Neurological Correlates

A Neuroscience Tabloid of Dysfunctional Behavior – Mostly Psychopaths, Narcissists, Obesity and Addiction

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Entries from September 2009

That old substantia nigra’s got me in its spell, that old substantia nigra that you weave so well

September 28th, 2009 · No Comments

Neuromelanin, brain iron homeostasis, and Uncle Fester.

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Tags: Alzheimer's · Brain anatomy · Dopamine

Friday Dysfunctional Roundup, Neuroeconomics: Winter babies and laughing mothers, melatonin cures all

September 25th, 2009 · 4 Comments

Vitamin D deficiency may be the culprit for the season of birth effects; melatonin regrows neonate white matter and may be the thing.

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Tags: Dysfunctional Roundup · Molecules · Nature vs. nurture · Neuroeconomics · Neuropolitics · Pharmaceuticals · SSRN · White Matter

Blogging C-Span: Senator Olympia Snow, Death Panel – “What’s the Rush? We can take as looonnnnggggg as we like. After all, it’s not like it’s life or death.”

September 23rd, 2009 · No Comments

“What’s the rush? People dying? Not my problem. I’m not deciding a thing until I get the whole thing totally rewritten according to legislative legalese instead of plain English like we usually do, and then of course I’ll have to take probably a year or so to actually read the legislative legalese, but even then I’ll complain that I don’t understand it, and look! It’s the 2010 elections! I win.”

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Tags: Corporate Governance · Corruption · Greed · Lawsuit · Neuro Editorial · Neuro Financial Doc Review · Neuroeconomics · Neuropolitics

Chocolate, Money and Fixing Fragile X: Things Switzerland’s Good At

September 21st, 2009 · No Comments

I’m willing to overlook real or imagined Swiss transgressions if they cure Fragile X.

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Tags: Conditions or Diagnosis · Corporate Governance · Fragile X · Genetics and heredity · Molecules · Neuro Financial Doc Review · Pharmaceuticals

Friday Dysfunctional Roundup: Neuro Court Report

September 18th, 2009 · No Comments

Friday Dysfunctional roundup; dysfunctional court news.

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Tags: Dysfunctional Roundup · Lawsuit

Neuroeconomics from SSRN: Chicago School Profs Say Cost-Benefit Analysis Isn’t All That. In Other News, Hell Freezes Over.

September 16th, 2009 · No Comments

Chicago School of Economics, game theory, “decision science” — how about considering human nature? A radical idea.

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Tags: Altruism/moral behavior · Behavior · Neuroeconomics

Senator Blanche Lincoln: Promoter of Obesity and Polluting the Water in the Cherokee Nation?

September 15th, 2009 · No Comments

Many of the country’s chickens live and work in Arkansas, including its legislators.

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Tags: Greed · Lawsuit · Neuro Editorial · Neuroeconomics · Neuropolitics · New York Times · Obesity · conspiracy theory

5-HTTLPR Short Form-ers: Happy Manic Monday

September 14th, 2009 · No Comments

Parsing the serotonin transport allelic variant functions; with some liver, fava beans and a good Chianti.

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Tags: Addiction/Compulsion/Obsession · Behavior · Genetics and heredity · Happiness · Molecules · Nature vs. nurture · Neuroeconomics · Pharmaceuticals · Stress

State of the blog, Year 2

September 11th, 2009 · No Comments

State of the Blog, 2 year birthday.

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Tags: Science blogging

Poll: Ignore the Republicans?

September 9th, 2009 · No Comments

Healthcare reform. Will get back to neuroscience later this week.

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Tags: Machiavellianism · Neuro Editorial · Neuroeconomics · Neuropolitics · New York Times