A whirlwind both inside and out the HoD

The amygdala: inside and out

Research at the interface of psychology, neuroscience, molecular biology, and genetics, focusing on the amygdala, has begun to reveal a rule book for emotional reactions. Variations in intrinsic and extrinsic factors tweak the sensitivity of the amygdala, giving rise to differences in behavior between individuals. At their most extreme, these variations may generate psychological disorders, and...

Inside Out

I have alwayswanted to be adoctor.Manyaspects ofmedicine enthralled me: research, diagnosis, and the possibility of improving a patient’s quality of life, in particular.Walking the corridors of a hospital felt exhilarating. At 15 I had a volunteer position at the local hospital. Although my assignments were answering phones, directing visitors, and, my favorite, delivering goods topatients, I f...

Spoiling Inside and Out

peace accords signed between 1988 and 1998, thirty-one failed to last more than three years.1 Contributing to their failure was the behavior of so-called spoilers: those who use violence or other means to undermine negotiations in the expectation that a settlement will threaten their power or interests.2 The stakes for understanding spoiler behavior are high. Where parties kept spoilers at bay,...

Dystroglycan inside and out.

Dystroglycan connects the extracellular matrix and cytoskeleton. Key findings in the past year indicate that dystroglycan interacts with a wider repertoire of extracellular ligands than originally appreciated, that dystroglycan plays a critical role in organizing extracellular matrix molecules on the cell surface and in basement membranes, and that at least two human pathogens utilize dystrogly...

The inside of a time out.