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Your story on trace amines in the brain neglected to mention the most interesting and well-studied of these, the powerful endogenous hallucinogen N,N-dimethyltryptamine (DMT). DMTs role in endogenous psychosis was studied intensively in the 1960s, before research with these drugs became so controversial. We recently subjected DMT to intensive study in a group of normal […]
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Obscure brain chemicals draw new attention
Long-dismissed brain chemicals called trace amines have receptors on human cells and may play a role in depression and schizophrenia.
By John Travis -
Materials ScienceEnvironment’s stuck with nonstick coatings
Some nonstick coatings such as Teflon break down at high temperatures into undesirable compounds that persist in the environment.