tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21605329.post2716211635793752540..comments2024-03-19T02:52:27.788-07:00Comments on The Neurocritic: Noxious mystery substance released into the third ventricle is the cause of depression!The Neurocritichttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08010555869208208621noreply@blogger.comBlogger7125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21605329.post-15700122673628830012013-03-12T14:46:18.853-07:002013-03-12T14:46:18.853-07:00Dr. Hendrie - Thank you for letting us know about ...Dr. Hendrie - Thank you for letting us know about this paper. In retrospect I apologize for my flip tone.The Neurocritichttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08010555869208208621noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21605329.post-37915587595552239872013-03-12T13:42:57.419-07:002013-03-12T13:42:57.419-07:00This blog comes up first on the list when you type...This blog comes up first on the list when you type 'Third Ventricle Depression' into Google - since it does I thought your readers might be interested in this paper also.<br /><br />It describes why the current antidepressant drug discovery process failed and how the lack of willingness to even consider new ideas means that the next generation and more are going to be left with antidepressant drugs that we now know to be, in the context of the depressed population as a whole, little better than placebo.<br /> <br />Hendrie CA Pickles AR (2012)The failure of the antidepressant drug discovery process is systemic http://jop.sagepub.com/content/early/2012/11/26/0269881112466185Colin Hendrienoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21605329.post-89566992744639999902010-05-21T07:57:22.108-07:002010-05-21T07:57:22.108-07:00I'm taught my Colin too - He's certainly a...I'm taught my Colin too - He's certainly a very entertaining lecturer, and his constant references to breasts (with appropriate hand gestures) is certainly worth turning up to the lectures for.<br /><br />It's not a ridiculous suggestion...the evidence seems to point to some potential disruption to that ventricle. Still - his idea's are a little out there sometimes, but still interesting and viable (with some stretches of the imagination, granted)Megannoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21605329.post-46407261704645980962010-05-21T07:52:47.477-07:002010-05-21T07:52:47.477-07:00I agree. I think Hendrie has some interesting and ...I agree. I think Hendrie has some interesting and controvesial views!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21605329.post-88865368371438340972010-05-13T00:07:29.526-07:002010-05-13T00:07:29.526-07:00As someone who is taught by Colin Hendrie, I have ...As someone who is taught by Colin Hendrie, I have found him to be a very interesting man. While some of his ideas may deviate somewhat from traditional views, I do not believe he should be subjected to ridicule.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21605329.post-39327165901474931512009-11-30T20:09:34.888-08:002009-11-30T20:09:34.888-08:00That's hilarious! Thanks for the entertaining ...That's hilarious! Thanks for the entertaining reference list.The Neurocritichttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08010555869208208621noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21605329.post-58914015798036692552009-11-30T17:58:20.844-08:002009-11-30T17:58:20.844-08:00Colin Hendrie's other output ( http://www.psyc...Colin Hendrie's other output ( http://www.psyc.leeds.ac.uk/cgi-bin/search/pubs/index.pl?--colinh-- ), includes:<br /><br />Kissing as an evolutionary adaptation to protect against Human Cytomegalovirus-like teratogenesis.<br />(in press) Medical Hypotheses<br /><br />Evidence to suggest that nightclubs function as human sexual display grounds. Behaviour, 146: 1331-1348.<br /><br />On the adaptive significance of permanent breasts in females.<br />International Society for Human Ethology Conference, Orono, Maine, USA. July 2009.<br /><br />On the adaptive significance of female copulatory vocalizations.<br />International Society for Human Ethology Conference, Orono, Maine, USA. July 2009.<br /><br />I'm surprised he managed to take his mind off female 'copulatory vocalisations' and 'permanent breasts' for long enough to think about the evolutionary function of depression.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com