In all likelihood, the substantia nigra was named well before Sinemet e.a.
were around, so blackening would need another(additional?) cause.
Ivan M Suzman wrote:
>
> Thank you, Hilary, for joining in so quickly!
>
> Dr. McKay, you are on the right track! I am glad
> that you said that the substantia nigra cells
> "APPEAR" to be dead.
>
> Dead or dormant? Or blocked? Or crusted over?
> .
> Sometimes when I look in the mirror too early, , I have
> serious doubts ...maybe I appear dead-to-the-world!
>
> Really, I still believe that Dr. McKay is correct, that
> our cells really are NOT dead...I maintain that
> the substantia nigra cells are.just DORMANT.
>
> We all talk about toxic side-effects of Sinemet
> or Madopar. OK scientists, lets talk:
>
> Somebody on PIEN (who was it?) said that if you
> take a Sinemet, break it, and leave it in a white
> sink overnight, it BLACKENS the sink.
>
> And it stains the urine. So does Tasmar. Mine
> sometimes looks like.... bright orange Gatorade?
>
> The point is, in LIFE, NOT post-mortem, would antioxidants
> clear up the MESS that blocks up our system... a Sinemet
> or Madopar -caused excess of too much phenyalanine (L-dopa)??
>
> Are the gates of the blood-brain barrier crusted over or
> blocked by the "JUNK" in our system???
>
> Are we all hobling around with Sinemet or Madopar crusts on our
> cells, that give the POST-MORTEM cells their name of
> "substantia nigra" ?
>
> It becomes even more clear how we need to re-orient our
> thinking, when one looks at the word negro, or "negra" ,
> which is Latin for BLACKENED, in turn from the Greek
> or Egyptian word for DEAD ("nekros").
>
> We need terrminology based on LIFE ,on LIVING,
> not on DYING.
>
> I still believe and always will that "Parkinson's Disease"
> can be, and WILL be overcome. I for one refuse to be
> pronounced dead!
>
> Ivan
> 50/39/36
>
> On Mon, 20 Mar 2000 02:32:34 -0500 Hilary Blue <[log in to unmask]> writes:
> > >
> > > 3)How "dead" are they, really?
> >
> > > Ivan
> > > 50/39/36
> > ivan,
> > dr MCkay, foremost researcher on stem cells at the NIH , who spoke
> > at a yopd
> > support group meetimg im Chevy chase , md, last week , did say in
> > reply to a
> > similar questiom , that the cells "APPEARED TO BE DEAD"
> > i thought of you immedia tely and so am taking this opportunity to
> > tell you ...
> > hilary
>
> ^^^^^^ WARM GREETINGS FROM ^^^^^^^^^^^^ :-)
> Ivan Suzman 50/39/36 [log in to unmask] :-)
> Portland, Maine land of lighthouses 29 deg. F :-)
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