"Old" background on how medicines work:
http://pdweb.mgh.harvard.edu/Drugs/Athena.html
---Brian Collins <[log in to unmask]> wrote:
>
> On Sat 18 Jul, William Heitman wrote:
> > List friends,
> >
> > I want to offer a short biochemistry lesson: (from better than a
decade of
> > memory-don't pick me too close). My purpose is to give you a
working
> > understanding of how the new medicines work.
> >
> > Dopamine is a chemical messenger between certain ("dopaminergic")
nerve cells.
> > It operates in the synapses (the tiny space that separates
communicating
> > nerves).
> > ---
> ---
> ---
>
> > If you understand how this works you can understand how to use
these new
> > medicines. I prefer very slow changes. Hope you find this helpful.
> >
> > Regards,
> > WHH 54/18
> >
> >
> >
> Hello William,
> I would like to record my appreciation of your e-mail. As an
Engineer, I am
> continiually bumping into the fact that I know very little
chemistry, and
> your letter is pitched at just the right level for me. Many thanks,
>
> Regards,
> --
> Brian Collins <[log in to unmask]>
>
==
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