After an excruciating week of twiddling our fingers and faking productivity, we have finally made it to spring break! I'm looking forward to sleep, relaxation, my significant other, and sleep. I probably won't be posting for the next week or so, but I'll be back for the rest of the third block. Now I'm going to get started on that aforementioned sleep...
TIL: Allodynia is a symptom where normally innocuous sensation causes pain.
Anesthesia dolorosa is a really quirky term. It means painful numbness. So... you can't feel it but it hurts? As counterintuitive as it sounds it totally makes sense biologically. Pain and touch are transmitted by parallel but separate nerves from the peripheral body to the brain, so it's possible to pinch off the nerves for touch (causing numbness) while only irritating the nerves that transmit pain.
Blobs and interblobs are apparently actual scientific terms for structures in the visual sensory cortex. I'd tell you more about them but I was not paying attention in lecture and have no desire to research anything right now. When I find out, I will make sure to share that blob-tastic info with you!
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