Posted by Larry Hoover on March 5, 2006, at 9:47:01
In reply to Re: NASA's , SSRI, SNRI, etc., posted by SLS on March 5, 2006, at 6:44:59
> CSF might be a better source of chemical markers.
Keyword "might". I only wish cerebro-spinal fluid was more accessible. The risks attaching to lumbar puncture are far too great to be adopted as part of routine practise. Unless some real evidence is available that way.
> If it is found that the etiologies of some mental illnesses are to be found in abnormal gene expression, perhaps microarrays will be helpful in diagnosing and determining treatment. We really aren't all that far from that now. (I guess it's all relative. It is still too far away to suit me).
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> - ScottIf it's genetic, though, blood suits as a test medium. Saliva, even. Those genes, they be everywhere.
Lar
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