Sci continues her discussion of opponent-process theory in this second installment, with many thanks to Koob and his co-author, Le Moal.
Sci continues her discussion of opponent-process theory in this second installment, with many thanks to Koob and his co-author, Le Moal.
However, for all that we have fifty million words for “penis”, “sex”, and “hard-on”, there are actually still doubts about how things like erection actually WORK.
So what is the opponent-process theory? The opponent-process theory (hereafter called the OP Theory) is one of the current theories we are using to understand addiction. Because, to be honest, we don’t really understand it.
Notorious was having a little conversation with some friends, and someone asked a strange question: why would one want to abuse over-the-counter (OTC) medications such as Robitussin? OTC cold medication abuse is pretty common and the subject of considerable comment in pop culture — not the least of which are a great song by MC […]
Hi all! I wanted to take a moment say hello, and say how honored I am to join Sci and Evil here at Neurotopia. Some of you may know me as Jake Young formerly of the Pure Pedantry blog. Some of you, I may be writing to for the first time. In either case, I […]
Du-nuh. Du-nuh. Du-nuhDu-nuhDu-nuhDu-nuhDunuhDunuhDunuhDunuhDunuhDunuhDnuhDunuh…. Ok ok. Not that. THIS! I would like you all to welcome, in the house tonight…NotoriousLTP! (The one in the middle, in the hizzy) NotoriousLTP comes to you live from his former digs at Pure Pedantry. Notorious to the LTP is a MD/PhD student in New York He decided he was tired […]
It might be wicked. Keep your eyes peeled.
I think it’s this guy. That grey, rubbery face needs another cup of coffee. So, today Sci was going to blog about ethanol. It was, in fact, going to be probably a double post, the first on the pharm and the second on the addiction issues. And of course, leigh was there BEFORE ME. (Shakes […]
Today’s weird science comes to you courtesy of reader and friend of the blog Tony! Hi Tony! 🙂 Oh sure, those ties. They LOOK so innocent. Do not be fooled. Especially by the ones that look like this: Much more dangerous than they appear. Dixon, M. “Neck ties as vectors for nococomial infection” Intensive Care […]
Chocolate and a darn good paper. Sci feels better already!