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J Goodall

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PubMed1984

A contribution, from a possible local anaesthetic action, to the effects of yohimbine on evoked noradrenaline overflow.

Both yohimbine (0.1 to 10 microM) and phentolamine (10 microM) increased the tritium overflow evoked by electrical stimulation (2.5 Hz, 1 ms, 15 V, for 90 s every 20 min) of mouse isolated vas deferens previously incubated with (-)-[3H]noradrenaline. At their maximally effective concentrations, phentolamine (10 microM) produced an effect that was sustained over the 2 h of the experiment while the effect of yohimbine (6 microM) decreased by about 60% over the first 40 min and was then sustained at a lower level. At higher concentrations of yohimbine, the increase in evoked tritium overflow was less marked and at the highest concentration tested (30 microM) evoked overflow was reduced below the levels seen before exposure to the drug. It is concluded that at concentrations maximally effective in inhibiting the presynaptic alpha-adrenoceptor-mediated mechanism controlling transmitter release, the known local anaesthetic effect of yohimbine may contribute to the overall effect on evoked transmitter overflow.

Anesthetics, Local↗
PubMed1984

Pharmacological effects of meptazinol and its enantiomers on guinea-pig ileum and mouse vas deferens.

Electrically induced twitch responses of mouse vas deferens and guinea-pig ileum were inhibited by morphine, normorphine and the peptide opioid agonist RX783006; naloxone blocked the effects of all three opioid agonists yielding Ke values which were not significantly different and which were within the range (1-4 nM) expected for mu-type receptors. At concentrations between 0.1 and 10 microM (+)-meptazinol inhibited the twitch response of the ileum while (-)-meptazinol produced potentiation. Naloxone (20 nM) completely blocked the effect of (+)-meptazinol and further increased the potentiation produced by (-)-meptazinol. In the mouse vas deferens preparation neither isomer affected the electrically induced twitch response at concentrations below 5 microM and higher concentrations (10-300 microM) produced potentiation. Naloxone (20 nM) did not modify this effect. It is concluded that both isomers are opioid agonists on the mu-receptors in guinea-pig ileum but not in mouse vas deferens and that a cholinergic component, which may contribute to the action of meptazinol in-vivo, is present to a smaller extent in the (+)-isomer.

Animals↗
PubMed1981

The prevalence of multiple sclerosis in the Outer Hebrides compared with north-east Scotland and the Orkney and Shetland Islands.

Multiple sclerosis has been reported to have a high prevalence in the Orkney and Shetland Islands and in Caithness in comparison with the highlands of Scotland and the Outer Hebrides-the Western Isles. For this reason a survey was undertaken in the Outer Hebrides and 25 probable and 30 probable and possible patients with multiple sclerosis were found. This is an increase from eight and 11 respectively found in 1954. The present prevalence rate of 97.3 per 100 000 for probable and possible multiple sclerosis is not significantly different from that found in a recent study in the Grampian region in north-east Scotland. Repeated studies in small populations generally show increasing prevalence of multiple sclerosis because some patients are missed in the earlier studies, and over a long period of time there may also be some increase in survival time. This increase has been found in the Orkney and Shetland Islands, in north-east Scotland, and also in the Outer Hebrides.

Adult↗
PubMed1979

Malnutrition and the family: deprivation in kwashiorkor.

The background to social and emotional deprivation is discussed and applied to a study of kwashiorkor in East African children. A group of 107 children with kwashiorkor was compared with 111 controls. Age, sex and tribe were all found to have significances of their own: fifty of each group were therefore matched for these three factors. Ten other factors were found to be significant in the background of children with kwashiorkor, all of which could be associated with social or emotional deprivation or both (see Table 14). It is concluded that, in childhood, sustained personal care and affection are essential to normal growth.

Adult↗
PubMed1979

A social score for kwashiorkor: explaining the look in the child's eyes.

Following the observation that many children with kwashiorkor had a deprived look in their eyes, the guardians of 107 children with kwashiorkor and 111 controls were interviewed about their home life, in a survey made at New Mulago Hospital, Kampala, between 1969 and 1972. A child's age, sex and tribe were found to have an influence on the nutritional state, therefore 50 of each group were matched for these variables. Ten significant associations were found which distinguished kwashiorkor patients from the control group. Children with kwashiorkor were more likely to be attended by someone other than the mother; to have changed attendants when ill; to have a pregnant mother; and to have separated parents. Further to these, singletons of split partnerships were at special risk; breast-feeding had stopped; weaning was begun for bad reasons; a child was more often living away from the parents and had been sent away coincident with weaning. The fathers tended to be poor. It is suggested that these 10 factors could be used as a social scoring system in assessing the risk of incipient kwashiorkor.

Age Factors↗
PubMed1978

Extramammary Paget's disease.

In a 74-year-old man extramammary Paget's disease of the scrotal and perianal areas masqueraded as tinea cruris and chronic dermatitis for 7 years before it was diagnosed. Topical therapy with 1% 5-fluorouracil cream resulted in clinical improvement but not histologic clearing.

Aged↗
PubMed1977

The recent rise to the alpha-rank in a population of free-living chimpanzees.

The recent rise of a high-ranking adult male chimpanzee to the alpha male position of the Gombe National Park's Kasakela chimpanzee community is reported. The male Figan is the fourth individual to assume this status in the wild chimpanzees' social hierarchy during Goodall's 16 year study in Tanzania. The paper describes the overthrow of the previous top-ranking male, and the manner in which Figan has maintained his new position after the take-over. Emphasis is placed upon his relationship with his elder male sibling, Faben, and the second highest-ranking male in the community, Evered.

Aggression↗
PubMed1977

Competition for meat between chimpanzees and baboons of the Gombe National Park.

Both chimpanzees (Pan troglodytes) and baboons (Papio anubis) at the Gombe National Park in Western Tanzania are know to catch and eat meat. There are five occasions recorded when chimpanzees were seen to seize prey from baboons and five other occasions when there was evidence strongly suggesting that an appropriation had taken place. This paper describes these observations.

Animals↗
PubMed1977

Infant killing and cannibalism in free-living chimpanzees.

Male chimpanzees at the Gombe National Park were twice seen to attack 'stranger' females and seize their infants. One infant was then killed and partially eaten: the other was 'rescued' and carried by three different males. Once several males were found eating a freshly killed 'stranger' infant. A similar event was observed in Uganda by Dr. Suzuki and Dr. Nishida reports an incident from the Mahali Mountains, Tanzania. A different kind of killing occurred at Gombe when a female and her daughter killed and ate three infants of other females of the same community during a 2-year period. There is evidence suggesting that other infants may have died in this way. The paper draws attention to puzzling aspects of infant killing and cannibalism in chimpanzees.

Aggression↗