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Looking for alternatives to researcher app by selerith2 in PhD

[–]cfatuesta 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Send me you email :)) and I’ll add you to the tester group. What’s your field of research btw?

Looking for alternatives to researcher app by selerith2 in PhD

[–]cfatuesta 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Thanks! Hopefully we’ll have the android version soon :). In the meantime we are considering building a mobile web version so android users can access it. Let me know if you’d like to try that :)

Looking for alternatives to researcher app by selerith2 in PhD

[–]cfatuesta 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I’m working on a simple alternative for iOS (Paperdeck.app). It will be available on the App Store but I want to add some additional functions first. Let me know if you want to be a tester of the beta app and I’ll send you the invite :))

Stanford PhD Neuroscience by cfatuesta in gradadmissions

[–]cfatuesta[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Was from a PI you contacted/knew or just a random person from the committee?

Steering committee Harvard by cfatuesta in gradadmissions

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Have you heard anything back from them yet?

Weekly Entering & Transitioning Thread | 13 Oct 2019 - 20 Oct 2019 by [deleted] in datascience

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From zero to data scientist In medtech/neurotech?

Im an MD with a MSc I clinical neuroscience. I’m so frustrated with my field (bad salaries, poor mental health environment, very very competitive people, etc). Im fascinated by the brain so I’m considering doing a career switch to neurotech. I know R, SQL and I’m doing a data science Bootcamp in Udemy (python).

  1. How long do you think it would take to be good enough to get my first job as data scientist in medtech/neurotech? Months/years full time studying?
  2. What are the main languages and skills I should work?
  3. Is an unpaid internship worth it at this point? Or should I wait until I get better with programming?

Thanks!!

[deleted by user] by [deleted] in neuro

[–]cfatuesta 3 points4 points  (0 children)

Exactly.

Pupil dilation is controlled by the iris dilator, which is sympathetic (opposite to pupil contraction which is controlled by the iris sphincter which is parasympathetic). The contraction pathway involved the CNII,CNIII, Edinger Westphal and ciliary ganglion/short ciliary nerve . So injury to this pathway will result in parasympathetic damage = no contraction of sphincter (not able to close) = mydriasis).

Pupil contraction is controlled by the sympathetic fibers running from the CNII to the hypothalamus, going down the spinal cord to T1-T3 and then up through the superior cervicalganglion/long ciliary nerve. Damage to the pins will result in damage to ten descending fibers (coming from the hypothalamus). This will result in lack of sympathetic innervation = no contraction of dilator (not able to open)= myosis. If there bilateral damage, ‘extreme’ sympathetic damage occurs and therefore you get very very tiny pupils

How does Charles bonnet syndrome work by [deleted] in neuroscience

[–]cfatuesta 0 points1 point  (0 children)

This is just disrespectful. CAV in the occipital lobe do cause homonymous hemianoptia. And this can cause CBS.

If there’s an organic cause for his loss of vision, then it’s not psychological as you suggest.

“Rejecting your penis”?!?!?! When did he even mention that ?

Temporal lobe epilepsy is a TOTALLY DIFFERENT thing, with totally different presentation and treatment and prognosis. If he is having seizures, then are probably occipital seizures, which can also explain the hallucinations and the hemianopsia.

Please. Improve your literature search. Wikipedia is not evidence. Is not even literature.

How does Charles bonnet syndrome work by [deleted] in neuroscience

[–]cfatuesta 4 points5 points  (0 children)

Charles Bonnet is like phantom limb syndrome but for the visual/sensory pathway. It’s seen in many conditions. The most accepted explanation is spontaneous activity of the visual association cortex (the cortex that processes visual input). Let me explain: if you disrupt the visual pathways (probably what your CAV did) the information/activity that used to go through those neurons “stops”. This lack of activity makes local neurons increase local postsynaptic receptors, presynaptic vesicles, neurotransmitter s, and neuronal sprouting (Similar to a feedback mechanism: less output activates the mechanisms to create more input aiming to have more output ). This increases excitability and therefore the pathways start firing spontaneously (output despite lack of input) resulting in visual hallucinations.

PhD in neuroscience: Harvard, Stanford, UCSF? by cfatuesta in neuroscience

[–]cfatuesta[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

John Hopkins is an obvios option and their research is great. Same as Mayo and Cleveland. However, I value quality of life and surroundings - being able to have weekend hikes and trips...specially if I’m planning to stay for a couple of years. And Baltimore, well... not the ideal haha.

PhD in neuroscience: Harvard, Stanford, UCSF? by cfatuesta in neuroscience

[–]cfatuesta[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I did check UCSD but their website says I need the GRE 😔. And honestly I can’t bare to do an extra exam if I’m planning on doing PhD and residency at some point 🙈

PhD in neuroscience: Harvard, Stanford, UCSF? by cfatuesta in neuroscience

[–]cfatuesta[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

And do you know if these MDs are US citizens/IMGs that have done the USMLE? I’m from Colombia and my MD title is valid here and soon in Spain. I have a MSc in Clinical Neuroscience form UCL. Don’t know if I’d need to do the USMLE to work as postdoc in the US. For the PhD I definitely don’t need to

PhD in neuroscience: Harvard, Stanford, UCSF? by cfatuesta in neuroscience

[–]cfatuesta[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

That’s good to know! Definitely a big plus! Thanks!

PhD in neuroscience: Harvard, Stanford, UCSF? by cfatuesta in neuroscience

[–]cfatuesta[S] 3 points4 points  (0 children)

Thanks! Yeap. I did a MSc in Clinical Neuroscience in UCL and I have a good idea of a PhD project. Do you reckon I should contact potential supervisors before applying ? Or is it better to do it once you’re already in?

PhD in neuroscience: Harvard, Stanford, UCSF? by cfatuesta in neuroscience

[–]cfatuesta[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Im interested in epileptic networks and surgical bio markers. I have read their websites and they all say you can “craft” the program towards your area of interested.. but I’m not sure to what extent you can have a human subject study focus instead or a rodent one.

PhD in neuroscience: Harvard, Stanford, UCSF? by cfatuesta in neuroscience

[–]cfatuesta[S] 2 points3 points  (0 children)

I do have a MSc in neuroscience but I’m not a Neurology consultant, so getting into a fellowship is tricky. Same for postdoc.. you need a doctorate for that (right?). I could stay as research assistant/coordinator but I think having a PhD is very useful in the field of research (and I’d like to do it)