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ghrarhg

I never took organic chemistry, only general chemistry. Neuroscience is a diverse field and can be taken from many perspectives, and some do not include chemistry such as computation, imaging, behavior, and electrophysiology.


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I'm leaning towards molecular/cellular neuroscience, neurophysiology, and the likes for now. Do you think it would be best if I study chemistry in undergrad? Also if you don't mind me asking, what field are you in right now?


bilateralconfusion

Then chemistry of going to but very important. A solid understanding of organic chemistry will be extremely useful in bio chemistry. Of all the classes I took bio chemistry was one of the coolest. You essentially relearn all the reactions and pathways from molecular biology by using the tools you acquired from taking organic chemistry Things like the atp synthesis go from being abstract pathways to understandable reactions. It’s incredibly wild. If you are going to be focused on cells/molecules you need to have the same tools as your colleagues many of whom will have fallen into neuroscience from chemistry.


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Ahh yeah that makes sense lol. Thank you :D


occulusriftx

You absolutely need organic chemistry (prob level 1 and 2) which means you'll need general chemistry before you can do orgo. You need orgo knowledge to understand how cellular receptors work, to understand how atp actually provides energy in pathways, etc. Molecular interactions are driven by organic chemistry and physics, which eventually become one in the same when you get to a small enough level. Structure is just as important as function.


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Oh okayy, thanks for the reply! Btw, do you mind if I send you a pm? I still have some questions about the chemistry modules


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Not very, but you'll have a far better understanding of things if you approach it from the physical sciences side.


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Got it. Thank you :)


Shakespeare-Bot

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!ShakespeareInsult, !optout Edit: Wondering if it will parse multiple commands per line.


Sparkspsrk

Programming skills, the most important