Alexplorer's Neuroscience Page

Neuroscience

Research

• Cerebral hemispherectomies as model systems of neural plasticity

• Proposal to examine the role of N- and P- type voltage-dependent calcium channels in spontaneous bursting activity of cultured neuronal networks (a sample white paper)

• A proposal to examine the effects of L-type voltage-dependent calcium channel blockers on the spontaneous activity of cultured neuronal networks (my M.S. thesis proposal)

• The use of the atypical antipsychotic clozapine in the treatment of schizophrenia

 
Resources

• Recommended reading for neuroscientists

• Neuroscience review questions

 
Personal insights
 
• Meet Bobby: A portrait of bi-polar disorder

• Pre-Pulse Inhibition and Sensory Gating

• An intersection of memory and experience

• Migraines

• Handedness: A case study on myself

• OCD is a double-edged sword...

• Candid Camera and science television

 
Just for fun

• Neuroscience humor

• The neuroscience of super heroes

 
The Brain Blog -  Random thoughts on topics in and relating to neuroscience.

• Neuroscience basics
• Electrophysiology
• Perception
• Brain-computer interfacing
• Academia
• Neuroscience conferences
• Learning and memory
• Evolution and the brain
• Development
• Pharmacology
• Emotions and other subcortical issues
• Psychology
• Dreams
• Gender differences
• Sexual orientation
• Identity
• OCD
• Depression
• Addiction
• Migraines
• Misc. neurological conditions
• Media recommendations
• Cognition
• Consciousness
• Neuroscience and society

Other science articles

• The gender-specific difference in age of onset of puberty in humans

• Practical thermodynamics

• Evolution defended (again)

Statistics

• Statistical tests in a nutshell

• Adding a trendline to graphs in Excel

• Using simple linear regression models to determine stable network activity

• A brief guide to multiple linear regression

• Playboy through the years: a statistical exercise in multiple linear regression

Science links        (emphasis on neuroscience)

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