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Interesting book is "Brain Storms the race to unlock the mystery of Parkinson's Disease" by Jon Palfreman

For years researchers didn't think there was a genetic link, but a family in Italy had 50% occurrence of Parkinson's Disease. Genetically the family had four genes that generated Alpha-synuclein. We need it to survive, but typically have only two genes.

When that protein, Alpha-synuclein, is misfolded it causes problems. So while genetics is possible, it is just one of many possible issues.

I have a very large family, yet only one with Parkinson's. We all seem to be highly driven, OCD and ADHD just being common to all of us. The great news is physical activity plays a huge role, so workout 3x a week is healthy!

Oh, with ADHD: Another great book I enjoyed. Deep Work by Cal Newport. I work as an Electronic Engineer, and need that block of time to sort things out. So I keep a rigid schedule, lets me get back to clients and still have time to think things through.

So eating right, exercise, and a good nights sleep are all key to keeping everything working.

hmm, Im confused... For one, it seems like people in this forum do agree with me. Additionally, I think there are enough people here with some background understanding of basic neurology... heck, anyone who has ever read any Oliver Sacks can be interested.

Im not asking that we have a technical discussion of the benefits of a 3 hour versus 4.5 hour window of tPA administration... no, I just want to have a conversation about actual neurological topics.

I am also not say we need to focus on textbook/well-established science. There is a great deal of new evidence and interesting case reports that call into question currently held beliefs. Even anecdotal data that is just interesting for its presentation's sake.


I do not think we are interested in isolating neurology from the basic and behavioural sciences. But I do think we need to at the very least present actual science and not baseless personal theories.

• However more importantly I think the confusion here can best be summed up by a fundamental lack of understanding about neural physiology on your behalf. You keep mentioning processing power as a function of metabolism and energy as a function of... Well Im guessing you mean ionic potentials). This is simply wrong. A neuron that fires more frequently is not processing it is just firing. Just as a wire that is at a high voltage is not a computer. It is the connections (and aberrant connections) that determine processing capability. A neuron that is more frequently being acted upon will have an increased metabolic demand to maintain its ionic potentials, but this is an effect rather than a cause. Similar to how a computer processor ( a network of micro capacitors) gets hot when being actively used.
  
  
• Speculating on neural computational power is a very active field known as Computational neuroscience. I strongly recommend Dayon and Abbot's "Theoretical Neuroscience" as a guide into this field. Mind you, its heavy in linear algebra and not by any means a beach read. While it is not necessarily neurology, it does become important for neurologists to have an understanding of this and so obviously topics in this field are more than welcome here as well. An example of how this is important is in the development of new prosthesis and the brain/machine interaction. This is also interesting to think about from the pathophysiological stand point in epilepsy and traumatic brain injury.
  
  
• It appears you attend a DO school. I am certain that the MCAT requires at least some basic physiology, and medical schools also require coursework in physiology, cell biology, and neuroscience in their pre-clinical years. I am concerned because some of what you have said in this forum represented a severe misunderstanding of how the nervous system operates. This will come up on your boards, and more importantly, in your future patients.
  

Neuroscientifically Challenged has a ton of 2-minute Neuroscience "crash course" videos that Ive always found really helpful. I was never successful in finding videos for neuroanatomy and I honestly don't think its the best approach for neuroanatomy, outside of dissection videos. Sorry I can't offer more help with videos but I can offer what I've found the most helpful with students I tutor..

I've seen a couple different atlases but this one is by far my favorite.. I just like the way they organize things. And if you buy it brand new (worth the $60 IMO), it comes with a disc or code to give you online access which provides you with 3D imaging.

Clinical Neuroanatomy made Ridiculously Simple - A classic, and for good reason. Its still highly recommended by people in the neuroscience community 40 years later.

The Blumenfeld neuroanatomy book is great, I read it during neuro residency. It goes through the anatomy as well as clinical cases.

Neuroanatomy through Clinical Cases https://www.amazon.com/dp/0878936130/ref=cm_sw_r_cp_api_i_V1s7CbMHQK3BT

Why have you deleted the post you did on r/neuroscience 18hrs ago?

There was literally a full discussion with people saying “we’re not doing your homework for you”

And

“The study doesn’t show if there is any correlation between the meds the people are already taking and the psychosis may therefore be defined by a chemical make up and induced by that rather than societal differences”

So, I’m not sure why:

1. You’ve deleted the post that you posted at the same time as this one in r/neuroscience
   
2. You’re getting so aggressive when I was directing someone who said they were interested to a place they could find a bit more discussion since this is nothing to do with neurology in the first place.
   
3. I now think this is actually your homework and you may need to do it yourself.
   
4. May I recommend this book: (Neuroscience - Purves et al, 2019)
   
5. Please stop commenting on my comments that have no reference to this.

Check out this book My Stroke of Insight
She might have had mixed aphasia, but I know it was a left hemi stroke for sure

I used this as a resident: MDF® Tromner Neurological Reflex Hammer with built-in brush for cutaneous and superficial responses - Light - HDP Handle - Black (MDF555P-11) https://www.amazon.com/dp/B0012NI68M/ref=cm_sw_r_cp_tai_76mIzbNKASKZQ

I carry less as am attending and use this:
MDF® Babinski Telescoping 2.0 Neurological Reflex Hammer with built-in brush for cutaneous and superficial responses - Black (MDF535XT-11) https://www.amazon.com/dp/B00AZF36R4/ref=cm_sw_r_cp_tai_i8mIzbZFVSY64

This may be an option for a quick overview:

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