mat wrote:
>>Originally I wanted to be a neurologist, but I've found that I'm more
>>interested in discovering how the brain works and how the nervous system
>>communicates in a specific fashion. I want to be able to find ways to
>>interpret the chemical signals of the nervous system (neurotransmitters)
>>and understand the communication protocols used between the neural cells.
>>>>I'm really not too much into the pharmocology
>>>> If you want to understand transmitter systems and the 'protocols' then
> pharmacology is exactly the subject you need to study :)
>
You really think so huh? I mean I don't like dealing with medications
and treatments (I don't like the trial and error aspect--although I am
glad that they exist to assist). I'm interested in the neurochemical
basis of behavior (the biological structure), and especially memory
studies like alzheimers. I suppose I want to be a neurochemist, because
that involves understanding the physics and chemistry in the
neurotransmitters.
Then would you suggest it would be best to get a neurobiology degree, or
would biochemistry actually be better?
