[-] thalamus@lemmy.world 5 points 11 months ago

It’s a transverse section so it’s not really ‘top down’ or ‘bottom up’. It’s a thin slice where the densities of the tissue is calculated by sending through X-rays from around the body and measuring how much gets trough from each angle and then letting a computer do some fancy math.

[-] thalamus@lemmy.world 19 points 11 months ago

TBF this doesn’t have anything to do with sexism, it’s just general incompetence. Listening to the lungs with a stethoscope would have been enough to notice that something was very wrong.

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submitted 11 months ago by thalamus@lemmy.world to c/neuro@lemmy.world

What do you think are the most promising fields of neuroscience for the next +/- 20 years?

I feel like computational neuroscience might develop some breakthroughs, i feel like there’s only so much we can conclude from biochemical / mol. biological research alone so for fundamental insights, we’ll need mathematical/physical models as well. Functional imaging also seems like an interesting field.

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submitted 11 months ago by thalamus@lemmy.world to c/science@lemmy.world

cross-posted from: https://lemmy.world/post/2186597

A very readable article about chronic depression and the serotonin hypothesis.

Psychiatry seems like a very interesting field for neuroscience since there's not really any psychiatric disease that is understood today. Lots of room for progress I guess.

[-] thalamus@lemmy.world 1 points 11 months ago* (last edited 11 months ago)

White bread, cheese (at least not the one on burgers) and red meat aren’t exactly known as healthy foods. Definitely not in the proportions of a burger. Even more definitely not when you boil the meat in oil (often together with the onions).

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submitted 11 months ago* (last edited 11 months ago) by thalamus@lemmy.world to c/neuro@lemmy.world

A very readable article about chronic depression and the serotonin hypothesis.

Psychiatry seems like a very interesting field for neuroscience since there's not really any psychiatric disease that is understood today. Lots of room for progress I guess.

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submitted 11 months ago by thalamus@lemmy.world to c/neuro@lemmy.world
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submitted 11 months ago by thalamus@lemmy.world to c/medicine@lemmy.world

I started a neuroscience community for anyone interested in neuroscience, feel free to join :)

[-] thalamus@lemmy.world 18 points 11 months ago* (last edited 11 months ago)

I don't think there's anything fundamentally wrong with eugenics. Screening for genetic diseases before birth is eugenics, selecting the best embryos for ivf is eugenics. Believing that people with severe genetic disabilities should be counseled before conceiving is eugenics as well.

The issue is the way it's done and the reason for it.

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submitted 11 months ago by thalamus@lemmy.world to c/mindmatter@lemmy.world

cross-posted from: https://lemmy.world/post/2037477

I’m not sure how many people know about these videos but I think they’re pretty cool. I’ve been watching some of them and for anyone with a basic knowledge of neuroscience and math, they’re pretty interesting and accessible.

The visuals are also amazing, a bit like the 3blue1brown videos. Just thought i’d share.

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submitted 11 months ago* (last edited 11 months ago) by thalamus@lemmy.world to c/neuro@lemmy.world

I’m not sure how many people know about these videos but I think they’re pretty cool. I’ve been watching some of them and for anyone with a basic knowledge of neuroscience and math, they’re pretty interesting and accessible.

The visuals are also amazing, a bit like the 3blue1brown videos. Just thought i’d share.

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submitted 11 months ago by thalamus@lemmy.world to c/neuro@lemmy.world

cross-posted from: https://lemmy.world/post/1958823

Any thoughts?

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Hi everyone!

I’ve set up this community for anyone who’s interested in neuroscience.

Anyone is welcome: students, researchers, enthousiasts, …

!neuro@lemmy.world https://lemmy.world/c/neuro

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submitted 11 months ago by thalamus@lemmy.world to c/neuro@lemmy.world

Apparently this was done because air captures less X-rays than CSF and thus creates more contrast with brain tissue compared to the cerebrospinal fluid.

Unfortunately this was pretty painful and uncomfortable.

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submitted 11 months ago by thalamus@lemmy.world to c/neuro@lemmy.world

What kind of things are you working on right now? Are you a student? Phd? Working in industry? Let’s talk :)

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submitted 11 months ago by thalamus@lemmy.world to c/neuro@lemmy.world

Welcome everyone. Let’s make this a friendly place for neuroscience enthousiasts.

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