Life of a brain surgeon/ neuroscientist question

[Anonymous No.5060598]

I'm a student working towards a Medical Laboratory Science B.A degree (MLS as my university calls it), with a pre-med focus. Most likely go to medical school. I'm very interested in the human brain. Does anyone know what it is like to be a brain surgeon or any MD that practice? I'd like to know some options in the future of what to expect research/work/life related

[transfer student from /fit/ No.5060626]

no but i microwaved a lizard once

[encephalon !!shxfCFb4+j/ No.5060629]

If you pursue academic medicine, get a gig in intracranial recording in patients undergoing surgery. You can do extremely poor studies using really vague, uninteresting tasks and take a ton of post-hoc liberty with your data analysis, then have only your main effects come up significant and still get top tier publications in basic science journals..

Example:
http://www.nature.com/nature/journal/vaop/ncurrent/full/nature11239.html?WT.ec_id=NATURE-20120628

[Anonymous No.5060646]

any other differences between neuro surgeon MD compared with some other routes with neuroscience?