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Good Morning All, Trouble Opening Links sent in E-Mail? (too often links are long and thus "wrap" in plain text e-mail, becoming unusable) Internet URLs are more likely to be truncated if you use short lines in your e-mail client. If a URL spans two lines, Outlook’s hot link feature (to take you directly to that Internet resource) won’t work properly. To cite a web source, please leave the "http://" prompt before the web address. This ensures that your URL will be converted to an HTML hyper-link, making it easier for users to hit your intended website. For example, don't write www.geocities.com Instead, write http:// www.geocities.com. This is necessary to make the URL a "live link" inside ALL email software so that we need only click on it (not cut and paste it) to visit the page you are citing. The point of giving your readers an active URL is to give them one-click access to your story... One Possible Solution to "truncated" URL's? Changing the Length of a Line in a Message Outlook Express With Outlook Express open, click on Tools/Options Select Send Under Mail Sending Format select Plain Text Settings Change figure in "Automatically Wrap Text" to 132 Click OK twice Try to turn automatic wrap off. I wasn't able do this on Outlook; it insisted on automatic wrapping, and the only choice I had was lines of between 30 and 132 characters. This has the advantage of stopping the single-line per paragraph problems, but often enough there are requirements where you want a line to be longer than 132 characters (when quoting long output lines or URLs, for example), and this breaks them. Another Possible Solution: copy and paste the entire URL to your browser and hit the 'Enter' key. You can cut 'n paste the entire message into word pad... And then cut 'n paste the assembled link into your browser ... Another Possile Solution... if it's a NEWS item you can go to ... Parkinson's Resources http://www.geocities.com/murraycharters/ click on <VIP> click on <"parkinson's" in Google News> replace "parkinson's" in the search box with "sex makes your brain grow" works for me... cheers ... murray On 4 Jan 2003 at 8:53, Brightline wrote: > ToM; > I cannotopen all the four attachments in his email. I mean when I open > it, there is nothing in it! > Raj > ******* > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "tOM bERDINE" <[log in to unmask]> > To: <[log in to unmask]> > Sent: Friday, January 03, 2003 10:00 AM > Subject: Sex makes your brain grow > > > Sex makes your brain grow > > HYPERLINK "http://www.globeandmail.com/images/pixelshim.gif" > > > > > > > HYPERLINK > "http://www.globeandmail.com/images/print-email-icon106x48.gif" > > _____ > > HYPERLINK "http://www.globeandmail.com/images/arrow-gray7x5.gif"space > Advertisement > HYPERLINK "http://www.globeandmail.com/images/pixelshim.gif"space > HYPERLINK > "http://ad.ca.doubleclick.net/click;h=v2|2f1a|0|0|%2a|r;4931335;0-0;0;49 > 30343;9198-120|600;2080983|2079336|1;;%3fhttp://alanis.sympatico.ca"Clic > k here to find out more! > _____ > > > > Canadian Press > > > > Toronto — Mating triggers the development of new neurons in the smell > centre of the brain, a finding researchers hope will provide clues on > how to trick other parts of the vital organ to repair themselves after > injuries caused by strokes or head traumas. > > The possibility hinges on the discovery that a naturally occurring > hormone called prolactin — production of which surges after sex and > during pregnancy — prompts stem cells in the brain to produce new > neurons in the brain's olfactory bulb. > > "The importance of it, beyond the basic biology of stem cells, is the > fact that prolactin may be an important neurogenic molecule that may > have significant potential for generating new brain cells," said Samuel > Weiss, an expert in neurological stem cell biology in the University of > Calgary's faculty of medicine. > > Dr. Weiss is the senior author of the study, published Friday in the > journal Science. The work was a collaboration between his laboratory and > that of James Cross, also part of the genes and development research > group at the University of Calgary. > > The researchers were building on a discovery Dr. Weiss reported about a > decade ago, that the brains of adult mice contain stem cells which are > the body's building blocks. Stem cells have the capacity to turn into > any type of cell. Later it was shown that the adult human brain contains > stems cells as well. > > Those findings were considered monumental, because it had long been > believed that the brain cannot generate new cells to replace or repair > those lost to injury. > > Over time, Dr. Weiss and his colleagues determined that the major role > of these stem cells was to produce new neurons — the brain cells that > communicate with one another — for the olfactory bulb. > > The stem cells are located in another part of the brain and the neurons > they produce have to migrate to the olfactory bulb. Once there they > "differentiate," meaning they mature into a specific type of cell — in > this case olfactory bulb neurons. > > Further work showed that female mice which were genetically engineered > to contain fewer stem cells — and therefore fewer new neurons in the > olfactory bulb — were less attentive mothers to their offspring. > > It is well established that the sense of smell is crucial to mating and > to rearing offspring, allowing both animals and insects to recognize > their mates and progeny. > > Working with mice, the Calgary researchers determined that there was a > spike in olfactory bulb neuron production during the early stages of > pregnancy and shortly after birth. The hormone which appears to trigger > the production is prolactin, which fuels several key physiological > changes in females during pregnancy and after birth. > > The hormone is also present in males, where it obviously serves a > different function. > > Dr. Weiss and his colleagues discovered that prolactin levels — and > consequently new neuron production — surge after mating as well. And > they found that if prolactin was introduced to the blood system by > injection, it also stimulated production of new neurons for the > olfactory bulb. > > While they aren't certain the same process occurs in human, they do know > that sex triggers a surge of prolactin in humans. > > Dr. Weiss acknowledged that some researchers will be interested in their > findings because of what they say about mating and the sense of smell. > > But he and his colleagues want to see whether the process they've found > can be altered to send new neurons to other parts of the brain. Another > study, published last year in the journal Nature, suggests it may be > possible. > > Researchers working with rats reported that in the case of brain damage > some of the stem cells spontaneously redirected new neurons towards the > injury, but in numbers too small to repair the damage. > > If the stem cells could be tricked into directing sufficient numbers of > new neurons, "it provides potentially a way to boost the brain's > self-repair process and allow for enhanced functional recovery after the > stroke," Dr. Weiss said, who has been collaborating with Bryan Kolb at > the University of Lethbridge to test the theory. > > "We have exciting preliminary data suggesting that the new stem > cell-generated brain cells can be redirected to parts of the rodent > brain that are damaged after a stroke and this results in partial > improvement of the animal's ability to move its limbs," he said. > > If the theory is proven, it might also provide clues on how to mitigate > the damage done by neurodegenerative diseases such as Parkinson's or > Alzheimers. > > Funding for the work was provided by the Canadian Institutes of Health > Research, the Canadian Stroke Network, the Alberta Heritage Foundation > for Medical Research, the Multiple Sclerosis Society of Canada and the > Stem Cell Network of the Network of Centres of Excellence. > > > > Thomas Berdine > President > Young Onset Parkinson's Association > www.yopa.org > Founder > www.youngparkinsons.com > > > The Young Onset Parkinson's Association is a legal corporation, > incorporated as a not-for-profit in New Mexico and headquartered in > Albuquerque. We are in the middle of applying for our 501C(3) federal > tax exemption status and expect to have it within 2 - 6 months. If this > exemption is not approved, at first, your donation may not be tax exempt > until the time that we are approved federally. > > > > --- > Outgoing mail is certified Virus Free. > Checked by AVG anti-virus system (http://www.grisoft.com). > Version: 6.0.434 / Virus Database: 243 - Release Date: 12/25/2002 > > > > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > To sign-off Parkinsn send a message to: mailto:[log in to unmask] > In the body of the message put: signoff parkinsn > > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > To sign-off Parkinsn send a message to: mailto:[log in to unmask] > In the body of the message put: signoff parkinsn * * * Murray Charters <[log in to unmask]> http://www.geocities.com/murraycharters/ ---------------------------------------------------------------------- To sign-off Parkinsn send a message to: mailto:[log in to unmask] In the body of the message put: signoff parkinsn