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MRI Scans of My Brain (PICS)

flickr.com — I need to do this. We once were at the Enchanted Broccoli Forest at Stanford University drinking Full Sail that a stranger offered us out of a keg, and then another stranger gave us bong hits, and we walked down the halls and the students in the dorm had the coolest ***** on their doors. Brain Scans and more brain scans is what i remember. Ahh.

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  • callisto1002, on 08/21/2008, -1/+34yay bong hits!
  • badwithcomputer, on 08/21/2008, -1/+60This is why you don't visit http://digg.com/submit when you're drunk/high.

    Wait. Maybe this is why you *only* visit http://digg.com/submit when you're drunk/high. I can't decide.
    • skabyss, on 08/21/2008, -8/+1I'll bet $5.00 you pulled those links directly from your bookmark toolbar and dropped them into the comment field.
      • badwithcomputer, on 08/21/2008, -2/+16actually, i just typed that out from memory. it's not the hardest link to remember.
      • patpl22391, on 08/22/2008, -2/+7Considering how much trash that badwithcomputer submits, I'm certainly not surprised he has it memorized.
    • linagee, on 08/22/2008, -0/+1My brain = Kevin Rose?
  • strib666, on 08/21/2008, -0/+17Um, you might want to get that spot in slide 14 checked out.
    • synystar, on 08/22/2008, -0/+23The mucus retention cyst? Nothing to worry about, they're very common. I know that because I'm an expert....at using Google.

      I also learned that it damn well better not be a mucoceles, as some doctors mistakenly call them. Those are little fluid filled sacs that slowly fill up with mucus and then expand slowly-- pushing, compressing, eroding bone and moving structures around them. These mucoceles may expand and push into the eye socket (the orbit) or push into the brain or nose. That's a bit ***** up.
      • crazyjake, on 08/22/2008, -0/+8*citation needed
      • synystar, on 08/22/2008, -0/+5"Now there is a terminology problem around mucoceles. Some doctors call “cysts” in the sinuses “mucoceles”, when in fact they are just cysts. So, as a patient, it is important to know the difference between a “mucus retention cyst” and a mucocele. A mucus retention cyst is just a cyst along the sinus lining. It’s a fluid filled sac, yes, but a retention cyst does not expand and push into the eye socket, brain, or nose and it doesn’t cause problems in the vast majority of cases. So a cyst is very different than a mucocele." http://sinus411.org/4%20surgical%20treatment%20pag ...

        I'm not a doctor and I must admit that the website I'm citing doesn't look like it was created by someone who knows how to design web sites. But that's not uncommon for intellectuals. It sounds like whoever wrote that knows what they are talking about. Of course, whoever wrote that could be completely wrong. But it's late and I'm not concerned so I won't bother researching it myself.
    • identifiedlogo, on 08/22/2008, -0/+4Ok,you guys better be faking, because you are freaking me out.
    • megamod, on 08/22/2008, -0/+1Also, regarding the distortions which at first I had thought was a baseball hit to the head, aren't you supposed to remove all metals before stepping in on there?
  • ZackScott, on 08/21/2008, -4/+13This is great. For far too long has humanity not been in the world of the brain. Only recently have we begun unraveling it. Still, it is not enough, and each progression will be marked. What I loved about these photos is that it shows what access we have today. Someone (a random guy) and his brain all up in photos via MRI.

    A technical wizardry was truly at the works here. And what would we do in a world without education? Can you imagine one day in which we can image the brain down to details in which we can track thoughts? Is it a scary world? It depends on who is imagining? We can see the pulses of the brainjuice sending electrifying messages between the manifolds, and yet we can not yet assemble them onto an LCD like our brain can put together in thoughts. But one day...wow...
    • Nboy514, on 08/21/2008, -0/+4"brainjuice sending electrifying messages between the manifolds" Love it. lol

      /Neuroscientist
    • jimmiss, on 08/22/2008, -1/+3Some philosophers and physicists think that by definition the human brain cannot fully understand itself. I think we will stumble upon AI long before we understand it. Maybe we we have to get it to explain consciousness to us.
      • travis1982, on 08/22/2008, -0/+3Actually I think the brain is well understood today. I'm a 5th year psych masters student, and I can tell you that there really arn't many areas of the brain that is not fully understood. Each section/part of the brain has a very specific purpose...the illusion of consciousness is in really just brain functions and neurotransmitters reacting together. I don't buy the dualism ideology that many philosophers have....happyness, sadness, all emotions can be turned off or on with drugs or removal of that part of the brain. In fact, the same person can have a completely different personality if brain damage occurs. I don't think there is a religious neuroscientist/psychologist alive today after realizing all this.
    • Abnovitas, on 08/22/2008, -0/+1This might be interesting in that context:

      http://www.ted.com/index.php/talks/christopher_dec ...

      See what yout brain does, while doing certain things, in a real-time visualization. The video is quite short infortunately :/
      • sycx1, on 08/22/2008, -0/+4for the record - infortunately, bitches.
  • guanako, on 08/21/2008, -0/+8can u imagine how weird it wold look it if it was color =
  • BrownManUPS, on 08/21/2008, -2/+3Awesome! Thanks for sharing.
  • fascistpig, on 08/21/2008, -1/+15Where are the fried eggs?
    • synystar, on 08/22/2008, -0/+5He accidentally dropped 'em. "This is your brain.... oh *****. Oops! Uh....this is your brain on the kitchen floor."
  • ronjohnson, on 08/21/2008, -5/+10Why is it so small?
  • mavrick45, on 08/22/2008, -4/+18I work at a hospital so im really getting a kick out of these replies
    • joegibes, on 08/22/2008, -0/+27I work at a talking shoe store so I'm really getting a reply out of these kicks.
      • travis1982, on 08/22/2008, -0/+9That was surprisingly original.
      • mavrick45, on 08/22/2008, -0/+5I chortled audibly
      • sycx1, on 08/22/2008, -1/+5I audibly chortled while being surprised as the originality of the talking shoe which owns a store in downtown east las vegas.
      • ObeseSnake, on 08/22/2008, -1/+1Brain just exploded!
      • benjorino, on 08/22/2008, -4/+1I laughed so much I shat myself and then put the ***** into a BLT and fed it to a nun.
  • xxMaxaroni, on 08/22/2008, -5/+5http://flickr.com/photos/bionerd/2686538796/sizes/ ...
    Is it me or does it look like your brain is decomposing?
    • oveedrx, on 08/22/2008, -2/+6I think those are different layers? not sure so digg me down
    • kd7swh, on 08/22/2008, -0/+6those are different layers of the scan. it isn't decomposition.
    • JasonHilton, on 08/22/2008, -0/+6No. That's each individual layer, arranged into an animation, looking from the top down.
    • mecharabbit, on 08/22/2008, -0/+3rabies
  • Msoltanian, on 08/22/2008, -13/+9X-Ray Cost is $600 Per image. High 5, you just raped your insurance. Oh that is if you have one!
    • fremeer, on 08/22/2008, -0/+7really $600 for an x-ray? ***** its free here in aus if you get it done at a hospital or bulk-billing place.
      • aussieNickuss, on 08/22/2008, -0/+4I had to pay $150 for two dental x-rays.......but that's only because MediCare only covers dental a small amount (if at all?).
    • mcbutterbuns, on 08/22/2008, -0/+18MRI != X-Ray
    • jamesdew, on 08/22/2008, -2/+3Let's just assume he's American shall we?
    • AntzNZ, on 08/22/2008, -0/+5$600.... I call *****.
    • ZMann, on 08/22/2008, -1/+5Sounds like he's in school... maybe for radiology.

      Why else is he talking about dorm rooms, bong hits, and pictures of brain scans and x-rays everywhere?
    • flxfxp, on 08/22/2008, -0/+3Here in Holland you can get one at the equivalent of WallMart
    • ajimmykid, on 08/22/2008, -0/+6uh.. actually as a college student (undergrad or grad), you can sign up for fMRI studies and you actually get paid to do them. as a freebie, they send you photos of your brain. it's actually really easy, and you get paid about $30/hr

      I'm also a student at Stanford, and I just did one last night.
  • saxamaphone, on 08/22/2008, -2/+13It's not a too-mah!
    • alyas404, on 08/22/2008, -1/+0Buried comment for beating me to it!!
  • yanivalfasy, on 08/22/2008, -7/+2It might be Lupas...
  • denebgarza, on 08/22/2008, -6/+1Nice pictures... can I have your number?
  • 55Test55, on 08/22/2008, -8/+2who gives a *****?
  • kd7swh, on 08/22/2008, -2/+4nice sagittal view.
  • acex23, on 08/22/2008, -8/+1Here's a picture of Mr. Role: http://image.listen.com/img/356x237/3/8/6/2/622683 ...
  • gsbrickner, on 08/22/2008, -1/+3Cue the zombies.
  • vickers500, on 08/22/2008, -2/+28LUPUS!
    • GothAlice, on 08/22/2008, -1/+27It's never lupus.
      • xirtap, on 08/22/2008, -0/+12Except that one time when they treated it without know it was lupus.
    • mecharabbit, on 08/22/2008, -0/+7No, he just stepped on a jellyfish when he was vacationing in the Cayman Islands.
    • LemonChicken, on 08/22/2008, -1/+4I volunteer at a hospital near my home as a result of being arrested earlier this year for marijuana possession. I met an old lady there with lupus and its a hell of a disease. Chronic pain. She said she ran out of medicine. I just wanted to give her some chronic.

      Yes, I get the House reference.
    • mk2cav, on 08/22/2008, -0/+3Youve been watching to much House. Always there 1st diagnosis.
  • squirrelza, on 08/22/2008, -2/+5mmmmm brainsss!!!!!!!!
  • mphree, on 08/22/2008, -2/+2I don't get it.... what's so special?
  • JohnnyKdiggs, on 08/22/2008, -3/+2New icons on the submit page. Very Web 2.0...or something.
  • Judacious, on 08/22/2008, -0/+10I like his eyeballs
  • alyas404, on 08/22/2008, -3/+9ITS NOT A TUMAH!!!
  • RobotKeaton, on 08/22/2008, -0/+3Mine's bigger.
    • honeybrass, on 08/22/2008, -0/+0thats what she said! ........ or maybe it was ...... oh crap .... I'm not getting that drunk again!!!!!



      at least this week
  • reland1, on 08/22/2008, -0/+3Is that REALLY what a brain on drugs looks like? Where's the fryin' pan?
  • prefrontal, on 08/22/2008, -3/+3Brains are so last year. I do 3D MRI images of pumpkins: http://prefrontal.org/files/art/Pumpkin-T1.jpg
  • NewGTGuy, on 08/22/2008, -1/+12Just a fun fact-- Did you know that the cross section of the brain is symbolized by the "eye of Horus" (your first pic)?

    Check it -> http://www.tattoosymbol.com/images/symbols/eye-hor ...

    It supposedly symbolizes your third eye, AKA the Pineal gland.

    • joegibes, on 08/22/2008, -1/+1Well, what do you know, it does! Too bad the pineal gland has nothing to do with anything remotely related to vision.
      http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pineal_gland
      • sycx1, on 08/22/2008, -0/+2Are you ignorant of the true dimensions of vision? Are you ignorant of the powerful visions the meddling of the pineal gland can produce?

        Go drop acid please.
      • cheechman85, on 08/22/2008, -0/+2Maybe you should read the article you site:

        Miscellaneous anatomy

        Pinealocytes in many non-mammalian vertebrates have a strong resemblance to the photoreceptor cells of the eye. Some evolutionary biologists believe that the vertebrate pineal cells share a common evolutionary ancestor with retinal cells.[6]

        In some vertebrates, exposure of the pineal to light can directly set off a chain reaction of enzymatic events which regulate circadian rhythms.[7] In humans and other mammals, this function is served by the retinohypothalamic system that sets the rhythm within the suprachiasmatic nucleus. Cultural and social interactions produce exposures to artificial light that influence the setting of the suprachiasmatic clock.

        Some early vertebrate fossil skulls have a pineal foramen. This corroborates with the physiology of the modern lamprey, tuatara, and some other vertebrates.
  • gitboxgreg, on 08/22/2008, -3/+17These brain scans are boring, lets go stare at Cuddy's breasts.
  • selosa, on 08/22/2008, -4/+1Hey I know this guy
  • MatthewK, on 08/22/2008, -3/+1Movie quote: "I saw the inner me!"
  • whyisntcakesin, on 08/22/2008, -3/+1Ive seen bigger
    • EllimistX, on 08/22/2008, -0/+2That's what she said! .... wait, no she didn't!
  • PPCG4, on 08/22/2008, -4/+1Wow flashback to undergrad.
  • judicar, on 08/22/2008, -2/+1Subject brain shows no contrecoup-type damage or blood clotting. Oh, Jesus H. Christ, Harry, come here and look at this! It's the damnedest thing I ever saw.
    What's that?
    What it says: "Eat at Luigi's!"
  • satellitegml, on 08/22/2008, -2/+5This mad me think of..

    "Gee, Brain. What are we going to do tonight? The same thing we do every night, Pinky. Try to take over the world!"
  • maticus, on 08/22/2008, -2/+5Cool pics. In the end, we're all just meat.
  • dixandbub, on 08/22/2008, -0/+3Mucous retention cyst. Benign and common.
  • Lunarbunny, on 08/22/2008, -0/+1I have some of these somewhere...mine have nice little spots from benign tumors formed during fetal development. Tuberous sclerosis...thankfully the easy end of it. Technically I am a mutant however...

    http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tuberous_sclerosis
    • lestyoubejudged, on 08/22/2008, -0/+1Wow! Just curious, are you diagnosed as autistic?
      • Lunarbunny, on 08/22/2008, -0/+1Nah, I got the really light end. Barely any cosmetic "issues," an occasional fibroma on one of my toenails, and I got seizures regularly starting at about 15 until I took meds; I got off of them last year and haven't had any since (but knock on wood). I've seen some pretty messed up people with TSC though, there was a girl at this one gathering who couldn't go more than a half hour without collapsing into a seizure.
  • booksnmore4you, on 08/22/2008, -1/+1Aha! That's the problem. I see it right there. It's the large space of air in the center.
  • MatthewK, on 08/22/2008, -0/+1Forget eye tattoos, I'm gonna get me one o those brain tattoos I keep hearin 'bout! Maybe I'll get one or both of these:

    http://img393.imageshack.us/my.php?image=2194748lc ...

    http://img145.imageshack.us/my.php?image=minorthre ...
    • travis1982, on 08/22/2008, -0/+1So I guess the freaks really do come out at night.
  • SubjectiveC, on 08/22/2008, -0/+1How do you keep still while high and drunk? And how do not freak out at MRI machine? Not to mention the claustrophobic aspect of being inside the tube.
    • lalindsey, on 08/22/2008, -0/+1Have you ever been drunk and/or high? You become practically lethargic. He probably fell asleep dreaming about doritos.
  • Epistaxis, on 08/22/2008, -0/+2In case anyone's terribly confused, the Enchanted Broccoli Forest is a co-op known for its, um, nonconformism? It's named after a vegetarian cookbook. In other words, there isn't really a broccoli forest on campus. But if there were, someone probably would drink and take bong hits there.
    • travis1982, on 08/22/2008, -1/+1What the ***** are you talking about?
      • ajimmykid, on 08/22/2008, -0/+1if you read the description, it talks about a party/night at the Enchanted Broccoli Forest at Stanford. It is a co-op dorm named after a vegetarian cookbook, as mentioned.

        go stanford
  • metalpres, on 08/22/2008, -0/+0When you see it you'll ***** bricks....
  • eggballs, on 08/22/2008, -0/+3One day I hope to be a man.
  • aantix, on 08/22/2008, -0/+2I posted something similar.

    Earlier this year the doctors found a "lung nodule" and ordered a CT scan. So I posted the CT scans on my blog in hopes that others could take a look. Yes, I took the diagnoses with a grain of salt, but there were a few quality comments.

    http://www.runfatboy.net/blog/2007/12/28/diagnose- ...
    • travis1982, on 08/22/2008, -0/+1holy christ...I thought those wore doctors posting on the forum giving professional advice.***** hilarious.
  • Ortheos, on 08/22/2008, -0/+1I can see what you're thinking...
  • lestyoubejudged, on 08/22/2008, -0/+1Oh too bad, you had the cooties, I see.
  • BlueTunicLink, on 08/22/2008, -0/+1Animated slices of the same scan (from bionerd's youtube)
    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FptcTSbdi-8
  • honeybrass, on 08/22/2008, -0/+0"This is the brain of a Homobeerluvus, one of the great apes. You can see by the size of the frontal lobe it is a social animal, and lives in large social groups, referred to within the society as 'cities'. The apes mating rituals can be viewed on 9/10 internet sites."
  • KnifeFed, on 08/22/2008, -0/+1Always have Krang in your head, eh? I love TMNT too!
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