Well, yesterday was depressing. Heh. Anyway, welcome to day 4 of Back to Basics week! Today, we’re going to look at DOPAMINE and the lovely things we study which involve it. You know, stuff like cocaine. Fun stuff. It’s almost Friday! As you might be able to tell from many of my older and newer […]
This is post 5 in my ongoing, now-approaching-behemoth-size series of posts on depression. I’ve got other posts available on the etiology of depression, the current pharmacotherapies, studying depression in the lab, and the serotonin theory of depression, which of course you can read and refer to if you’re curious. This post will be on what […]
…and why it’s probably wrong. Ok, the serotonin theory of depression may not be wrong. But it is definitely incomplete. One might ask why we use serotonergic drugs to treat depression if the theory behind it is wrong. A good question, but to this I say: because it worked. This is post four of […]
Yeah, today’s a big day, there’s a LOT I’ve written on depression, but do not fret, we will get through it all!!! You can’t get through a whole day on depression without talking about some serotonin a little! Hang on to your hats: Serotonin Oh yeah, she went there. Photo courtesy of The Loom […]
Welcome to depression post three, part of Back to Basics week at Neurotic Physiology! Previously I covered the symptoms and etiology of depression, and some of the most common antidepressant medications and how they work. Now I’d like to go into some of the research behind it. After all, it’s not like we just grab […]
In my previous depression post, I talked about the symptoms and characterization of depression. In this one, I want to talk about what’s out there to treat it.
First in our back to basics series, a very important topic indeed. Neurotransmission is at the basis of everything you read about MRI, neural circuitry, how areas of the brain communicate…basically a LOT of neuroscience requires that you know something about neurotransmission. I suppose I thought for a while that if I was talking about […]
Sci is so excited you guys. I am taking a VACATION. It’s the first time in…more than three years, I think, where I am going someplace I have never been and using the time to do exactly what I want to do. NO WORK will be coming with me. As much as I feel I’ve […]
Sci would like to note that the methods of this study are not for the faint of heart. I looked at them and got the feeling that I imagine guys get when people talk glibly of things like ballsack punching. Let’s just put it this way: electrode needles. IN YOUR CLITORIS. Now, please relax, and […]
Some of you may have read Sci’s recent post on Neuroblogging last year’s SfN meeting, and how she thinks this year could be better. A very few of you who have been following Sci for long enough (all two of you, hi Mom and Dad!) may recall that I myself got to blog last year’s […]