The effect of sodium -hydroxybutyrate on the metabolism of dopamine in the brain.

1. Sodium gamma hydroxybutyrate (GHB-Na), when given to rats and mice, caused a sleep-like state and a fall in body temperature of about 10 degrees C.2.

Human monkeypox.

Between October 1970 and May 1971, six cases of human infection with monkeypox virus were identified in Liberia, Nigeria, and Sierra Leone. Four of the cases were confirmed by virus isolation and two were diagnosed on the basis of epidemiological and serological investigations. All the cases occurred in unvaccinated individuals.

Effect of receptor blocking drugs on the depletion of brain glycogen by amphetamine.

1. Amphetamine sulphate (5 mg/kg), administered intraperitoneally, reduces the concentration of glycogen in the mouse brain by 25-30% after 30 minutes.2.

Physiological and drug-induced changes in the glycogen content of mouse brain.

1. The effect of the method of killing on the concentration of glycogen in mouse brain was determined. The cerebral glycogen content of mice killed by immersion in liquid nitrogen did not differe significantly from that of animals decapitated and the heads immediately frozen.