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.
Sci was totally going to blog the effects of oxytocin in men tonight. Unfortunately, she has recently been stricken by a migraine of rather impressive proportions. Under such conditions, she has no ability to focus on things like brightly lit screens, cannot make herself understand anything more complicated than monosyllabic concepts like "ouch", and is decidedly Un-funny. She will be lying with a pile of frozen veggies on her head and Sci-cat in the illness position on her feet until further notice.
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Hope this helps: "Not all that its cracked up to be"
http://bentobjects.blogspot.com/2009/09/oh-that-nutty-irony.html
I was surprised to find that vasopressin is both a pair binder thingee and a water regulation thingee. (sorry for the technical words).
Posted by: DD | November 16, 2009 1:53 AM
"...she has no ability to focus on things like brightly lit screens..."
This is why you need to get the impants so you can blog your brain directly to your computer....
Get well soon!
Posted by: IanW | November 16, 2009 7:19 AM
Hang in there. Don't let the bastards get you down.
Posted by: Art | November 16, 2009 8:13 AM
Just curious: Have you experienced migraines in the past or is this something new?
Posted by: MattC | November 16, 2009 12:28 PM
What you need is more nitric oxide. Migraines are the pain associated with the triggering of ischemic preconditioning in the brain. That triggering occurs due to oxidative stress, low ATP, excitotoxicity, and similar type things. All of them are made worse by low nitric oxide, and it is an increase in NO that will stop it.
I have a write-up that discusses it on my blog, the link to it is on my nym.
Eating things high in nitrate like green leafy vegetables might help. Beet juice is high in nitrate too. Cold will likely make it worse.
Posted by: daedalus2u | November 16, 2009 10:08 PM
Thanks everyone, getting better.
Matt: yeah, I get 'em every once in a while. Been having them for years.
Posted by: Scicurious | November 17, 2009 9:58 AM
She comes by them migraines honestly, having received them from both sides of the family....
Posted by: Who's Yer Daddy | November 18, 2009 9:28 PM