Posted by BarbaraCat on July 26, 2002, at 2:02:17
In reply to Re: DHEA, et al » Shawn. T., posted by Shawn. T. on July 25, 2002, at 23:28:43
My goodness, what a wealth of information! I don't even know where to start. Some neuro research project ought to snatch you up - no kidding! Your mention of G protein rang a bell for me. About a year ago I was hot on the trail of G protein and I don't remember why. I got sidetracked and forgot all about it until your post. Wish I kept notes about these brainstorms but I get so darn engrossed. It's like right brain has no patience for left brain.
When I got out of music school I thought 'uh oh, now what do I do to pay the rent?'. So I got into computers thinking that it would be a neat way to 'slip in the backway' into researching things I was interested in: the ocean floor, astronomy, the brain. Neural mapping, computer imaging and such. Little did I know that to do this kind of work required a Ph.D. anyway. So I ended up as a systems analyst in corporations - so nowhere near my passions or dreams.
What would make me so happy would be be use my computer experience and neuro research to find a way to use 3-D computer imaging for testing drug interactions in the brain. We already know alot about ligands and receptor structures. With all the work done with the human genome project, you'd think we'd be farther along using what we've learned instead of the very crude and barbaric sacrificing of our animal relations. Of course, I use these drugs and other products, so I'm not really walking my talk. Life can be such a puzzle. Oh well, I guess I would have these meaning of life questions since another path deeply studied but not yet taken is transpersonal psych. Sigh, so many intersts, so little time (or money). Sometimes I wish I had 200 years to live. - BarbaraCat
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