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The University Daily Kansan
Thursday. January 15. 1998
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Rats sniff out fix for disease
By Graham K. Johnson
Kansan staff writer
Analysis shows drills may slow Parkinson's
Research by two University of Kansas professors suggests that the cliche "use it or lose it" may take on new significance in the fight against Parkinson's disease.
to how exercising the brain may slow the degenerative effect of Parkinson's.
Richard Tessel, professor of pharmacology and toxicology, and Stephen Schroeder, director of the KU Institute for Life Span Studies, are about to publish the results of their research that shows mental exercise may help fend off the effects of Parkinson's disease.
The results, which have been confirmed only in rats, will appear in the journal Brain Research, but the publication date still is unknown, Tessel said.
"The data we collected suggest that using it decreases the degree of losing it," Tessel said, referring
Doctors who treat Parkinson's already believe in the importance of activity for their patients.
Mental exercise may delay, reverse or prevent Parkinson's disease
"I don't think we have specific evidence, but in general, people with degenerative conditions like Parkinson's tend to do better if kept as active as possible," said Robert Satake, a neurologist.
Though the cause is unknown, Parkinson's disease is a slow degeneration of the neurons that produce dopamine, a neuro-transmitter crucial to brain activity. The condition can affect brain activities such as mood and memory but begins and most clearly affects the basal ganglia area of the brain, which controls movement.
Most treatments for people with the disease focus on drugs and surgery that replace the function of dead dopamine neurons.
Tessel and Schroeder's experiment involved four sets of rats. Two sets were normal rats, and the other two had most of their dopamine-producing neurons killed, causing the same effects as Parkinson's.
One set of Parkinson's rats and one set of normal rats were then given four months of mental training. The other sets of rats received no training.
In response to testing, the untrained Parkinson's rats acted excited, as if they still suffered from a lack of dopamine. The trained Parkinson's rats acted normally, suggesting their dopamine neurons were working again.
Tessel and Schroeder said they did not know how the effect was achieved but that they knew training could slow and reverse the loss of dopamine.
"We don't have all the answers yet," Tessel said. "We have the questions, but except for our research, these questions would not have occurred."
Two win United Way award
By Carl Kaminski
Kansas staff writer
Kansan staff writer
Two members of the United Way of Douglas County were named recipients of a national award for spearheading a project that included volunteers from the University of
Kansas.
Barb Smith Reavis, former executive director of the United Way,
and Dwayne Peasele, current board member, were named recipients of the Mary M. Gates Volunteer/Staff Achievement Award last weekend at a national United Way meeting in Birmingham, Ala.
The award is given to only two United Way chapters nationwide once every two years. The two Douglas County Chapter recipients were honored for their work coordinating the renovation of the new United Way building in Lawrence
This is the first time Douglas County chapter members have received the award.
The building, which had held the Valley View Nursing Home, was leased to the United Way of Douglas County during September 1996, and the building's makeover began immediately.
Reavis said Rock Chalk Revenue volunteers helped clean the building to prepare it for renovation.
"At the time we were going to move in, Rock Chalk volunteers helped with painting and other things," she said.
Originally, the renovation was estimated at $1 million. Contractors doing work at cost and hundreds of volunteers, including Rock Chalk volunteers, helped keep costs down. The final bill was
about $380,000.
Drywall work, new plumbing, new windows and a new roof were included in the renovations.
The new center, which opened Feb. 28, 1997, after a year and a half of work, helps coordinate services among several agencies. Reavis said.
Peaslee said moving all the organizations into one place had made it easier for those who required the agencies' services.
"Now they can go door to door instead of shuffling all over town," he said.
The 20,000 square-foot building houses 19 agencies, including the United Way, the American Red Cross and the Jayhawk Area Agency on Aging.
"To bring 19 agencies all together was a pretty significant act," Reavis said. "Before, we were renting space in an office building downtown. We were scattered all over the place."
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