cashinyourcloset
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posted on May 21, 2009 10:20:04 AM new
Hwahwa,
Yes, he's the one that wrote about the color blind population. He's written about all sorts of things; some people say that he's the poet of neurology.
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Helenjw
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posted on May 21, 2009 12:29:42 PM new
Yes, those were cases of congenital color blindness.
He certainly made neurology interesting for many people who otherwise might consider the subject beyond their comprehension. He was a clinical neurology professor who loved to write.
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hwahwa
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posted on May 21, 2009 05:06:54 PM new
They made a movie about those who suffered from a neuro degenerative disease ?some kind of Japanese inflammation of the brain,and by giving them L-dopa,they came back alive and went dancing,bowling and then it quitted working.
I think Robert Dinero played a part in it?
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Economic Reform act of Chairman Obama of the socialist States of America :
10 ounces of meat per month,half a yard of cotton per year per adult.
Hellilujah!
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profe51
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posted on May 21, 2009 05:31:27 PM new
"Japanese inflammation of the brain" 
Is that what makes them pay thru the nose to eat deadly poisonous fish, raw? Or pay hundreds of dollars a pound for American elk antlers? Buying a new bone....Perhaps it's what's behind the invention of those fake crab legs and shrimp you see in the grocery store. "Surimi" indeed. Fake is fake.
Who am I to talk...we cherish Huitlacoche, a fungus that grows on corn, and call it "American Truffles"....
I think almost any drug would quit working after bowling by the way. I'm just saying......
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Helenjw
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posted on May 21, 2009 07:18:42 PM new
Maybe the movie that hwahwa describes is "Awakenings", based on Oliver Sack's book, Awakenings, starring Robin Williams and Robert DeNiro. the film received three Academy nominations in 1990.
But then it could be "One Who Flew Over the Cuckoo's nest.
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cashinyourcloset
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posted on May 21, 2009 07:26:15 PM new
Helen, you beat me to the punch. I'm sure he's referring to Awakenings, which describes the use of L-Dopa in patients who had fallen ill during the 1915-1926 epidemic of encephalitis lethargica.
[ edited by cashinyourcloset on May 21, 2009 07:28 PM ]
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hwahwa
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posted on May 22, 2009 05:56:33 PM new
yes,The Awakening is the name of the movie and Robert DeNiro played one of the patients and it is a form of encephalitis.
L-Dopa is also given to Parkinson patients and eventually it loses its effect as well.
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Economic Reform act of Chairman Obama of the socialist States of America :
10 ounces of meat per month,half a yard of cotton per year per adult.
Hellilujah!
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Helenjw
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posted on May 26, 2009 12:43:18 PM new
Interesting videos...The Science Network
"I was once asked how long I think it would take before we understand the
brain. I think it’s going to take a millennium to understand the brain.... I mean we’re just barely scratching the surface of it."
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profe51
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posted on May 26, 2009 02:55:34 PM new
A summer's worth of watching, thanks Helen! I liked Sam Harris' comment:
"A majority of the earth's people believe the unbelievable."
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Helenjw
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posted on May 27, 2009 06:24:24 AM new
And isn't it wondrous to behold that the majority includes a few scientists who still cling to such false belief systems.
Happy to know that you found the site interesting too, Profe!
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cashinyourcloset
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posted on May 27, 2009 06:29:22 AM new
Thanks Helen. Something to watch is always welcomed.
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Helenjw
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posted on May 27, 2009 07:04:20 AM new
The link worked yesterday but today I receive a message that the link is "broken".
I tried to access the site by using Google and their link is "broken" too.
If anyone is able to access the site, please let me know.
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Helenjw
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posted on May 27, 2009 07:29:48 AM new
Maybe the site was temporarily down this morning. Now it's back.
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