Re: This is your brain on drugs...

[bobek@WPI.EDU (Leo M Bobek)]

Dear Tosh:

The tape to which you refer is titled "Cocaine and the Brain"  it was
produced by Brigham and Womens Hospital in Boston and sponsored by Du Pont
Radiopharmaceuticals.  It uses single-photon emission computed tomography
(SPECT) images of healthy and diseased brains.  You can contact the B&W
Public Relations Dept. at 617-732-5008.  If you have no luck, contact me
directly.  I have a contact at Du Pont in Boston who may be of help.

On another note, several months ago you were looking for references on Pu
particle size distributions for, (I think) damaged C.E. fuel.  Any luck in
finding references??
If so, could you forward the reference information?

Thanks and Best Regards.


>     RADSAFERS,
>     
>     Season's Greetings.
>     
>     This has no direct bearing on health physics/radiation safety but 
>     someone in medical physics community may be able to help me.
>     
>     Recently I saw an excellent video showing the effect of taking drugs 
>     (such as cocain) by showing what it does to normal brain through the 
>     use of brain scans.  It was produced by a company that makes either 
>     CAT or MR scanner, and they were providing it for free as public 
>     service.  I would very much like to have our local schools show it to 
>     the students but I forgot the name of the company.  Does anyone know 
>     where I can get a copy of that video?
>     
>     Thank you in advance.
>     Tosh Ushino
>     ushinot@songs.sce.com
>
>
>


Leo M. Bobek, 
Director, WPI Nuclear Reactor Facility and 
Asst. Prof. Mechanical Engineering
Worcester Polytechnic Institute
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