The title for this one comes from those stupid “1 tip for a flat belly!” and “The thing moms know about whitening teeth!” ads that keep popping up for me. You know the ones. Well, now, screw that. WHAT’S more important than getting a flat belly or whitening your teeth?! CURING YOUR AGING NEUROMUSCULAR JUNCTIONS!!! […]
So when Sci got the press release for this paper, it said “PHANTOM IMAGES STORED IN FLEXIBLE NETWORK THROUGHOUT THE BRAIN”. I went “wut?!” and read ahead. Those press releases, how they do lie exaggerate. But this paper is cool and well worth the blogging, so I got myself a tidy little copy and settled […]
Sci got an email from one of her lovely readers recently about an article that appeared in Scientific American. I usually have a lot of respect for Scientific American, but I have to say I feel they really dropped the ball on this one. So today, I present to you: what Sci Am said, the […]
Welcome to part 3 of Sci’s basic posts on Neuroanatomy, part of Back to Basics week! Apparently everyone is very impressed by how hot my brain is (see parts one and two), but unfortunately, we’re almost out of pics. Today we’re covering the rest of the bits of my brain that look really awesome, which […]
Welcome to basics week at Neurotic Physiology! This post covers part two of brain neuroanatomy, using Sci’s OWN BRAIN as reference. Yes, I am awesome. I know. Ok, so I thought I would be able to do this brain stuff in TWO entries, but I think it might have to be three. After all, the […]
As part of my Back to Basics week, one thing you’ll want is an introduction to NEUROANATOMY. The brain ain’t just a pile of unorganized grey matter, no indeed. In fact, it’s really highly organized. Let’s get started. Some of you may recall that I got my brain scanned in an MRI for the sake […]
Sci was incredibly excited to see this paper come out. It’s got lots of stuff going for it, and all its powers combined were enough to send Sci bouncing around in her seat and sending emails to Ed Yong saying “OMG COOL PAPER!!”. What’s it got, you say? It’s got the meaning of life, the […]
You all may remember that Sci’s recent posts have focused on eating, overeating, and dopamine. Today, Sci continues this trend. Honestly, she couldn’t stop thinking about it. How is overeating like addiction? How is it different? And so she began to look up a bunch of papers on binge eating and dopamine. I was particularly […]
Welcome to part 3 of Welcome to my brain! Apparently everyone is very impressed by how hot my brain is (see parts one and two), but unfortunately, we’re almost out of pics. Today we’re covering the rest of the bits of my brain that look really awesome, which really boils down to all the ones […]
Ok, so I thought I would be able to do this brain stuff in TWO entries, but I think it might have to be three. After all, the brain is a wondrous, glorious world of awesome, and MY brain in particular is especially nice. Last time I talked about the outer features of the brain […]