The Toads 1975

Perception o f Common Toads

Bufo bufo, Depth Perception, Prey Catching Behaviour, Eye Accommodation, Monand Binocularity Distance estimation in prey catching was as exact in monocular toads (Bufo bufo (L.)) as in binocular ones. Application of Atropine or Miotic® had no significant effect on binocular animals, whereas in monocular toads it made accurate distance estimation impossible. The accom­ modative state of the eye ...

The Lancet on the telephone 1876-1975.

IT HAS BEEN a hundred years since Alexander Graham Bell succeeded in transmitting speech electrically. As is well known, the first words spoken by Bell on the telephone on 10 March 1876 were: "Mr. Watson, come here, I want you." What is not generally remembered is that the very first telephone call was also the first telephone call for medical assistance for Bell had just upset the wet battery ...

Psychiatric Services in 1975

Op-brai150136 1961..1975

Disinhibition is a cardinal feature of the behavioural variant of frontotemporal dementia, presenting as impulsive and impetuous behaviours that are often difficult to manage. The options for symptomatic treatments are limited, but a potential target for therapy is the restoration of serotonergic function, which is both deficient in behavioural variant frontotemporal dementia and closely associ...

Dmd054031 1975..1993

Prediction of human pharmacokinetics of new drugs, as well as other disposition attributes, has become a routine practice in drug research and development. Prior to the 1990s, drug disposition science was used in a mostly descriptive manner in the drug development phase. With the advent of in vitro methods and availability of human-derived reagents for in vitro studies, drugdisposition scientis...