From: Gabriele Betti (lbetti@dinonet.it)
Date: Wed Sep 15 1999 - 15:05:44 MDT
I don't think so.
....(just to keep it alive)
Gabriele
At 10.12 15/09/99 -0700, you wrote:
>From: Anders Sandberg <asa@nada.kth.se>
>>I read the article, and it looks quite nice. They demonstrate that
>>during aging there is a loss in subcortical parts of the brain that
>>send out important neuromodulators to (among other things) the memory
>>systems, and that by grafting neurotrophin-producing cells this
>>situation can apparently be improved. I'm especially interested
>>because the region they discuss is so important for modulation of
>>memory and the actions of many nootropics. However, we need to learn
>>more about the effects of neurotrophines before we start dousing
>>ourselves in them :-)
>
>Do you think grafting neurotrophin-producing cells might have any value in
>connection with whole body transplants?
>(As it would apply in conjunction with Greg Burch's earlier post about
>"nerve regeneration of the human spinal cord"?)
>
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