The Evil Monkey has a Ph.D. in Neuroscience from a southeastern U.S. university. After a postdoctoral nightmare of Inquisitorial proportions, he is currently working in a laboratory and an adjunct assistant professor at a nearby state university.
Scicurious is a graduate student wrestling with a PhD in Physiology at a southern institution. She is a nerd, a geek, and also a dork. And yes, that really is her brain.
NotoriousLTP is an MD-PhD student in New York City. After finishing (hopefully soon) his PhD in behavioral neuroscience, he will re-enter the fun vortex that is medical education.
Is up! And we're in it. Two posts on Opponent-Process theory! I highly recommend this edition, there's an entire section on addiction, including an article on the addictive potential of marijuana, and another on the myth of dopamine and pleasure (ain't pleasure, it's...salience...sort of...of value-related stimuli).
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Also, check out Juniorprof today, great post up on chronic pain, from someone who knows pain.
And finally, I'm sure you've all heard about Ida to death, I know I have. But Laelaps has a GREAT Op-Ed on it that's just come out in the Times!!! And he's been misquoted by the Discovery Institute! That's a sign you've made the big-time. :)
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Comments
damnit... i have a big post to write on mj, but i probably won't get around to it until after i defend.
Posted by: leigh | May 26, 2009 11:50 AM
Thanks for the link neurotopians!!
Posted by: juniorprof | May 26, 2009 10:12 PM