SSRIs: Talkin’ ’bout Prozac

I’m still getting a lot of questions on depression, a lot of misconceptions about how the drugs work. So I’m going to provide a little more information. And this time, you’re also getting PICTURES!

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Help Others, Help Ethan Shave his Head!

I know in these rough recessional times, it’s tough to give. After all, you NEED that. Nobody has any time, and for Sci, $10 is the difference between whether or not I get any produce for the week. If it weren’t for the blog (yay, Doctors Without Borders!) Sci might not be able to give […]

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In which there is Controversy

Sci will admit, she pretty much went all this week without opening her RSS feed. Bad Sci, Bad!!! Priorities! And thus it turns out I missed the latest edition of the Giant’s Shoulders! Sci feels like a right idiot, because it means that she posted her OWN Giant’s Shoulders post two days late. Ah well, […]

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Imaging a Superior Mnemonist

In neuroscience, we spend most of our time trying to understand the function of the “normal” brain — whatever that means — hence, we are most interested in the average. Under most occasions when scientists take an interest in the abnormal neurology, it is usually someone with who has something wrong with them — has […]

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Book Review: Unscientific America

Scicurious is always thrilled to receive books in the mail, and this one was rather eagerly awaited. Given the frequent controversy that Chris Mooney and Sheril Kirshenbaum routinely incite on their blog, The Intersection, the book was bound to be controversial at the very least. And indeed, before Sci had even gotten her little paws […]

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The Frozen North

So Sci opened her Google Reader, and once she got over the seizures induced by realizing she had OVER 600 UNREAD POSTS, got down to business. Here are some of the things you may have missed while Sci was away in the Frozen North: Scientia Pro Publica is out, and Neurotopia makes an appearance with […]

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In Which Sci is Stared At

You may have seen around SB the yearly meme of “who are you, and why are you looking at me”. Sci did not get to play last year, but this year…she’s rather curious. Srsly. So, as seen over at Ed’s and Drugmonkey: Identify yourself in the comments. Even if you’ve never commented before, speak up. […]

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For the Geeks out there

So I’m sure you all know that last week, Jodi and Jason, two awesome geeks, got engaged. And when I heard this cute story of geeks in love, I was reminded forcefully of this: Don’t you all wish you were geeks in love? Congrats to Jodi and Jason! More is to come, I’ve been away […]

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