Me and my twin were going to get matching tattoos. Not sure if she’s still up for it, but I’m still contemplating getting mine done. It is pay day next week…. I think this would look good under my shoulder blade….
Time to get looking for good artists in London. :)
In a groundbreaking study, researchers from the Czech Republic and the United Kingdom have discovered a link between the déjà vu phenomenon and structures in the human brain, effectively confirming the neurological origin of this phenomenon. Click here to read the full article.
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Came on the radio at work today. First time it’s really hit me. Decided crying at my new job was not an impressive trait.
Miss you.
Om nom nom. ;)
Love.
(Source: palaceofalice, via uglyfaceofbeauty)
A man who had been paralyzed from the waist down and had lost all function in both his hands can move his fingers after doctors rewired his nerves to bypass the damaged ones in a pioneering surgical procedure, according to a case study published on Tuesday.
The 71-year-old man, who had become paralyzed after he was injured in a car accident in 2008, still had limited arm, elbow and shoulder movement, but because the C7 vertebrae in his spinal cord had been crushed, the nerve circuits responsible for sending signals from the brain to the muscles in his hands were severed and all control was lost.
However, the nearby nerves had not been injured in the accident and surgeons were able to cut an undamaged nerve in the man’s elbow and connect it to the damaged nerve responsible for activating muscles in the hand responsible for grasping objects.
“The circuit [in the hand] is intact, but no longer connected to the brain,” Surgeon Ida Fox, an assistant professor of plastic and reconstructive surgery at Washington University, explained to the BBC. “What we do is take that circuit and restore the connection to the brain.”
Original case report in the Journal of Neurosurgery here.
After a bit of a hiatus I’m returning to tumblr; starting with postsecret of the week.
Nice shout out for all the women out there (like me) who don’t want children and are made to feel guilty, “unnatural” and judged because of it.
#champagne #strawberries & #bunting. (Taken with Instagram at Queens Park Court)
