I’m so happy ’cause today I’ve found my friends They’re in my head What comes to mind when you hear the word lithium? A drug used to manage life-threatening mood disorders? A potentially deadly toxin? A chemical found in trace amounts in many compounds in nature? (Or maybe just the Nirvana song?) Any of these […]
Category Archives: Neurodegenerative disorders
June
19
Locked In Syndrome: Facing My Nightmare
posted by socogal42
You always hear about “medical student syndrome,” where first year med students start diagnosing themselves with all of the diseases they learn about, becoming temporary hypochondriacs. They don’t tell you that the same fear can set in during graduate school. Ever since I started my Ph.D, I’ve diagnosed myself with more than a few of […]
May
08
Neurons, Footballs, and the Draft! Oh my!
posted by Ethan McBride
Tonight, a few hundred football players will be chosen by one of the 32 teams of the National Football League in the hopes of making millions of dollars and establishing their names in the glory of NFL history. Yet only a tiny fraction of college football players, 1.6%, and an even smaller fraction of high school […]
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