Dear amygdala,


I really appreciate all the work you do in keeping me safe from lions and bears and other dangerous things that want to kill me. However, as you might have noticed, I work in an autism lab, not a murderous animal lab,and  segmenting the hippocampus in MRI scans doesn’t really require a fight-or-flight response. So kindly shut the fuck up.

michneudorf:

current problems:

i can’t hug will graham

i can’t hug will graham

i can’t hug will graham

i can’t hug will graham

  1. i can’t hug will graham
  • i can’t hug will graham

i can’t hug will graham

He doesn’t strike me as the sort of person who appreciates hugs though.

Reblogged from quinfish.

neurosciencestuff:

A gene linked to autism spectrum disorders that was manipulated in two lines of transgenic mice produced mature adults with irreversible deficits affecting either learning or social interaction.

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The findings, published in the May 29 issue of the Journal of Neuroscience, have implications…

Neuroscience: Over-produced autism gene alters synapses, affects learning and behavior in micehttp://neurosciencestuff.tumblr.com/post/52476833999/over-produced-autism-gene-alters-synapses-affects

neurosciencestuff:

A gene linked to autism spectrum disorders that was manipulated in two lines of transgenic mice produced mature adults with irreversible deficits affecting either learning or social interaction.

image

The findings, published in the May 29 issue of the Journal of Neuroscience, have implications…

Reblogged from neurosciencestuff.