[FUN_Mail] Fwd: Another classic paper

Tue Sep 9 10:36:00 EDT 2014

That is a wonderful pick -- And a potent weapon for our students grappling
with the 'imposter syndrome', which is my experience seems to hit those who
are best positioned for creative futures in neuroscience
-Tara

On Tue, Sep 9, 2014 at 10:22 AM, Joseph Burdo via FUN_Mail <
fun_mail at lists.funfaculty.org> wrote:

> While a bit off topic, I would argue that if they are considering research
> for a career, the most important paper for them to read is a more general
> methodological one: How to be productively stupid!
>
> "
> "The importance of stupidity in scientific research"
> http://jcs.biologists.org/content/121/11/1771.long
>
>
> Joe
>
> On Tue, Sep 9, 2014 at 10:09 AM, Megan Hagenauer via FUN_Mail <
> fun_mail at lists.funfaculty.org> wrote:
>
> > Great discussion!
> >
> > My contributions have a sleep/circadian slant:
> >
> > Dement, W.C., and Kleitman, N. (1957). Cyclic Variations in EEG during
> > Sleep and their Relation to Eye Movements, Body Motility, and Dreaming.
> EEG
> > Clinical Neurophysiology 9: 673-690.
> >
> > "With dreaming and hypnagogie reverie assigned to a definite EEG stage,
> > there exists at least a fairly consistent relation between the EEG and
> > levels of consciousness and it becomes possible to undertake the second
> > step of considering the neural origin of these patterns as representing
> the
> > basis of consciousness itself."
> >
> > - This paper is long-winded (good for teaching skimming!), but it is
> > excellent for starting discussions of consciousness!
> >
> >
> > Aschoff, J. (1965). Circadian Rhythms in Man. Science 148 (3676):
> > 1427-1432.
> >
> > "Since in this case I myself was the subject, I can add a few remarks on
> > personal feelings. After a great curiousity about 'true time' during the
> > first 2 days of bunker life, I lost all interest in the matter and felt
> > perfectly comfortable to live 'timeless'."
> >
> > - A short elegant paper, chronicling the original circadian bunker
> > experiments in which student volunteers (and Aschoff himself!) go into
> > isolation to experience timelessness.
> >
> >
> > Ralph M.R., Foster R.G., Davis F.C., Menaker M. (1990) Transplanted
> > Suprachiasmatic Nucleus Determines Circadian Period. Science 247:
> 975-978.
> > "Small neural grafts from the suprachiasmatic region restored circadian
> > rhythms to arrhythmic animals whose own nucleus had been ablated."
> >
> > - Successful *brain transplants* after which the behavior of the host
> > animal is determined by the genotype of the donor.  Soooo cool!
> >
> >
> > On Tue, Sep 9, 2014 at 9:56 AM, DJ Brasier via FUN_Mail <
> > fun_mail at lists.funfaculty.org> wrote:
> >
> > > As a fan of teaching controversy, two sets that I especially love are
> the
> > > pre- vs. post-synaptic LTP:
> > >
> > > Malinow & Tsien 1990 and Stevens & Wang 1994 vs. Kauer & Nicoll 1988 &
> > > Liao & Malinow 1995
> > >
> > > And the equally vicious debate about alpha- vs. beta/gamma-G-proteins:
> > >
> > > Logothetis & Clapham 1987 and Reuveny & Jan 1994 vs. Yatani & Birbaumer
> > > 1988 and Birbaumer & Brown (Scientific Correspondence in Nature) 1987.
> > >
> > > It's fun for me to tell students how both of these nearly came to blows
> > > between the opposing sides after numerous insults were exchanged.
> > >
> > > DJ
> > >
> > >
> > > On 9/9/14, 8:10 AM, Lom, Barbara via FUN_Mail wrote:
> > >
> > >> I’m not even going to try to top Noah’s example, but this is a fun
> > >> conversation so I’ll toss in a few favorites from the turn of the more
> > >> recent century regarding what was, at the time a controversial
> > assertion of
> > >> neurogenesis in the adult primate/human brain.  Not sure I’d call
> these
> > the
> > >> most amazing ever neuroscience papers ever, but they are easy for
> > >> undergrads to read and the contrary results reliably generate lively
> > class
> > >> discussions (null results published in Science).  Plus there’s a New
> > Yorker
> > >> article that describes some of the context for the science and the
> > drama:
> > >>
> > >> http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/9809557
> > >>
> > >> http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/10521353
> > >>
> > >> http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/11739948
> > >>
> > >> http://www.newyorker.com/magazine/2001/07/23/rethinking-the-brain
> > >>
> > >> _____________________________________________
> > >>
> > >> Barbara Lom, PhD
> > >> Professor & Chair of Biology
> > >> Davidson College
> > >> Box 7118 - Davidson, NC 28035-7118
> > >> 704-894-2338 (office) 704-894-2512 (fax)
> > >> http://www.davidson.edu/academics/biology/faculty/barbara-lom
> > >>
> > >>
> > >>
> > >>
> > >>
> > >> On 9/9/14, 5:36 AM, "Noah Sandstrom via FUN_Mail" <
> > >> fun_mail at lists.funfaculty.org<mailto:fun_mail at lists.funfaculty.org>>
> > >> wrote:
> > >>
> > >> Richard, Sam, do you really consider 1952 and 1962 to be "old school"?
> > >> While perhaps predating what we might consider "modern neuroscience" I
> > >> would put Brown-Séquard's *1889* article in *Lancet* ("Note on the
> > effects
> > >> produced on man by subcutaneous injections of a liquid obtained from
> the
> > >> testicles of animals") at the top of my list! In this paper,
> > Brown-Séquard
> > >> explores the behavioral and cognitive effects of extracts from dog and
> > >> guinea pig testicles when self-injected. It is a tour-de-force that
> > >> reflects the passion, commitment, and fortitude we should all strive
> to
> > >> have as scientists (how strongly do you believe in the importance of
> the
> > >> questions you are asking?); it raises thought-provoking questions
> about
> > >> quantification, methodology, standardization (what, exactly, are
> "great
> > >> powers of defecation?); and it makes clear that, as rough as some of
> our
> > >> research students may think they have it, they are way better off than
> > >> those of Brown-Séquard who had to measure the length of his jet of
> > urine.
> > >> In all seriousness, though, this is the first paper I have students in
> > my
> > >> Hormones and Behavior class read. Great questions, after all, stand
> the
> > >> test of time!
> > >>
> > >> Thanks for asking this great question, Bill!
> > >> Noah
> > >>
> > >> Brown-Séquard CE. Note on the effects produced on man by subcutaneous
> > >> injections of a liquid obtained from the testicles of animals.*Lancet*
> > >> 1889;
> > >> 2: 105-107.
> > >>
> > >> ---------- Forwarded message ----------
> > >> From: Richard Olivo via FUN_Mail <fun_mail at lists.funfaculty.org
> <mailto:
> > >> fun_mail at lists.funfaculty.org>>
> > >> Date: Mon, Sep 8, 2014 at 8:14 PM
> > >> Subject: [FUN_Mail] Another classic paper
> > >> To: "fun_mail at lists.funfaculty.org<mailto:
> fun_mail at lists.funfaculty.org
> > >"
> > >> <fun_mail at lists.funfaculty.org<mailto:fun_mail at lists.funfaculty.org>>
> > >>
> > >>
> > >> I suppose I'm old school too, but my nominee would be Hubel and
> Wiesel's
> > >> classic paper on primary visual cortex:
> > >>
> > >> Hubel DH & Wiesel TN (1962). Receptive fields, binocular interaction
> and
> > >> functional architecture in the cat's visual cortex. J Physiol 160,
> > >> 106–154.
> > >>
> > >> This paper made sense of what neurons in the cortex were doing in
> > creating
> > >> the next step in visual perception, and it also revealed how they were
> > >> arranged anatomically. It was a major step in advancing our
> > understanding
> > >> of the mammalian brain, and it opened a huge field of research on
> visual
> > >> processing that is still flourishing today.
> > >>
> > >> Best wishes,
> > >> Richard Olivo
> > >> rolivo at smith.edu<mailto:rolivo at smith.edu>
> > >>
> > >> On Sep 8, 2014, at 1:16 PM, "Gizerian, Samantha via FUN_Mail" <
> > >> fun_mail at lists.funfaculty.org<mailto:fun_mail at lists.funfaculty.org>>
> > >> wrote:
> > >>
> > >> Call me old school, but the paper that really blew my mind, and
> > continues
> > >> to amaze students is Hodgkin and Huxley J. Physiol. (1952) 117,
> 500-44.
> > >> (here:
> > >> http://www.sfn.org/~/media/SfN/Documents/ClassicPapers/
> > >> ActionPotentials/hodgkin5.ashx)
> > >> The whole series is great, but the last paper summing up the
> experiments
> > >> is
> > >> really the one that is amazing.  In context of the time and techniques
> > >> available, it is a pretty stunning achievement as well.  Not to
> mention
> > >> that finally we have the tangible connection that students are looking
> > for
> > >> between the physics they didn't want to learn and the neuroscience
> they
> > >> signed up for.
> > >>
> > >> Sam
> > >>
> > >> _____________________________
> > >> Samantha S Gizerian, PhD
> > >> Clinical Assistant Professor
> > >> Associate Director for Undergraduate Studies
> > >> Dept. of Integrative Physiology and Neuroscience
> > >> College of Veterinary Medicine
> > >> Washington State University
> > >> Pullman, WA 99164-7620
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> > >> 509-335-0986
> > >>
> > >>
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> > >> From: FUN_Mail [mailto:fun_mail-bounces at lists.funfaculty.org] On
> Behalf
> > >> Of Mike Wiest via FUN_Mail
> > >> Sent: Monday, September 08, 2014 10:04 AM
> > >> To: Schettino, Luis F.
> > >> Cc: FUN Mail
> > >> Subject: Re: [FUN_Mail] FW: [Faculty for Undergraduate Neuroscience
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> > >>
> > >> The "Inception" paper from the Tonegawa lab was the one that came to
> > mind
> > >> for me too...!
> > >>
> > >> Cheers
> > >> Mike
> > >>
> > >>
> > >>
> > >> On Sun, Sep 7, 2014 at 9:44 PM, Schettino, Luis F. via FUN_Mail <
> > >> fun_mail at lists.funfaculty.org<mailto:fun_mail at lists.funfaculty.org>>
> > >> wrote:
> > >>
> > >> Wow, this is EXACTLY what came to my mind when I read the question. No
> > >> doubt this article is one of the coolest studies out there. It is
> > >> incredibly creative and technically challenging. Great suggestion Ian!
> > >>
> > >> Luis F. Schettino
> > >> Psychology Department
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> > >> From: "Ian via FUN_Mail Harrington" <fun_mail at lists.funfaculty.org
> > >> <mailto:fun_mail at lists.funfaculty.org>>
> > >> Cc: "FUN Mail" <FUN_Mail at lists.funfaculty.org<mailto:FUN_Mail at lists.
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> > >> Sent: Sunday, September 7, 2014 9:37:16 PM
> > >> Subject: Re: [FUN_Mail] FW: [Faculty for Undergraduate Neuroscience
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> > >>
> > >> What a great question, Bill! BTW, it sounds like a nice way to put
> > >> together the perfect reading list for a seminar class. Can I suggest
> > >> either that the replies go to the whole list or that Bill posts the
> > >> results?
> > >>
> > >> Maybe I'm guilty of some kind of recency effect with this suggestion
> > >> since I just used it in class but if they have some interest in
> > >> plasticity and behavior I'd have to suggest von Melchner, Pallas, &
> Sur
> > >> (2000):
> > >>
> > >> http://web.mit.edu/msur/www/publications/visual.pdf
> > >>
> > >> It was preceded by a companion paper by Sharma, Angelucci, & Sur
> > >> (2000) that is purely physiological:
> > >>
> > >> http://web.mit.edu/msur/www/publications/induction.pdf
> > >>
> > >> I suppose if you're going to publish in Nature you might as well do it
> > >> in bunches!
> > >>
> > >> IH
> > >>
> > >> On Sun, Sep 7, 2014 at 8:16 PM, Calin-Jageman, Robert via FUN_Mail <
> > >> fun_mail at lists.funfaculty.org<mailto:fun_mail at lists.funfaculty.org>>
> > >> wrote:
> > >>
> > >> Here’s a thought-provoking question from Bill Grisham.  Respond back
> > >> to him directly
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> > >> )
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> > >>
> > >> In the course of working with undergraduates on a research project
> > >> this summer, we have read relevant research articles. As my students
> > >> are wrapping up their research project, they asked to read the most
> > >> amazing neuroscience article ever. What would YOU recommend?
> > >>
> > >>
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