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At 07:49 AM 2000/05/04 -0400, Judith Richards <[log in to unmask]> wrote, in part: >...The hope is that AM404 will lay the groundwork for a new class of drugs >that either boost or block dopamine, without the side effects linked to >current treatments, Piomelli told Reuters Health in an interview... >"Our results are interesting," he said, "because they show that you can >modulate dopamine without acting on the dopamine system."... >Last year, Piomelli and his colleagues showed for the first time that in >rats, anandamide naturally counters dopamine. Usually, though, anandamide >is inactive in the brain. The California team's latest experiments in rats >reveal that AM404 stops anandamide from being "drained from the brain," >which allows it to suppress dopamine... like, wow, man!!! [just kidding! - this is truly exciting news - i love hearing about things that have not been done or known before about dopamine] janet janet paterson 53 now / 41 dx / 37 onset a new voice: http://www.geocities.com/janet313/ 613 256 8340 PO Box 171 Almonte Ontario Canada K0A 1A0