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Top 10 Neuroscience Jokes

Need a pick-me-up after another week working in the lab? Here are our top 10 favorite neuroscience jokes that are sure to give you a laugh and impress your nerdy colleagues.


1. Why did the neuron like to sleep in the top bunk bed?

 

Because it wanted to have a high resting potential.

 


2. If some of Fred Flintstone’s neurotransmitters could talk, what would they say?fred2

 

“GABA-daba-doo!”

 


3. Why was the neuron sent to the principal’s office?

 

It had trouble controlling its impulses.

 


4. Why didn’t the brain want to take a bath?brainwash2

 

It didn’t want to be brainwashed.

 


5. What is a neuron’s favorite television channel? 

 

The Ion Channel.

 


6. What do you call a group of brains who form a singing group?glee-confused

 

A glia club.

 


7. Why does the spinal cord belong in the brass section of an orchestra?

 

Because it has dorsal and ventral horns.

 


8. What does a brain do when it sees a friend across the street?brainwave2

 

It gives a brain wave.

 


9.How did the mother know her son would become a neuroanatomist?

 

He was always staining things.

 


10. What kind of fish performs brain surgery?

 

A neurosturgeon.

 


And last but not least, a bonus joke made just for StressMarq:

What do you call a Tyrannosaurus under stress? A “Nervous Rex”

For some extra laughs, check out “Neuroscientist Ryan Gosling”. http://neuroscientistryangosling.tumblr.com/

 

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2 responses to “Top 10 Neuroscience Jokes”

  1. hannah says:

    you know what gets on my nerves?

    myelin sheath

  2. Jim Lamb says:

    I find them funny; yet unique too.

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