Posted by Cam W. on October 23, 2001, at 1:58:51
In reply to To Cam--yet another attempt to post, posted by medlib on October 21, 2001, at 8:20:57
Hey med - Howzitgoineh! Thanks for the article. I feel obliged to innudate you with a few articles that I have found extremely interesting, starting, of course, with the 2 articles that back my theory of consciousness being a higher form or motor function. The article that started it all was:
•Feinberg I, Guazzelli M. "Scizophrenia - a disorder of the corollary discharge systems that integrate the motor systems of thought with the sensory systems of consciousness". Br.J.Psychiatry (1999), 174; 196-204.
I was semi-scoffed at by some of the leading researchers whenever I brought this up at dinner meetings and conferences (Dr.Nancy Andreason, editor of The American Journal of Psychiatry, called this a philosophical question, not appropriate for a Schizophrenia Conference). This was until I found the next article and a couple of my colleagues have begun to wonder if I may have something:
•Cotterill RMJ. "Cooperation of the basal ganglia, cerebellum, sensory cerebrum and hippocampus: possible implications for cognition, consciousness, intelligence and creativity". Progress in Neurobiology (2001), 64; 1-33.
This is a way cool article showing the development of consciousness from the bacterium on up.
Along a similar, but diverging line (sort of a mechanistic, neuronal basis for setting up the motor neural circuitry for my hypothesis - although you have toread into it a bit):
•Casey BJ, Durston S, Fossella, JA. " Evidence for a mechanistic model of cognitive control". Clin. Neurosci. Res. (2001) 1; 267-282.
For a neat "Genes to Personality" article, that goes beyond the study of Alzheimer's:
•Arendt T. "Alzheimer's disease as a disorder of mechanisms underlying structural brain self-organization". Neuroscience. (2001), 102:4; 723-765.
An article on the brain that everyone needs to read:
•Gilbert PFC. "An outline of brain function". Cog. Brain Res. (2001) 12; 61-74.
An excellent article on receptor site theory:
•Petronis A. "The genes for major psychosis: aberrant sequence or regulation". Neuropsychopharmacology. (2000), 23:1; 1-12.
An ultimate breakdown of the mechanisms of addiction:
•Koob GF, LeMoal M. "Drug addiction, dysregulation of reward, and allostasis". Neuropsychopharmacology. (2001) 24:2; 97-129.
Happy reading. Remember, perseverence and note taking will get you through these. The articles are not light bathroom reading (your legs will go numb and you will get one of those rings around your butt).
Enjoy! - Cam
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