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Posted by Ron Jones on November 24, 2003, at 16:50:34
What do they do in the brain?Have you read The Bi polar Child? Do they effect sleep wake cycles?Why are 75% of people with bi polar women?Why are almost all rapid cyclers and mined states women?What does the parathyroid do?Does it regulate calcium?Does litium harm it?
Posted by Larry Hoover on November 25, 2003, at 6:52:02
In reply to Larry ,what is CRH and NPY ?, posted by Ron Jones on November 24, 2003, at 16:50:34
CRH is corticotropin releasing hormone, a substance released by the hypothalamus which regulates adrenal function.
NPY is neuro(active) peptide Y, which acts on the hypothalamus (and many other regions), and regulates feeding behaviour.
> What do they do in the brain?
above.
Have you read The Bi polar Child?
No.
> Do they effect sleep wake cycles?
Indirectly, CRH would.
> Why are 75% of people with bi polar women?
I don't know. And I don't know that statistic is correct, either.
> Why are almost all rapid cyclers and mined states women?
I don't know (the first half). I don't understand the second.
> What does the parathyroid do?
Regulates blood calcium levels (it's part of a more complex regulatory system, which involves bone deposition, bone decomposition, gut uptake, and kidney excretion).
> Does it regulate calcium?
Yes.
> Does litium harm it?
Not usually. Overdose may.
Lar
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