hi joe and all thanks jb for reminding me about altropane it rang a bell when i read judith's news posting but then i forgot it you are right, joe - this is not exactly 'new' news i guess marketing makes the old new again and, yes the citation you mention is correct: Post: 077071 (29 Feb 2000 20:14) - [Fwd: CSR MAR 00] Benamer H et al; J Neur N'surg Psych 2000;68:263 (abstract): Single-proton-emission computed tomography (SPECT) may detect... jp > search altropane in parkinsn -> 23 matches. Item # Date Time Recs Subject ------ ---- ---- ---- ------- 011619 96/06/14 11:41 37 Research News 012274 96/07/17 20:58 56 Newsworthy News Item 041252 98/05/05 02:12 32 (no subject) 041253 98/05/05 02:35 46 New Parkinsons Imaging Agent 041290 98/05/06 06:57 17 SPECT with altropane may enable early dx of PD 042232 98/05/27 15:38 512 PubMed search results - PD - 30 days [1 of 2] 042236 98/05/27 16:46 1227 Re: PARKINSN Digest - 27 May 1998 - Special issue 042430 98/05/31 17:27 13 Altropane 052997 98/12/03 00:47 62 News-"Second generation" imaging compound tested 055664 99/01/28 00:24 40 News-Parkinson trial positive 055665 99/01/28 00:54 68 News-More about Altropane Phase II 058406 99/04/09 23:50 80 News-Altropane Shown Successful in Phase II Study 061624 99/06/14 04:28 250 The Latest PD Overview: Harvard Health Letter May 1999 062052 99/06/20 18:57 260 Re: The Latest PD Overview: Harvard Health Letter May 1999 076543 00/02/20 12:46 56 NEWS: Boston Life Sciences: Symptomatic Pd Improvement In Primates 076550 00/02/20 15:12 152 Re: NEWS: Boston Life Sciences: Symptomatic Pd Improvement In Primates 076559 00/02/20 18:20 174 Re: NEWS: Boston Life Sciences: Symptomatic Pd Improvement In Primates 076595 00/02/21 16:31 179 Re: NEWS: Boston Life Sciences: Symptomatic Pd Improvement In Primates 077655 00/03/16 10:04 45 PD diagnosis 077662 00/03/16 14:00 94 Re: PD diagnosis 080230 00/05/14 00:29 55 NEWS-New Imaging Agent for Pksns/ADHD developed 082127 00/06/22 02:29 69 NEWS-Breakthrough Aids In Parkinson's Detection 082139 00/06/22 10:36 40 Re: NEWS-Breakthrough Aids In Parkinson's Detection any message which bears a "posting number" can be retrieved via e-mail from the list archives as follows: 1. send the following e-mail message (where xxxxxx = the posting numbers): GETPOST PARKINSN xxxxxx xxxxxx xxxxxx 2. to the pieNET listserver at: [log in to unmask] 3. and, bob's yer uncle, the listserver will e-mail them to you in minutes! janet paterson 53 now / 41 dx / 37 onset 613 256 8340 / PO Box 171 Almonte Ontario K0A 1A0 Canada visit my website "a new voice" at: "http://www.geocities.com/janet313/"