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Patients With Als Fact That Glutamate Skin
641 wordsThis theory is based on the fact that glutamate, an amino acid present in proteins, can cause neuronal cell death when present in high concentration. The specific evidence for the excitotoxic theory comes from the demonstration of decreased levels of glutamate in ALS spinal cord, with the assumption that glutamate must have been released and must have been present in high concentrations that would have been toxic. In addition, there is a decreased ability of glutamate to be taken up in fractions...
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Paranoid Schizophrenia Amino Acids
1,720 wordsApril, 1956: The pharmaceutical company Parke & Davis first synthesize what they believe to be the perfect anesthetic (Souza, 1995). When administered to patients, it causes a completely dissociative state, with no significant respiratory or cardiovascular depression. Patients appear to be awake, eyes open, breathing normally. but are unaware of their surroundings or the procedures being performed upon them (Souza, 1995). Indeed, this is the perfect drug. Unfortunately, like all good things,...
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York N Y Play An Important Role
1,781 words... like result when the test animals are given drugs which selectively bind to sigma and / or dopamine reuptake sites (Svennson, 1995). Second, 'psychotomimetic effects similar to those induced by PCP can be induced by ketamine, a related arylcyclohexamine derivative' (Sevvenson, 1995). This is a particulary strong point of evidence, especially when coupled with the following point: A dosage of ketamine ten times that of PCP is required in order to induce the same effect (Halberstad, 1995). Thi...
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Parts Of The Body Nitric Oxide
1,250 wordsExpansion On The Recent Discoveries Concerning Nitric Expansion On The Recent Discoveries Concerning Nitric Oxide Expansion on the Recent Discoveries Concerning Nitric Oxide as presented by Dr. Jack R. Lancaster Nitric Oxide, or NO, its chemical representation, was until recently not considered to be of any benefit to the life processes of animals, much less human beings. However, studies have proven that this simple compound had an abundance of uses in the body, ranging from the nervous system ...
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Insulin Dependent Diabetes Mellitus Blood Glucose Levels
1,101 wordsDiabetes mellitus is caused by a deficiency in the secretion or action of insulin. Nearly six percent of the United States population shows some degree of abnormality in glucose metabolism indicative of diabetes or a tendency toward the condition. Diabetes mellitus is a group of diseases in which the regulatory activity of insulin is defective. There are two major clinical classes of the disease. Theres type I, which is insulin-dependent diabetes mellitus (IDDM), and type II, which is non-insuli...
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Cannabis Sativa Smoking Marijuana
1,424 wordsMarijuana Uncovered The rejection of any source of evidence is always treason to that ultimate rationalism which urges forward science and philosophy alike. This quote, by Alfred North Whitehead, is a perfect representation of what is happening in today s society concerning marijuana. Through scientific research, many pro-marijuana followers are trying to dig up the evidence needed to prove marijuana s abilities to heal and possibly cure a number of diseases. Marijuana, containing sixty known ca...
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