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[–] thalamus@lemmy.world 5 points 1 year ago (4 children)

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 17 points 1 year ago (2 children)

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.

[–] thalamus@lemmy.world 3 points 1 year ago

There’s this docu series on netflix (unnatural selection) about genetic engineering in general but also about some people (with and without science background) who believe that anyone should be able to do genetic engineering at home (Josiah Zayner is one of them, i believe he still sells lab equipment and reagents for anyone who want to do some DIY bio-engineering). They also follow this guy who stopped taking his HIV meds and started using some kind of antibody that was developed by some shady company (it didn’t work and guess what; not a single physician was involved). I believe one of these shady guys was found dead in a sensory deprivation pod with ketamine in his blood.

 

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.

 

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 16 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (2 children)

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).

 

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 14 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (1 children)

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.

 

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.

 

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.

 

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

Any thoughts?

 

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

[–] thalamus@lemmy.world 1 points 1 year ago

For anyone specifically interested in neuroscience: we’re trying to create a neuroscience community over at: !neuro@lemmy.world

[–] thalamus@lemmy.world 5 points 1 year ago

Not sure to be honest but i’m guessing that enough would be left and that the air would resorb and new CSF would be made in the ventricles.

 

cross-posted from: https://lemmy.world/post/1779005

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.

[–] thalamus@lemmy.world 3 points 1 year ago (3 children)

Weird, it works for me. Maybe this link works: https://lemmy.world/c/neuro

[–] thalamus@lemmy.world 3 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (6 children)

For anyone interested in neuroscience: we’re trying to create a neuroscience community over at: !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.

[–] thalamus@lemmy.world 1 points 1 year ago

Eyes in general are crazy, the last common ancestor between octopuses and humans didn’t even have eyes so both types of eyes developed independently.

[–] thalamus@lemmy.world 3 points 1 year ago (1 children)

A big issue with the dolphins is that you can't just release them. I agree that they should be phased out but dolphins can still more or less be kept happy and stimulated if done well. (still not the same as in the wild but well we also keep dogs on a leash to keep us company)

There's also an educational part about it. Because of these dolphin shows and movies with them they are perceived as cute, smart and happy so hunting them is frowned upon. If people had never seen a dolphin in real life or in a movie they would just be big fish to people and they would still be massively hunted.

What saddens me even more are the killer whales kept in captivity. There have been cases where they just killed themselves out of boredom/depression/... They also routinely hurt each other and there's not a single tank in the world that can keep them in an animal friendly way.

 

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

 

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

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