[FUN_Mail] Another classic paper

Tue Sep 9 12:48:36 EDT 2014

In the vein of strange neuroendocrinology, I use the similarly low “n" (but more rigorously quantified) personal efforts of Anonymous, a biologist living in isolation on a remote island for his work who weighed his beard clippings daily in anticipation of visits to his girlfriend.

Effects of Sexual Activity on Beard Growth in Man (Science, 1970, Anonymous)
   http://www.nature.com/nature/journal/v226/n5248/abs/226869a0.html

In the realm of sex differences, I offer this one, which makes very clever use of people with red hair:

The melanocortin-1 receptor gene mediates female-specific mechanisms of analgesia in mice and humans
   http://www.pnas.org/content/100/8/4867.full.pdf+html

I guess I ran with the weird neuroscience angle more than the seminal papers angle…but maybe these are both.

Cheers,
Annaliese

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On Sep 9, 2014, at 2:36 AM, Noah Sandstrom via FUN_Mail <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>
> Date: Mon, Sep 8, 2014 at 8:14 PM
> Subject: [FUN_Mail] Another classic paper
> To: "fun_mail at lists.funfaculty.org" <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
> 
> On Sep 8, 2014, at 1:16 PM, "Gizerian, Samantha via FUN_Mail" <
> 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
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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> wrote:
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>>> 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!
>>> 
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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
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>>>> Here’s a thought-provoking question from Bill Grisham.  Respond back
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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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