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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 > > >