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!
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!
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 […]
The important part of this paper isn’t the figures. It’s the audio files. I’ll be including them in the links, and I definitely recommend a listen
I suppose I thought for a while that if I was talking about dopamine and serotonin and GABA and things enough, people would just kind of “get” neurotransmission. And most people do. But it’s still a good thing to cover, partially because it’s kind of mind boggling to think about (well, Sci finds it mind-boggling), […]
So what do you need to make a groundbreaking paper (in this case a paper in Nature)? Some juice, some air, and a couple of monkeys.
Sci continues her discussion of opponent-process theory in this second installment, with many thanks to Koob and his co-author, Le Moal.
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.
Chocolate and a darn good paper. Sci feels better already!
When I first picked up the book, I was…a little annoyed. Jonah’s writing style is poppy, full of snappy sentences and catchy phrases. But then I realized, hey wait, this is good writing!
The Cognitive Psych people, very crafty.