/sci/ - Science & Math

>>6350729
Pubmed works if you're interested in results from blinded trials and research. It's like google for what you're asking.

Sup /sci/

Was here awhile ago before.. well at the start of my current endeavor. I run and manage brain stimulation for several clinics distributed globally.

Transcranial magnetic stimulation applied to.. well.. basically any and all brain-related disorders or injuries. Very happy that it's exploded since my last visit here. Any pressing questions?

consciousness isn't something that has a place anywhere specific in the brain. You need to start thinking of it as an epiphenomena and less of a functional ability.

Simply because we have the same structure doesn't mean you necessarily grasp the delicate interaction and underlying neuronal currents that contribute to function

>>6345031
conscience isn't something that has a place anywhere specific in the brain. You need to start thinking of it as an epiphenomena and less of a functional ability

You're right, the brain is bombarded consistently and constantly by sensory information.. in addition to all of it's other tasks. Keeping track of sight, sound, taste, touch, small, balance, temperature, pain.. proprioception. It's a tremendous job to keep track of all of that.

In order to answer your question we have to step back.. into understanding what happens in situations where what is perceived is not real, or in situations where perception is altered due to severe functional (most likely due to connectivity/neuronal oscillation interruption) disability.

Take schizophrenia, for example. Neuronal topography and every imaging technique under the sun will tell you that you have over...under... ABNORMAL connectivity and measures in each test. They perceive what we do.. but then they will report perceiving more. And just think; it's just as real to them as the chair you are sitting in now is to you. In this condition the brain does what it must to fill in the perceptual interruption caused by an almost... malfuntion in sensory perception/functional input areas in the brain. It fills in the blank.

And with that we can begin to grasp the conclusion- the brain NEVER knows what's real or fake.. it only attempts to interpret and serve as a window to the world around you.. a reality manufactured by this organ that so conveniently allows us flow of consciousness and higher cognitive thought

captcha: outyLtd scattered

L-Arginine

rTMS is a curative treatment for autism.

Wait 2 years, gonna be big ;)

Sup /sci/ just got off work.

Pic related, it's what I use to change brainwaves.

>>1853535
I've found that usually cognitive defecits in schizophrenia are a result of heavy medication. That being said, it's common that you see thought interruption from what they will describe as 'voices' or 'figures' - which will easily lower the score on a neurocog test.

They have some problems with sensory gating as well. Digit span tests show this most clearly, as when you ask them to repeat back what one voice was saying when there is an interruption with another voice, they find difficulty in identifying relevant information.

That being said, there is plenty of research in attempting to find biomarkers in schizophrenia. In auditory evoked potentials, for example, SAD subgroups demonstrate a lower ability to gate out stimulus probes then SCPT subgroups. Just as a demonstration of variability within the disorder.

I think the schizophrenia diagnosis needs to be re-evaluated.

>>1853609
Yes, clearly. Bravo.
>>1853602
Start doing some research now - get an internship with a neuro-related lab and specialize in neuro/psychiatry in med school. You never know if you will like doing something until you try. I know plenty of students who went into med school originally wanting to do psychiatry.. none of them did because they found a different specialty more interesting/enthralling.

>>1853564
I am bored, so I need something mind-numbing to pass the time. I'd rather respond to a troll then nothing at all. But you are right, it is getting a bit old.

>>1853541
Psychiatry. Yeah, private clinic. Make a good amount. More patients would be nicer, but still working on a few things for that.

>>1853532
Ah, so nothing I have to relate is useful in any way. I understand. /troll/

>>1853486
Take away from it what you will. It was an anecdote of my experience with a stroke victim.
>>1853496
No, a clinician. Get referrals from addiction treatment centers in the vicinity as well as cases varying from schozphrenia to parkinson's, depression, anxiety...

>>1853448
Oh, I'm sorry that you think that neuroscience is a joke. Also, although I never said I use this for research, I feel that you are dismissing arguments without giving any proper thought to them. How very christian of you.

/troll/ away, maybe someone else will agree with your baseless accusations.

badump

>>1853368
Yeah, exactly. They are imaging techniques. As is the EEG. You use them to monitor change during an rTMS tx period.
/troll/

>>1853352
Right, because he was swallowing stem cells and taking new meds while undergoing neurosurgery daily when I administered rTMS. -.-
Once again, is this /troll/ or /sci/?
Introduce novel stimulant
All else stays the same
>no real connection between stimulant and results lolz

>>1853339
Yeah, you're right, PET/MRI/EEGs are completely subjective nonscientific measures.
Is this /troll/ or /sci/?

>>1853298
I'll tell you a story of a stroke victim that we applied some rTMS to. He had a stroke several years prior and was desperate for a change. Obviously there isn't anything out there to help stroke victims out, so we said why the hell not, and tried some TMS.

Stimulated the contralateral motor cortex. Waited. No response.

Few days later, we stimulated the ipsilateral motor cortex. No immediate response but he called the next day asking wtf we did. Seems that we restored some function to his until-now nonresponsive appendages. Pretty interesting how the brain recovers from injury, redistributing function.

But yeah, its really a hit/miss with strokes and everything is still very much unknown. I guess the only response I'll give you is "I'm going into the dark room with a flashlight, wish me luck!"

>>1853314
Why do you insist on keep breathing air day in and day out? It's useless!
source cited: none.

See, I can do it too.

Well crap, guess I should have posted something about relationships

Sup /sci/, I need to kill some time.
I am a neuroscientist/electrophysiologist. Also use rTMS.
pic related, LORETA

Just got back home.. put in Resevoir Dogs.