticospinal Tract

Neuroscientifically Challenged Editorial Team · December 6, 2015

2-Minute Neuroscience: Basal Ganglia

Neuroscientifically Challenged Editorial Team · November 20, 2015

2-Minute Neuroscience: Motor Cortex

Neuroscientifically Challenged Editorial Team · November 1, 2015

2-Minute Neuroscience: Cerebellum

Neuroscientifically Challenged Editorial Team · October 18, 2015

2-Minute Neuroscience: Effects of Cocaine on the Brain

Neuroscientifically Challenged Editorial Team · September 27, 2015

2-Minute Neuroscience: Blood-Brain Barrier

Neuroscientifically Challenged Editorial Team · September 18, 2015

2-Minute Neuroscience: Myelin

Neuroscientifically Challenged Editorial Team · September 11, 2015

2-Minute Neuroscience: HPA Axis

Neuroscientifically Challenged Editorial Team · August 13, 2015

2-Minute Neuroscience: Pain and the Anterolateral System

Neuroscientifically Challenged Editorial Team · July 16, 2015

2-Minute Neuroscience: Touch and the Dorsal Columns-Medial Lemniscus

Neuroscientifically Challenged Editorial Team · June 27, 2015

2-Minute Neuroscience: Cochlea

Neuroscientifically Challenged Editorial Team · June 19, 2015

2-Minute Neuroscience: Retina

Neuroscientifically Challenged Editorial Team · June 11, 2015

2-Minute Neuroscience: Hippocampus

Neuroscientifically Challenged Editorial Team · June 1, 2015

2-Minute Neuroscience: Thalamus

Neuroscientifically Challenged Editorial Team · May 22, 2015

2-Minute Neuroscience: Brainstem

Neuroscientifically Challenged Editorial Team · May 15, 2015

2-Minute Neuroscience: Meninges

Neuroscientifically Challenged Editorial Team · April 19, 2015

2-Minute Neuroscience: Ventricles

Neuroscientifically Challenged Editorial Team · March 27, 2015

2-Minute Neuroscience: Directional Terms in Neuroscience

Neuroscientifically Challenged Editorial Team · March 11, 2015

2-Minute Neuroscience: Spinal Cord Cross-section

Neuroscientifically Challenged Editorial Team · February 28, 2015

2-Minute Neuroscience: Exterior of the Spinal Cord

Neuroscientifically Challenged Editorial Team · February 21, 2015

2-Minute Neuroscience: Reward System

Neuroscientifically Challenged Editorial Team · February 14, 2015

2-Minute Neuroscience: Limbic System

Neuroscientifically Challenged Editorial Team · January 17, 2015

2-Minute Neuroscience: Hypothalamus & Pituitary Gland

Neuroscientifically Challenged Editorial Team · December 23, 2014

2-Minute Neuroscience: Neuroimaging

Neuroscientifically Challenged Editorial Team · November 30, 2014

2-Minute Neuroscience: Early Neural Development

Neuroscientifically Challenged Editorial Team · November 7, 2014

2-Minute Neuroscience: Receptors and Ligands

Neuroscientifically Challenged Editorial Team · September 26, 2014

2-Minute Neuroscience: Lobes and Landmarks of the Brain Surface (Lateral View)

Neuroscientifically Challenged Editorial Team · August 22, 2014

2-Minute Neuroscience: Divisions of the Nervous System

Neuroscientifically Challenged Editorial Team · August 8, 2014

2-Minute Neuroscience: Action Potential

Neuroscientifically Challenged Editorial Team · July 26, 2014

2-Minute Neuroscience: Membrane Potential

Neuroscientifically Challenged Editorial Team · July 25, 2014

2-Minute Neuroscience: Synaptic Transmission

Neuroscientifically Challenged Editorial Team · July 22, 2014

2-Minute Neuroscience: Neuron

Neuroscientifically Challenged Editorial Team · July 22, 2014