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Complicated but fascinating

Extremely fascinating, technical and complicated. Need google search for biochemistry related terms like "agarose gel electrophoresis". What.

It is simultaneously amazing and tragic, fascinating and apathy inducing how far we've come in the realm of the science of medicine. It's hard to describe. I will write in my review when I finish. Page 419 is the final page

I'm not sure what it is. But after reading so much about the human body, it seems quite boring now. The anatomy, the problems that come along with it. It would be interesting after this book, to see how humans could evolve into a new species.

Cool. A bit more left and I'm done with neurology

Almost on page 300 yay

Polyneuropathy. Had no idea they existed, still no idea what they are

Reading about sleep disorders now. Fun.

Reading this medical literature feels very clinical. I find physiology and cell biology much more fascinating. Medical literature is -itis this -osis that. This neurology book takes that but into the specialist direction with 'aneurysm' this, and 'stroke' that, and 'encephalitis' . There are treatments for some things and no cure for others. Dry and clinical. Lacking in beauty. Reading multiple sclerosis now.

Chapter on dementia. Quite dry and boring

Parkinson's Disease is extremely fascinating to read about

Trying to get to page 200.

Viral infections now

Too many terms. Here is one:

**Arteriolosclerosis**: Arteriosclerosis occurs when the blood vessels that carry oxygen and nutrients from the heart to the rest of the body (arteries) become thick and stiff — sometimes restricting blood flow to the organs and tissues.

Brain tumors. Some of them are interesting to read about, others not so much.

Complicated and getting kinda boring. Not a bad book though. Just dry.

I still do not understand much. But I am enjoying it

All the medical imagining stuff went over my head. Extremely technical.

Complicated. I'm not writing down definitions of the medical terminologies, but it is interesting nonetheless. Again, this book is for neurologists not lay people.

Very technical. This book is meant for neurologists. I will continue to read it anyway for fun, despite not being a neurologist.

Skipped the questionnaire.

Really good

My pre-existing understanding of neuroscience from the Sapolsky and Rob Garrett books has been enhanced by neuro-nutrition. This book is quite information heavy. Amino acids, tyrosine, serotonin, dopamine, glutamate, glucose, trans fatty acids, cholesterol, LDL, HDL, polyunsaturated fats. Blablabla lots of terms to know.