The next following four days is Euron class and the best neuroscientists and doctors would be invited for a lecture.With a quick glance at the room, students are seated and talking, there are deserts and coffee table in the corner. Professor Steinbusch has already stood at the podium and I rush inside just in time. The registration lady asks my name and Steinbusch already blurts out my name:An. She is An. He smiles and I find a seat next to his. He talks about something startles me. Hypoxia also results in depression. I remember my mom's telling me that I was born without breath and it lasted for half an hour! Is that the reason for my depression? I search the website and find many literatures related to the hypoxia and depression onset.
The next lecturer is a german doctor Alexander in nuclear medicine field talking about PET and he certainly sits next to me(The last seat I picked really brings me closer to lecturers). I greet with him with dutch and he tells me that he is German doctor in Aachen. During the class he asks a questions on how to solve the stress related to radioactive substance injection during the PET test, my answer arises many laughter: Hypnosis. We also talk about the order effect of the testing. It seems he is quite satisfied with my answer this time. At the end of the class, I asks so many questions that related to PET diagnosis for depression and tell him that I am very interested in biomarkers that could diagnose depression.He is curious about me and asks my background and tells me that there is still no technical diagnosis for depression untill now, even PET scanner can't diagnose depression. We talk about it a lot and I nearly miss the TNP meeting with Bart, when I rush inside the meeting room and see the crowd of people having a meeting. I feel embarrased and find a seat in a corner, suddenly, Bart turns to me:An, I hear you are successful in experiment and congratulations.He thumbs up and makes a big big smile. That smile is so rare and calms my nerve a little finally.
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