The systems are very different... In the UK, we don't have this MB/PhD qualifiication - it is an american thing... Very few universities even offer such a qualification...
A typical degree is...
5 year undergraduate degree = MBBS qualification + 1 year intercalated BSc (optional)...
the insulin receptor in the cell membrane...
insulin binds to the insulin receptor...
the steriods have there receptors in the nucleus (or sometimes in the cytoplam)...
steroids have to travel through the lipid membranes to reach their receptors
In order to win a claim of medical negligence against a doctor in the UK you need to...
1) Show that there was a duty of care between doc and patient
2) Show that this duty of care was breached
3) Show that this breach of duty caused harm
Therefore, if you had complications due to this...
blood transfusions you are ONLY red blood cells...
if you are connecting blood from mice, you are connecting whole blood -> includes white blood cells -> massive immune responce would quickly kill...
Resting potential is negative mainly due to high K+ concentrations within the cell compared to outside...
And the two main stages of action potential are...
1) Na+ enters (depolarisation)
2) K+ leaves (repolarisation)
An interesting example... The drug class you are referring to are 'neuromuscular channel blockers' and are used mainly in operations to induce muscle relaxation...
You are correct that you can induce paralysis by two different mechanisms...
For example, can induce paralysis by blocking...
My quote said that X parts of the brain weren't active in the brain of ADD patients because they weren't doing the task...
So X part of the brain are involved in doing the task... It doesn't prove anything...
You cannot extrapolate to say that 'people with ADD have it because of...
That's the question... I think with ADD it's mainly behavioural... I am not aware of good physiological reason for it...
Regarding depression, which someone mentioned... There is always this idea that it's physiological and i think this is a bit of a misconception between cause and effect...
And the significance of that...?
What about all the hundreds of people with frontal lobe damage - and have no signs of ADHD?
It is rarely that simple... There is no definitieve neurological underlying causes for psychiatric conditions, which is why you can't diagnose...
Go and tell us your story please Dave...
i still don't understand why hyperactive children are given amphetamines so maybe you'll give us an insight...
ADD is definitely not a neurological disorder... There is nothing neurologically wrong with hyperactive children... You can't do a CT scan and go 'looky here, we have someone with ADD'... It is a psychiatric disorder...
The parkinsonian tremor can be explained physiologically... The death of the dopaminergic neurones from the substantia niagra to the stiatum causes increased activity of the acetylcholine neurones in the striatum, which causes the resting tremor...
When someone with parkinson's moves the...
Breast cancer screening (mammography) is only offerred to women over 50...
It is unusual for younger women to get the condition and so it is not worthwhile routinely screening anyone younger...
If someone has a breast lump then GPs normally refer them to a one stop breast clinic... a...