Today we move on in our tour of the cranial nerves to another nerve that is basically responsible for an entire system. In fact, it’s an overachiever…and does TWO. We’ve had the olfactory and the optic, and now, we welcome the vestibulocochlear, which does both auditory AND your sense of balance. The auditory system is […]
Thanks SO much to everyone who voted Sci into the semifinals! I have made it to the finals with my post for the Scientific American Guest Blog “Serotonin and Sexual Preference: Is it really that simple?” (Though in the finalists post, serotonin is misspelled…oh well). Just wanted to say thank you to everyone, it’s so […]
Sci has to say she’d have LOVED to take the data for this study. Get to go to Spain, hang out, put some heart monitors on people and watch some fire walking…sounds like a good time. Much more glamorous than my own daily life in the lab. Can I get a little glamour around here? […]
I thought of making this a normal science, but really it’s just too weird for that. I mean, what happens when you combine this: (Source) and this? (Source) Well…so far, probably nothing. But wouldn’t it be fun to watch them fight… Holmberg et al. “Does waterborne citalopram affect the aggressive and sexual behaviour of rainbow […]
Sci got nominated (ok, I was a loser and nominated myself) for the 3 Quarks Daily Prize in Science. Voting is now open until June 11, and if you like Sci’s post, I surely would appreciate a little voting love! The post is a guest post I wrote at the Scientific American Guest Blog on […]
Sigh. When the media runs away with a science story, it really goes whole hog. Coffee’s Bonus Side Effect: Hours Of Hallucinogenic Fun Jezebel. I generally really like your site, and you often look at mainstream science reporting with a suitably skeptical eye. I’m going to assume this was covered ironically. It certainly wouldn’t surprise […]
Our latest Guest Blogge…guest, is one Nat Blair, of the blog Junction Potential, one of those older, crotchety, get offa my lawn kind of post-docs that Sci desires to be someday. An electrophysiologist and everything! And most of the time, he still even LIKES his life!!! Unheard of! 🙂 He’ll be there for the next […]
Ok, I had a lot of fun writing about the Trigeminal. Making it all about a Bollywood movie makes EVERYTHING better. Unfortunately, Bollywood movies do not apply to everything (but they DO apply to most things). So now, we move on to Cranial Nerve VII, the Facial nerve. Why, you say, WHERE was Cranial Nerve […]
You know, we keep hearing about things that cell phones may or may not do things. To the bees. To the risks of brain cancer. To your perceptions. To I don’t know what. But it’s time we focused on the IMPORTANT things, my friends. What does a cell phone do to your SEMEN? I mean, […]
You know, doing a series on the Cranial Nerves can get you down sometimes. I know this thing is going to be MAD useful for everyone (and may already be useful to many of you!) when it’s done. But right now, it’s “blah de blah nerve goes to the herp derp nucleus located in the […]