I adore neuroscience and PubMed

To study psychology without studying neuroscience is like studying dance without studying musculature. The art and the output are still there, even when the biology responsible is not understood, but I find a more comprehensive approach to be richer and more fulfilling.

(Hence waffling between the two disciplines like an academic butterfly during my undergrad degree. ... Butterflies and waffles? That's a mixed metaphor that I can totally get behind, even though Easter was last week!)

Anyhow.

What the science nerds already know, I still want to lavish a little of my breaktime adulation on.

I love with all my dorky heart the magical, lovely, delicious world of the peer-reviewed scientific research. I love the process AND the end results. Peer-reviewed publication is laborious, ugly, biased, cumbersome and flawed, but it's still the best damn thing out there when one wants the "good stuff." Ten times better than even top journalists' ability to report scientific findings.

For those of us tragic sorts who are no longer affiliated with a college or university, it can be hard to get to this "good stuff." Peer-reviewed scientific research journals are expensive, and most will charge through the nose (~$30 per article) for even tidbits of online access. Without a school to foot that bill, what's a science nerd to do?

Google Scholar is great (I love their search engine), but I'm here today to love the old American standby... PubMed!!!
 

The free article database of the National Institute of Health (NIH). Not every article that they cite is available without a subscription (same as Google Scholar) but, they're still tops in my book.

Thank you, PubMed! You have my heart. Now tell me what unwanted chemicals are in it, and what sort of diseases they may bring.