Austin Lim, PhD 🐁

Big news: the neuroscience focused Open Educational Resource I have been working on for the past couple years, the Open Neuroscience Initiative, has been completed and is available for download in the full text format. austinlim.com/open-neuroscie…

hey electrophysiology folks, where is your Nernst equation tattoo

Hey #dicegoblins do you own a D2?

i joked that "Rostral interstitial nucleus of the medial longitudinal fasciculus" would be a good band name #NEU351

so much for staying scandal free, but here we go

how often do you get to write "lancinated" in your daily job, surprise me

@EmpiricGame Oof. Time to fire up Ye Olde Printer and proxy your way to fun!

@docaustinlim Oh that would work nicely. Looks like it is $50 unfortunately.

Finally found a home for my buddy tetravus. Who else do I need in here.

Thinking about opening a #neurology-themed bar, but I can't decide what to call it. Here are some of the options. Having one of those days when you just want to curl up into a ball? Let's relieve some of that opening pressure. Hopefully, the experience won't be traumatic. 1/8

@BraydonDymm Actually perfect

@docaustinlim Lawful Good: glutamate Chaotic Good: endorphins Lawful Neutral: GABA Neutral Evil: anandamide

I need to make a D&D style alignment chart for every neurotransmitter. Thoughts?

@gengelstein Thats how I felt about Loop Hero. At least there it gave me the choice to change the font.

I've been enjoying Balatro, but I don't understand the aesthetic choice. I find the pixelation distracting and makes the UI harder to interpret. I can't imagine it saves time on art. How hard is it to draw a playing card, or text? What's the point?

Pipette skills #scientist

This has become one of my favorite papers. We're very VERY far away from understanding how the brain works. thelancet.com/journals/lance…

@marta_sabariego Open Neuroscience Initiative - the audio book is a work in progress with about half the chapters completed youtube.com/playlist?list=…

🧠 I'm on the lookout for a neuroscience textbook that comes with an *audio option*, for an introductory college course in neuro. Any recommendations would be a huge help! #Neuroscience #CollegeLife #TextbookSuggestions

@MichaelCosimini jealous i didn't come up with "candy gland"

So I just learned from Wikipedia that my grad school classmate from back in the day is related to one of the big names in oxytocin- pair bonding research?? 😳

Our trash panda made it to cover for the new issue of @NatureNeuro, highlighting our recent paper on the circuits encoding circadian feeding time. Artwork by @mikbalp

Striatal neuron I dislike: TH positive Striatal neuron I begrudgingly respect: FSIs Striatal neuron I think is overrated: Indirect neurons Striatal neuron I think is underrated: D1+D2 spiny projection neurons Striatal neuron I love: Cholinergic interneurons