Letter: Is Salmon a scapegoat?

Sodium bisulfite: scapegoat for chloroprocaine neurotoxicity?

BACKGROUND Neurologic deficits after apparent intrathecal injection of 3% Nesacaine-CE intended for epidural administration created concern about the potential toxicity of chloroprocaine and the preservative sodium bisulfite. Although bisulfite-free formulations of chloroprocaine were subsequently introduced into clinical practice, the relative toxicities of this anesthetic and preservative wer...

Limitations of the scapegoat theory of prejudice.

Is it time for a Glidescope letter?

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The Atlantic salmon (Salmo salar L.) is a migratory species

that has a remarkably variable and flexible life history. Adult salmon spawn in fresh water in the autumn and winter, burying their eggs in river bed gravels (Stabell, 1984); the eggs hatch and the fry emerge the following spring. Young fish, known as parr, spend between 1 and 5 years in the river before smolting and migrating to the sea. Oceanic migrations take salmon to feeding grounds where ...

Salmon cardiac natriuretic peptide is a volume-regulating hormone.

The present study tested the hypothesis that salmon cardiac peptide (sCP), a new member of the family of natriuretic peptides, has an important role in the regulation of fluid balance and cardiovascular function. Intra-arterial administration of sCP increased urine output in salmon. It had a diuretic effect in rat as well, but the potency was lower. sCP increased the sodium excretion in proport...