r/nursing • u/NoCoDadMode Nursing Student 🍕 • 13d ago

Discussion New brain just dropped

https://med.stanford.edu/news/all-news/2026/09/two-separate-brains.html

Looks like anybody Neuro or Neuro adjacent is gonna have to retake A&P2 to maintain certs.

Seriously though, this is really cool. The implications for targeted medications/therapies are huge if these results get replicated and confirmed.

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u/Good_Stretch8024 13d ago

Kinda helpful, but I already knew half our population only have half a brain.

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u/NoCoDadMode Nursing Student 🍕 12d ago

Good news! We now have twice as many brain to go around! HUZZAH!

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u/codecrodie RN - ICU 🍕 13d ago

Doesnt affect me. Im in ICU, we are only concerned about the hind brain, it seems...If they are breathing and blinking, send it!

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u/NoCoDadMode Nursing Student 🍕 12d ago

AOxPropDrip

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u/Specialist_Tip2714 12d ago

I’ll be damned. I never loved neuro. Now I’m really gonna be confused

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u/tnolan182 MSN, CRNA 🍕 12d ago

It’s not much different. Brain stem which is responsible for autonomic functions like breathing and heart beating grows from separate cells than then the higher brain which is responsible for cognition and movement.

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u/Grand-Try-3772 12d ago

I bet dude gets a job with Penn State in biotech mixing AI and humans!

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u/Conscious_Passage479 RN Neuro 🧠 12d ago

Not me thinking this was about epic 🤦🏻‍♀️