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Premature cell death isn't the only possible complication. Stanford's Robert Malenka has shown that the NMDA receptor is involved in sensitizing the brain to drugs like cocaine, heroin and amphetamines, and others are investigating its role in triggering chronic pain--two more indications that it may not be wise to try to fool Mother Nature...
...number. Perhaps it would help us get better grades, land a better job, but it might also take us down a road we'd prefer not to travel. "You might say yes, it would be wonderful if we could all have better memories," muses Stanford University neuropsychiatrist Dr. Robert Malenka. "But there's a great adaptive value to being able to forget things. If your memory improves too much, you might not be a happier person. I'm thinking of rape victims and soldiers coming back from war. There's a reason the brain has evolved to forget certain things...
...beginning problem. A woman with one child receives $187.60 per month, an amount which is supposed to cover food, rent, and other expenses. Four times annually she receives a small additional "flat grant" for further expenses. "You leave people very few alternatives by giving them too little money," Ruth Malenka, Director of the Cambridge welfare center, said last week...
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