07-10-2003 03:53									#1
	Are you getting enough Sonic Hedgehog in your brain? Full PM-box? Change here!

I kid you not:

http://www.canada.com/toronto/story...CB-DD7BDA5FE82A

quote: Thursday, October 02, 2003: TORONTO (CP) - A newly identified brain chemical appears to be linked to Parkinson's disease, researchers said Thursday. Decreased amounts of the chemical - a protein known as Sonic Hedgehog, named for a video game - contribute to symptoms of the disease, according to scientists at Toronto's Western Hospital. And their study suggests that increasing the amount of Sonic Hedgehog in the brain could be a potential treatment for Parkinson's, a disease of the central nervous system that afflicts about one per cent of Canadians over the age of 55. The findings were released in an international scientific journal published by the Federation of American Societies for Experimental Biology. Sonic Hedgehog is found in the area of the brain that controls movement, the study found, and it influences activity of the specific part of the brain called the subthalamic nucleus, which is known to be hyperactive in people with Parkinson's. The scientists found that the subthalamic nucleus is hyperactive because there are insufficient amounts of Sonic Hedgehog to adequately control its activity. Principal investigator Dr. Jonathan Brotchie says the research demonstrates that Sonic Hedgehog plays "a surprising role in the brain's control of body movement." But further research is needed to develop Sonic Hedgehog into a medication, and that is expected to take years. The study involved measuring the electrical activity of brain slices from the subthalamic nucleus of adult rats, before and after adding a solution of Sonic Hedgehog. Electrical activity decreased within minutes of Sonic Hedgehog being added. The scientists expect the findings to be applicable to humans. "Our discovery will allow a more focused approach for treating Parkinson's disease - one that just targets the malfunctioning areas of the brain," said Brotchie. "Medications currently used to treat Parkinson's disease affect neurotransmitters located throughout the brain."

I cannot read that article without giggling the whole way through it.

	07-10-2003 03:55									#3
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Who says scientists have no sense of humor.

	07-10-2003 03:58									#4
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I can't wait for Lara Croft impotence pills

	07-10-2003 17:16									#6
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Damn right scientists have a sense of humor!

	07-10-2003 17:27									#7
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Now you come to mention it, I suddenly have the urge to duck down, make wooshing sounds and then run off a large cliff into a loop-the-loop tunnel. Who'd have thought that the office carpark would have so many metallic bees and spiky pendula though.

	07-10-2003 19:49									#8
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*singsmetropolis stage theme*

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	07-10-2003 20:45									#9
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What

Then again, I thought this was going to be a link to a furry porn site ixnay's found on SA or something.

	07-10-2003 20:59									#10
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I thought ixnay is a furry himself.

	08-10-2003 09:39									#11
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quote: Originally posted by Azazel I thought ixnay is a furry himself.

what

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I AM MOST CERTAINLY NOT A FURRY