BOG OG SKRIFT I CEYLON

Glutamat og GABA: Hovedaktører i nevronal metabolisme

Cultures of dissociated cerebella from 7-day-old mice were maintained in vitro for 1–13 days. GABA biosynthesis and degradation were studiedduring development in culture and pharmacological agents were used to identify the enzymes involved. The amount of GABA increased, whereasthat of glutamate was unchanged during the first 5 days and both decreased thereafter. The presence of aminooxy...

Prehistoric Archreology in Ceylon

The Ceylon Medical School

session, and we learn from a report submitted by the Principal Dr. James Loos that six students out of eleven who presented themselves, after having undergone a searching examination, have been found qualified to practise medicine and surgery, and have been recommended to the colonial government for a license. The subjects taught in this school are descriptive and surgical anatomy, general anat...

Pterygium in Ceylon.

The geographical situation of Ceylon led Cameron (I965) to suggest that the pterygium rate there would range from 5-5 to over io per cent., but the actual incidence appears to be much less for reasons which are discussed below. The incidence of pterygium has not been closely studied, first perhaps because it rarely causes blindness, secondly because the world's earliest eye hospitals were situa...

The Snakes of Ceylon

This book is written partly as a memorial to the author's father who was for many years a leader in every movement for the improvement of the physical and moral condition of the people of Ceylon. It is also written with a definite scientificobject. The book gives a complete account of the snakes of Ceylon, and though it is primarily a scientific work, it will also appeal greatly to the lover of...