Word: braining
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...Food and Drug Administration is less calm. Neither it nor anyone else knows precisely how kava works. The prevailing thinking is that its active ingredient is a class of molecules known as kavalactones, plant metabolites that affect the limbic system, the emotional center of the brain. According to Cass, kava works on the same amino-acid sites as Valium; while Valium binds to so-called GABA receptors, kava causes more of them to form...
...weaves her anecdotes together with science--for example, a Harvard study finding that severe trauma may alter both the chemistry and structure of the brain and other body systems meant to handle stress. And she chronicles the problems that researchers have, even today, in getting institutions to take the problem seriously. Two scientists at the National Institute of Mental Health, for example, were stymied when they attempted to undertake a groundbreaking study of the connection between childhood sexual abuse and adult disorders such as self-injury. "We don't do that kind of research," the researchers say they were told...
...card, a CD-ROM drive and 2 gigabytes of free space. Storage is especially critical because the Marvel chews up 90 megabytes for each minute of video. Another hurdle: to install the Marvel card, you have to open the computer case, an experience I relish as much as home brain surgery. Truthfully, though, setup was pretty painless. I was in and out in less than 10 minutes...
Turning conventional thinking on its head, scientists find that human brains can generate new cells. Investigators were able to demonstrate that some actively dividing cells in the brains of terminally ill cancer patients were in fact healthy neurons. The finding may lead to treatments for Alzheimer's and other brain disorders...
...mess with Ecstasy. Doctors report that heavy use of the recreational drug--say, 70 to 400 hits--may cause long-lasting brain damage. Ecstasy appears to attack the brain cells that produce serotonin--the master chemical of mood, appetite and memory...