The ever-excellent Neurocritic has an interesting post looking at “lesion studies” of depression. As he notes, he was hoping for real lesions, from people who’d had psychosurgery years ago, but had to settle for a simulation study that used MRIs from a large sample of control participants.
Continue reading →This post by Science’s Jennifer Couzin at ScienceInsider suggests how much serious overhaul the FDA needs. Looks like some scientists at the Food and Drug Administration are doing what they can to influence president elect Obama’s choice of their new boss. Nine scientists have written to Obama’s transition team pleading with him to restructure the […]
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