ADVISORY/Experts Available To Discuss Study on Ritalin.Business Editors ADVISORY... --(BUSINESS WIRE)--Nov. 13, 2001 TOPIC: Researchers from the University of Buffalo announced at a Society of Neuroscience meeting that Ritalin may cause long-term changes in the brain, according to an article by Reuters. When researching gene expression in an animal model, researchers found the drug may cause long-term effects on brain cell structure and function. Ritalin, the drug used to treat attention deficit hyperactivity disorder in children, appears to cause changes in the brain similar to those caused by stimulants such as amphetamine and cocaine, the article says. EXPERTS: ExpertSource can offer several highly qualified experts to comment on this story: Dr. Bunni Tobias is an internationally renowned licensed educational psychologist who specializes in identifying issues that mimic Attention Deficit Disorder attention deficit (hyperactivity) disorder (ADD or ADHD) formerly hyperactivity Behavioral syndrome in children, whose major symptoms are inattention and distractibility, restlessness, inability to sit still, and difficulty concentrating on one thing for any (with or without hyperactivity hyperactivity, excessive physical activity of emotional or physiological origin, usually seen in young children; one of the components of attention deficit hyperactivity disorder. ) and are often mistaken for it. She can also discuss the use of Ritalin. PR: Communication Advocates (sharon@commadv.com). Mr. Robert J. Sutcliffe is the president and CEO (1) (Chief Executive Officer) The highest individual in command of an organization. Typically the president of the company, the CEO reports to the Chairman of the Board. of Digital Gene Technologies, Inc. (DGT DGT Dirección General de Tráfico (Spain) DGT Directorate General of Telecommunications (Taiwan) DGT Don't Go There DGT Direcciòn General de Transporte (Guatemala) ). DGT combines patented genomics technology with bioinformatics to identify all gene expression patterns in any cell or tissue sample. DGT uses its fully automated "open system" robotic TOGA toga Loose, draped outer garment adopted by the Romans from the Etruscans. It was originally worn by both sexes of all classes, but was gradually abandoned by women, then by labourers, and finally by patricians, but throughout the history of the empire it remained the state (TM) assay system to understand how diseases develop and how drugs work. TOGA is the most robust, systematic, sensitive and reproducible process for gene expression profiling Microarray technology is often used for gene expression profiling. It makes use of the sequence resources created by the genome sequencing projects and other sequencing efforts to answer the question, , expanding survey coverage to 98% of all genetic material. It is able to identify even the most rarely expressed gene. 858/552-1400 kmalasky@dgt.com Professor Ernest J. Moore, of Michigan State University Michigan State University, at East Lansing; land-grant and state supported; coeducational; chartered 1855. It opened in 1857 as Michigan Agricultural College, the first state agricultural college. , can share his expertise regarding neuroscience neu·ro·sci·ence n. Any of the sciences, such as neuroanatomy and neurobiology, that deal with the nervous system. neuroscience the embryology, anatomy, physiology, biochemistry and pharmacology of the nervous system. and biological chemistry. 517/353-8604 517/355-1855 (University PR Phone) ExpertSource cannot guarantee the immediate availability of these experts or their familiarity with this specific issue. ExpertSource, a collaboration of Business Wire and The Round Table Group, provides academic and industry experts to the media at no charge. Journalists are encouraged to submit queries to ExpertSource when seeking experts on specific subjects. An online registration form is available at http://www.businesswire.com/expertsource. Business Wire's Media Resource Center provides working journalists many free media services. Please visit the BW Media Resource Center at (www.businesswire.com/media) for more information. |
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