Will,
Now that you put it that way, I see the value.  Go for it.  
Greg

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "will johnston" <[log in to unmask]>
To: <[log in to unmask]>
Sent: Monday, July 24, 2000 9:02 AM
Subject: Re: A new PD study! Worth the $$$?


> Greg,
> 
> I think it may be money well spent.  I, too, am a part of this study.  The
> study being spoken of can be important.  They are looking at disease
> progression and the area(s) of the brain involved.  This is not the sort of
> basic research the drug companies are doing..This study is not looking for
> a cure. It is looking for  the basic cause and trying to better understand
> the disease.
> 
> The study is using here to fore unavailable technologies and starting from
> itch [that is just before scratch].  I personally think that it will be
> necessary to find the cause(s) before we find the cure.
> 
> Will Johnnston
> A.P.D.A. DelMarVA Chapter Pres.
> 4049 Oakland School Road
> Salisbury MD 21804 USA 410-543-0110
> 
> ----------
> From: Greg Sterling <[log in to unmask]>
> To: [log in to unmask]
> Subject: Re: A new PD study!
> Date: Monday, July 24, 2000 8:42 AM
> 
> Murray,
> Sounds like a waste of money to me.  I'll bet the results show a marked
> decrease in both physical and mental reaction times.  DUH.  What rocket
> scientist proposed this gem?  It almost makes me want to call then myself.
> They ought to donate the funds to the hungry or something.
> Sorry if I don't share your enthusiasm.
> Greg
> 47/35/35
> 
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Murray Charters" <[log in to unmask]>
> To: <[log in to unmask]>
> Sent: Monday, July 24, 2000 5:42 AM
> Subject: Re: A new PD study!
> 
> 
> > On 19 Jul 2000, at 10:25, Bill Innanen wrote:
> >
> > > I'm going to be in another PD study!  The Udall Parkinson's Center at
> > > Johns Hopkins is doing a study of reaction time in Parkinson's
> > > patients.  Christina (one of the people who were administering the
> > > tests for the Hopkins Longitudinal Study [1]) called me at home
> > > yesterday to ask if I was interested, but all she got was my
> > > answering machine.  Today I called back and agreed to be a victim.
> > >
> > >  From what Christina said it's a 3-way study of reaction time.  One of
> > > the sections is the same reaction time test on the laptop that I did
> > > in the Longitudinal Study.  In fact it sounded as if I won't have to
> > > repeat that segment.  Then they hook you up to an EEG and monitor
> > > your brain waves while doing similar reaction time tests.  The third
> > > segment is the most exciting.  It will be testing reaction time while
> > > they monitor my brain functions in a fMRI machine (functional MRI -
> > > they can see segments of the brain light up as they are used).  One
> > > of the many questions Christina asked was if I was claustrophobic.
> > > I'll be spending several hours in the machine.
> > >
> > > I quipped that they would probably find that my skull was completely
> > > hollow.  Christina said that is a universal response to a first MRI
> > > of the head - everybody says that!  (And here I thought I was being
> > > original.)
> > >
> > > The tests are being run on Wednesdays when they have the fMRI macnine
> > > time.  My appointment is for 2 August.  She will be sending me more
> > > explanatory material soon (by snail-mail presumably).
> > >
> > > I'm excited!
> > >
> > > Here are some fMRI web pages.  I have yet to find a simple "what-is"
> > > page for fMRI.
> > >
> > http://www.nmr.mgh.harvard.edu/fmrianalysis/index.html
> >
> > http://www.fmri.org/
> >
> > http://128.151.16.162/2nmr.html
> >
> > http://crl.ucsd.edu/bilingual/fMRI3.html
> >
> > > Bill
> > >
> > > Longitudinal Study: see the 19 May entry in my diary:
> > >      http://bill.innanen.com/parkinsons/diary200005.shtml
> > > --
> > > Bill Innanen                     <mailto: [log in to unmask]>
> > >                             <http://Bill.Innanen.com> & <http://mni.ms>
> >
> > Hi Bill,
> > Good on ya for volunteering for a study....  I have given the Movement
> Disorder
> > Group here at least on day every year since diagnosis........
> >
> > We can make a difference......
> >
> > Here are a few links re: fMRI... Give you sumpthin' t'do while you're
> waiting
> > for Aug. 2nd.  .....  Let us know how it all works out.....
> >
> > History of fMRI
> > http://www.ee.duke.edu/~jshorey/MRIHomepage/fmri.html
> >
> > fMRI Study Info
> > http://www.csbmb.princeton.edu/fmri.html
> >
> > fMRI Screening Info
> > http://www.csbmb.princeton.edu/screening.html
> >
> > fMRI Current Studies
> > http://www.csbmb.princeton.edu/cgi-bin/ranstudies
> >
> > Functional MR Imaging (fMRI)
> > http://www.radiologyresource.org/content/functional_mr.htm
> >
> > MRI & fMRI
> >
> http://teach.bhs.mq.edu.au/~tbates/imaging_techniques/fMRI/MRI_&_fMRI.html
> >
> > Brief Introduction to fMRI
> > http://www.fmrib.ox.ac.uk/fmri_intro/
> >
> > fMRI - About Functional MRI (General)
> > http://www.fmri.org/fmri.htm
> >
> > All About Functional Magnetic Resonance Imaging (FMRI)
> > http://www.cmrr.drad.umn.edu/fmri.html
> >
> > Functional Magnetic Resonance Imaging (FMRI) Med Students
> > http://www.medstudents.com.br/original/original/fmri/fmri.htm
> >
> > Using fMRI to Study the Brain
> > http://www.giccs.georgetown.edu/labs/bbf/fMRI.html
> >
> > Watching the Brain in Action
> > http://www.psc.edu/science/goddard.html
> >
> > fMRI Brain Imaging
> > http://www.artificialbrains.com/brainscanning/fmri.html
> >
> > NIDA  - Teaching Packet - The Brain and the Actions of Cocaine, Opiates,
> and Marijuana
> > http://165.112.78.61/Teaching/Teaching.html
> >
> > Functional MRI studies of face recognition
> > and conditional visuo-motor associations
> > http://rhea.ujf-grenoble.fr/people/ssimon/
> >
> > Brain Activity is Visibly Altered
> > http://health.ucsd.edu/news/2000_02_09_Sleep.html
> >
> > fMRI
> > http://hendrix.ei.dtu.dk/staff/students/fnielsen/thesis/finn/node16.html
> >
> > Functional MRI Networks - 300+ links
> > http://www.duke.edu/~richwarp/
> > http://www.duke.edu/~richwarp/fmri.html
> >
> > Functional fMRI - Links & Info
> > http://www.functionalmri.org/
> >
> > The National fMRI Data Center - New
> > http://www.fmridc.org/
> >
> > James Wilson - fMRI Research Student
> > http://www.fmrib.ox.ac.uk/~wilson/
> >
> > fMRI / MRI / Brain Image Analysis Labs
> > http://www.fmrib.ox.ac.uk/resources/labs.html
> >
> > Other interesting Brain Mapping Sites...
> > http://porkpie.loni.ucla.edu/BMD_HTML/BrainMapSites.html
> >
> > http://www.fmri-world.net/
> >
> > John Hopkins Medical Institutions
> > Division of Psychiatric Neuro-Imaging
> > http://pni.med.jhu.edu/
> > http://www.mri.jhu.edu/
> > http://www.mri.jhu.edu/main.html
> >
> > Neuroimaging Links
> >
> http://www.neuropsychologycentral.com/interface/content/links/page_material/
> imaging/imaging_li
> > nks.html
> >
> > Best regards .......... murray
> >
> >
> > [log in to unmask]
> >
> > View the Parkinson's Awareness Links at:
> > http://www.geocities.com/janet313/pienet/wwweb/index.html
> >
>