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In-Reply-To: <199611200128.SAA10034@phaeton.artisoft.com> from Terry Lambert at "Nov 19, 96 06:28:09 pm"
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Terry Lambert writes:
> This was a 3-level English pun based on a single initial English pun
> used to back-handedly reference PERL.
>
> (3)	How can Lithium be "a gas" in the colloquial sense?  Lithium
> 	salts are used psychopharmacologically in the moderation of
> 	N-dopamine uptake.  A chronically mentally ill person with
> 	Schitzophrenia is most likely suffering from: (1) a genetic
> 	predisposition to having fewer than is considered normal
> 	N-dopamine receptors, or (2) smaller than is considered normal
> 	N-dopamine production, or (3) has a chemical imbalance
> 	interfering with N-dopamine uptake.  Item (3) can be
> 	environmental poisoning -- for instance, Aspartame (Nutrasweet)
> 	bonds to N-dopamine receptors.  Do not drink most diet sodas
> 	if you are borderline Schitzophrenic, or change the amount
> 	you drink if you are already on medication.  In a "normal"
> 	person, Lithium use would result in reduced brain function.

Knowing you Terry, I hate to ask why you know so much about this
particular aspect.

> You can send fan-mail to my regular address.  8-P.

Did I do right?

Greg