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Jason Gregor
September 19 2009 12:15PM
Last night I dreamed Dioro Baird had a thing for a shaved head, big mouthed, farm boy from New Sarepta, but when I woke up the only thing spooning me was my pillow.
I guess only Mike Comrie had a fairytale evening last night.
Comrie's four assist and a fight performance was the biggest pre-season performance we've seen in Edmonton in ages, maybe ever. Last year Comrie was in the list of top three most hated former Oilers by all of you, unless someone from the Comrie family is reading this.
And today, most of you are loving him. And why not, he has spunk and clearly he still has some offensive flair.
Six points in two pre-season games so far, for #91, and don't think he doesn't know what Edmontonians like, because he asked Eric Himelfarb to dance, "We were facing off, and I just asked him."
Hockey fans in every city love guys who can fight, hit or score, and if you can combine any of those attributes you become a fan favourite.
The only problem with Comrie's performance is that it muddies the centre position.Though he has been lining up at different positions throughout camp and was playing LW last night he has definitely raised eyebrows amongst the Coaching staff and left heads scratching where to slot him in going forward. It would seem clear that Cogliano will have to move to the wing, because why move Comrie when he is producing the way he has. I know it is only pre-season, but six points in two games, regardless of the opposition is damn impressive.
Comrie will get a day to relax and soak up the fact he is back in the good books in good ole E-town. How can you not cheer for him? He wanted to come back to Edmonton, and money wasn't the issue. He is a proud guy and he wants to prove to his hometown that he isn't a spoiled-brat who turned his back on his hometown. He has matured, and he wants to write another chapter in what might turn out to be one of the best fairy-tales we've seen in Edmonton in a long time.
Lineup tonight
The Oilers will dress another veteran-laden lineup tonight.
Gilbert Brule gets a chance to show he has some offensive flair in his hometown.
Brule— Gagner — Hemsky Penner — Cogliano — Eberle Moreau — Pouliot — Nilsson McDonald — Reddox — MacIntyre
Smid — Souray Motin — Grebeshkov Taylor — Young
JDD and DD in goal.
Interesting to see Reddox in the middle again tonight. He gets treated like the red-headed step child by many Oiler fans, but the coaching staff loves his speed and tenacity on the puck. He is a serious contender for the fourth line centre slot, even though he wasn't on anyone's radar for that spot when camp broke. I don't see him winning that job, but I could see him being the 13th or 14th forward due to his versatility and willingness to compete for the puck.
Nilsson plays the RW tonight. He told me before camp he is comfortable on either wing, and if O'Sullivan stays on the left side, the Oilers don't have anyone who can play the right wing on the 2nd line. Sorry, Eberle isn't ready just yet, and the Oilers won't rush him. Pat Quinn has said on many occasions the Blue Jackets screwed up the development of Brule by not playing him when he was with the big club, and I don't see Quinn doing the same to Eberle. He is very close, but he is still a year away.
The Canucks will start Robert Luongo in goal tonight, so the Oilers' forwards will face their toughest goaltender to date. Both teams come in 3-0 in the preseason, and will the records don't mean anything in a week, you know both teams want to keep their perfect record intact.
The Canucks won't have as many veterans dressed as the Oilers. According to the Oilers site Bieska, Salo, Lukowich and Edler will be on the blueline while Kesler, Johnson, Wellwood, Parrish, Hordichuk and Samuelsson will play up front.
September 20 2009, 09:39AM
David S wrote:
RossCreek wrote: Penner-Gagner-Pisani Seriously man. You're vastly over-rating Pisani.
LOL. Good1. ~Pegging him as your 8th/9th forward is a SERIOUS overrating~
September 20 2009, 09:55AM
When are the new round of cuts coming?
September 20 2009, 10:00AM
@ hungoverman: unfortunately is too early to tell. we'll have to hold our breath and say our prayers during first 20 regular games...and maybe, maybe Quinn will figure out if Hemmer is indeed the problem. hey, maybe we can sell the farm for 2first liners that can play the exact game Hemmer needs. ;-)
September 20 2009, 10:10AM
@ Archaeologuy: Yesterday his twitter said More cuts coming today. Last night on the post-game, it sounded like Tencer said they had made some or they were going to. He said he'd wait for the official release from the Oilers on Sunday. Perhaps they wait til after the game.
September 20 2009, 10:11AM
^^ his twitter = Tencer
September 20 2009, 10:24AM
@ RossCreek: Thanks. As I recall last year the Oilers didnt make their final cuts until the second last game of the pre-season. Based on the coments from PQ last night I dont think this team can afford to wait until too long before they start getting in some real practice time into the final group. PQ only has a couple weeks to rehabilitate the Vets from the MacT habits that were costing the team.
According to Lowetide, Eberle, Pouliot and McIntyre get to play back to back...that's an interesting sign. It may spell trouble for Nilsson and some others. I liked the way Quinn and Souray pointed to how individualism hurt the team last night. Some of the vets may also be in the hot seat.
So far, two feel good games (Calgary, Florida), and two feelings of Deja Vu (Isles, Canucks). Let's see what happens next....................
September 20 2009, 11:11AM
Nashville GM David Poile's response to losing out on Kessel (www.tennessean.com/article/20090920/SPORTS02/909200384/1028)
What's 'Plan B'?: Poile said he has been encouraged by what he's seen in camp thus far, specifically by the start that Mike Santorelli has gotten off to alongside David Legwand and Martin Erat. But he added that there could be other options down the line as well – noting that there are sometimes surprising players waived at the end of training camp because of salary-cap issues or over-signings at one position.
Does Robert Nilsson like country music?
September 20 2009, 11:37AM
RossCreek wrote:
Does Robert Nilsson like country music?
he can drink and put up with it like the rest of us
September 20 2009, 11:39AM
Assigned to Springfield (AHL): Johan Motin (D), Viacheslav Trukhno (LW), Geoff Paukovich (LW), Colin McDonald (RW) and Charles Linglet (LW).
Released: Miroslav Lazo (RW).
vets:Pisani,Moreau,Staois,have to show something or their cap hits would look very attractive to move,and free up some space,I like the look of JFJ,Plante,Chorney Stone,etc,they are making this camp interesting after I thought it would be boring,Comrie will definitely make Nilsson,Gagner,expendable,and is Hemsky even playing??
September 20 2009, 11:43AM
-Dubnyk will play the whole game -Practice had the following lines:
O'Sullivan-Horcoff-Jacques Eberle-Kytnar-Stone Stortini-Comrie-Trukhno
September 20 2009, 12:24PM
Oilers Lines Tonight vs. Islanders
Stone - Kytnar - Eberle
MacIntyre - Pouliot - Pisani
Minard - Comrie - Stortini
Jacques - Potulny - O'Sullivan
Strudwick - Plante
Arsene - Staios
Chorney - Visnovsky
For tonight. Id love to see Comrie with Osully again but guess have to wait for powerplays
September 20 2009, 12:25PM
how does Trunkhno play when he was assigned to Springfield?
September 20 2009, 12:43PM
RossCreek wrote:
O'Sullivan-Comrie-Jacques Penner-Gagner-Pisani
If you're going to doom somebody to the third line, wouldn't it be Jacques? The guy is a marginal role player at best. Again, lets not build up people based on a couple of exhibition games. Until he shows otherwise for a decent stretch, the guy is a plugger.
Swap Gagner and Jacques in your lines and maybe you'd have something there.
And yes, yes, 3 years ago Pisani had a "hot streak". Today, unless he does something amazing I think he remains our best utility player. Why would you waste Gagner on the third line with a guy like Pisani? Its bad enough Cogliano had to waste away there last year (still think that was a crime).
September 20 2009, 12:46PM
@ Dale:
How does Comrie make Gagner expendable? Comrie's on a one year deal pushing thirty, if he doesn't perform here there is an opening in TV sales at the Brick.
Gagner is going to be the face of the franchise in a few years, with the new coaching staff monitoring his development he's got a pretty bright future.
September 20 2009, 12:50PM
19-10-83 27-89-67 13-91-34 18-78-46 71-44 77-37 5-24 35 = playoffs
September 20 2009, 12:51PM
third line small i know but fast
September 20 2009, 12:51PM
@ David S. I think you're making too much about 2nd line 3rd line crap. The point of my suggestion was to provide 3 somewhat balanced scoring lines. How am I wasting Gagner with Penner and Pisani? Comrie & O'Sullivan have played well with Stone, but Jacques is more likely to stick so see what it looks like with him.
September 20 2009, 01:30PM
[...] will continue into the regular season and the newest Oiler can contribute like he has so far. As Gregor recently pointed out, "(Comrie) has matured, and he wants to write another chapter in what might turn out to be one of [...]
September 20 2009, 01:32PM
RossCreek wrote:
The point of my suggestion was to provide 3 somewhat balanced scoring lines.
Maybe that's the issue. Which line grouping give you the best chance to win might be a better guideline. Jacques is unproven at best, so why handicap Comrie and O'Sullivan with a marginal player? Why not have two killer lines, a checking line where Jacques can develop and a banging line? That seems like a better balance to me because the reality for this team is we don't have enough established NHL players to go for the "balanced line" strategy.
September 20 2009, 02:20PM
Somtimes I think Gregor just bangs out things to write on here because he can.
Don't kid yourselves, Comrie is still going to be under the microscope due to the history he has here. A 4point pre-season game doesn't immediately resolve any issues the fans have towards him regarding the past.
It was one PRE-SEASON game so let's stop production on the new statue some guy is sculpting for the 118 avenue entrance to Rexall.
Watch the game again folks and look where Comrie got his points. Two of the 4 assists were "gimmies" cause he happened to be the one of the last players to touch the puck. It's not like he dangled all the way down the ice, making a play.
The bigger story should be the emergence of JF Jacques. He did it all that night. He fought, hit everything that moved, was hard on the puck and displayed a nice set of hands on his goal. The kid played well and deserves alot of credit after the last 2 years of injury and inconsistant play. I hope he makes the squad actually. His numbers in the minors and jr. suggest he could be a Ryan Stone or Maxime Talbot type of player.
Just my thoughts after some time away from the site...
September 20 2009, 07:36PM
roadrunner wrote:
Somtimes I think Gregor just bangs out things to write on here because he can. Don't kid yourselves, Comrie is still going to be under the microscope due to the history he has here. A 4point pre-season game doesn't immediately resolve any issues the fans have towards him regarding the past.
Yes I write just to waste time. While you might think Comrie has somehow harmed you personally, the fact is fans want the team to win, and if Comrie produces and helps them win, most won't care about the past.
roadrunner wrote:
The bigger story should be the emergence of JF Jacques. He did it all that night. He fought, hit everything that moved, was hard on the puck and displayed a nice set of hands on his goal.
You rip my for saying I write things cause I can and then you talk out of the other side of your mouth and say Jacques is the MAN now. Did you see him in his first preseason game??? He did nothing. I like Jacques and think he can become an impact player, but don't you see the hypocrisy in your words when you say, "Comrie has lots to prove, but Jacques is now the man."
Wake the hell up, and before you want to come out with some lame ass comment at least have the common sense to not do it yourself.
Anyone else out there suprised about Quinn's comments of 'lack of emotion'? My personal opinion is Moreau has turned himseld into too much of a Professional. He is the guy in the mailroom. Unemotional. He has forgotten about the excitement or he tries so hard to supress it. He is like watching the stoic russians circa 1984. Time to change the C fella's. I notice more interviews with Souray now that Moreau. I think the media have picked up on the fact that Shelly has a better idea of what the temperature is of the Oil than Moreau.


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Robin Brownlee
April 08 2012 10:08PM
With no word yet on a new contract for coach Tom Renney, there's going to be plenty of speculation in coming days and weeks about his future, or lack of same, behind the bench with the Edmonton Oilers. I'd like to add a bit of a twist to that.
Given the uncertainty of Renney's status, it's not surprising that Oilers president of hockey operations Kevin Lowe was spotted in Oklahoma City Saturday. After all, Todd Nelson, who has done a fine job coaching the Oilers AHL affiliate, is considered a strong candidate to end up behind the bench in Edmonton, should a change be made. Perhaps Lowe and Nelson had a chat, a little lunch, did some catching up.
What I do find a bit curious, assuming the Lowe sighting in OKC is accurate, is that Nelson and the Barons were playing the Chicago Wolves, who just happen to be coached by Craig MacTavish. Hmm. It makes one at least ponder the same possibilities about two old teammates and friends like Lowe and MacT – a little chat, a bite to eat, some catching up?
I'm wondering if MacTavish, 53, who is now three seasons removed from stepping away as coach of the Oilers following the 2008-09 season, might be a candidate to step back behind the bench here, if Renney isn't retained. Is an encore a possibility Lowe and owner Daryl Katz, both close friends of MacTavish, are willing to consider? Something they have considered?
When MacTavish departed after the Oilers went 38-35-9 for 85 points in 2008-09, it seemed the right time to go. After eight years running the bench, MacT wasn't sure if his message to the players on the roster then was getting through any more. The relationship had grown stale. It was time.
Now, three years later, MacTavish looks and sounds rejuvenated despite an ongoing battle with non-Hodgkin's Lymphoma. MacTavish says he feels good. Signed by the Vancouver Canucks to coach the Wolves, he's got his team sitting atop the Midwest Division of the Western Conference.
At the same time, the Oilers are almost a completely different team than the one MacTavish left, the one that, critics insisted, was tuning him out. Only Ales Hemsky, Shawn Horcoff, Sam Gagner and Ladislav Smid remain from that team. It's a new group. So, is there a possibility that MacTavish is the right coach for this group? Is this the right group for MacTavish?
While MacTavish is considered to be a bit of an old-schooler, defense-first and all that, which doesn't sound like a fit with this young bunch, it should be noted coaches, smart coaches, evolve in their approach. A tweak here and there. Ken Hitchcock in St. Louis comes to mind, to name one.
MacTavish wants to be back in the NHL. He was in the running for a couple of jobs he didn't get before he signed on with Vancouver for the Chicago gig. I'm guessing the Canucks wanted a commitment of at least one season from MacT before any out clauses to move up with another team kick in.
I'm just thinking out loud, but, given MacTavish's longstanding relationship with Lowe and Katz, his ties to Edmonton and his desire to return to the NHL, I think it would be foolish to dismiss the notion that MacTavish could return, should the team decide Renney has run his course. Just sayin.'
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April 08 2012, 10:33PM
One of Vancouver's execs the other day basically admitted they expect to lose MacTavish this summer. His words were something along the lines of 'we'll be better for the year he spent in our system.'
I'm probably one of a half-dozen guys or so who would be just fine with a MacTavish return.
April 08 2012, 10:18PM
I have to say, I always liked and respected Mac T. I wonder if he would actually come back, but considering there are only 30 NHL coaching gigs out there, people shouldnt be surprised.
I loved the way MacT coached in the playoffs and I think he is a quality coach.
id be thrilled, Mact is a smart guy and i believe help this team win
He's the best available NHL coach out there as of now. I was thrilled when he was fired, but I'd also be just as thrilled if he was hired back. He did take a 8th seed to within one win of a Stanley Cup after all.
and the best candidate is already behind the bench, listening to Renney as 'associate'...
April 08 2012, 11:04PM
BRING BACK TOBY PETERSON!!! 1st LINE POWERPLAY BABY!
Count me on the side that thinks this is a bad idea. I really respect Craig MacTavish, though. But there's that old adage of insanity being "doing the same thing over and over again and expecting different results". Yah, the team has changed.. we've lost some supposed bad apples and such, but I think we shouldn't be recycling coaches. If we're moving on with Renney (whom I also like), then I'd rather see someone brand new here. Todd Nelson does seem like a pretty good candidate. It definitely can't be bad that he's already familiar with our younger players.
April 08 2012, 11:17PM
So last week it was Dave Tippet, this week MacT... keep throwing $h*t against the wall Brownlee. Sooner or later you're bound to get it right.
April 08 2012, 11:37PM
There is a substantial number of coaching candidates who have no previous Oiler ties. Do we always have to dip into the old boys club? MacT was not hired by another NHL club as coach, possibly for a reason. Also, going outside the org. to hire Quinn and Renney worked out pretty good. Wait a second... Maybe MacT is the man for the job; at least he can relate to Bulin,go for a few pops.
April 09 2012, 11:54AM
I'd give MacTavish another shot. I'd handicap him first though. If the Oilers could remove Shaun Horcoff from MacTavish's bench i think Craig would be a different coach. We all must agree, MacT was handcuffed with the talent he had at his disposal before he left. He was in defending mode because the Oilers were out talented every night back then.
If you can remove that 30pt player whom surrenders 70-80 goals a season for the opposition while he's on the ice, that 20 minutes a night could be used by someone more capable. Next yr it will be Hopkins and Gagner/Grigorenko going up against the other clubs first line. It's time Edmonton got out of the damage control and into the damaging side of the equasion.
April 08 2012, 10:15PM
I say why make the same mistake again?
April 08 2012, 10:17PM
Meet the new boss, same as the old bo... Oh wait he is the old boss.
Honestly they could do worse, we saw what MacT did with what was obviously an under talented group, and what the new coaches have done with much the same, minus the kids obviously. Hmm curious proposition.
Its plausible but i highly doubt it as the direction of the organization is about the new, or you hope it is anyways
I really like Nelson, think he would do a great job
Exactly how has Hitchcocks coaching strategy changed?? Seems like the same old boring, no shots, win hockey games approach.. I agree with at least considering MacT, whether his approach has changed or not.. he understands the game, and relates well to the players, especially if they work hard, whic h the important pieces of this Oilers team take pride in. You may be on to something Reuben..
I like MacT. And I hope he returns to the NHL soon. He deserves to. However, I hope it's not with the Oilers. It's too dangerous. If it happened and the Oilers didn't improve, it would make the organization look really really bad (even worse than now). Players would have even more reason to avoid signing with the team.
I mean, can you guys imagine if we had stuck with the management team that got us in this mess in the first pla... crap.
April 08 2012, 10:37PM
I like the idea of a MacT return. But if we don't have a substantial upgrade on the back end it doesn't matter if Toe Blake himself rises from the grave to stand behind the Oilers bench, we will miss the playoffs.
April 08 2012, 10:41PM
Interesting thought that has some merit for sure...Don't hate the idea but, think I'd almost rather see Charlie Huddy back. Did some very nice work here, with Dallas & now the Jets.
How about bringing MacTavish back as the GM? Didnt he go back to school and get his MBA? I would take a Mac T and K Lowe Tanden over Tambellini anyday.
April 08 2012, 10:46PM
I'm excited about the prospect of a new coach. MacT, Nelson, Tippett, etc. There are many excellent names out there. Add this to a hopefully interesting and exciting summer.
Regarding T-Ren: I really liked him in NY and I was glad to see him get the job here. But as well spoken and deliberate as he is, other guys will bring their own qualities to the table. It's time for a change. So thank you and good luck, mr. Renney.
This article reaks of the tone you used in your "Radio Ga-Ga" series. For those articles, your "speculation" turned out to be spot on.
Are you "speculating" again?
I say bring him back. We all thought he was the problem until he left and we instantly got much much worse. He can teach these kids defense.
Fine, fine coach. We'd be lucky to have him. Good teacher, knows systems and defense. Rather like a certain Hitchcock who is the talk of the town.....
Can somebody please photoshop a picture of MacT and Renney on the movie poster for Step Brothers. I can't help but think of the line from the movie "you curly, haired f*ck". Awesome.
April 08 2012, 10:56PM
@Robin Brownlee
Strictly hyperbole. Some days it feels like remembering the MacT days fondly is a good way to get your house egged :)
April 08 2012, 10:56PM
There are definite possibilities of why and how Mac T would end up back with the Oilers as Robin stated in his article. Can't deny that. However, to me it just seems like a sideways move(which shouldn't surprise us under this current management group). Both Renney and Mac T are very good communicators and tactical coaches and IMO are more defense first oriented. So with such similarities it would be hard for me to justify the Oilers making this move. I believe if Renney is let go the Oilers really need to find a coach that fits the mold of the team they have assembled and are going to assemble. Is Nelson that guy? I don't know enough of his style of play to say he is or isn't. However, it would be a huge risk to bring a rookie head coach into year 3 of the rebuild with expectations of fans to be playoffs or bust next year.
April 08 2012, 11:02PM
Might Mac T be the one to bring the vet's around whilst providing a gap to the young guys? I don't no.
At first when reading this I was saying "Nooooooooooooo" but after giving it some thought I can't see it being a bad thing.
Craig is a good coach and without the numbers to back it up i think he has a better success rate than Renney, it could very well be a change in the right direction.
Speculation aside I guess time will tell.
What's the definition of insanity?
April 08 2012, 11:06PM
I can't wait for Mac-T to come back. Been saying it since we started slumping early this year. Tom did a good job introducing these kids to the NHL, now let a real systems coach come in and show them how to bring the cup back to Edmonton.
April 08 2012, 11:11PM
I would take him back in an instant. I think it should be obvious to all now, three years on, that he wasn't the problem when he was fired, the issues were much more deep seated.
April 08 2012, 11:15PM
It's probably not a coincidence that both Brownlee speculated last night and Matheson speculated today that the Oilers would trade down at the draft either.
The Oilers are or should be about progression and moving forward. Not going back to something that didn't work.
Two first round exits and one miracle run out of 8 seasons as a head coach does not spell winner to me.
MacT demonstrated his ability to coach and teach a team not to lose and he did it fairly well. I want a coach that teaches how to win plus I have seen enough of the macblender.
A MacTavish return is the most predictable thing since "Darryl Sutter to LA" was the moment the Flames fired him. ZERO surprise factor.
April 08 2012, 11:43PM
Put me firmly in the "happy when he left, would be happy to see him back" camp as well. His time was definitely up after 08-09, but I think a return of MacT to the Oilers bench is a much better choice than many of the alternatives (Crawford? lol).
That said, I also think he should be an eventual candidate for the GM chair, too. Tambellini's useless ass needs to be let go, I could see Lowe taking the GM role back for a year or two with MacT as the Assistant GM, being groomed for the spot afterwards (I'd like to see Lowe gone as well, but with Katz that's never gonna happen).
Oh this is GREAT news! We can just keep doing the thing that didn't work for all those other years and then
*smashes head on keyboard repeatedly*
At least I can recycle all of those FMNF articles
Also, I don't buy the Todd Nelson hype. The notion that he has some kind of connection to the youth of this organization - beyond a handful of games from Paajarvi & Lander, and the majority of a season from Hartikainen & Teubert - seems like a silly thing to base his promotion on. He has no more connection to the young core than Marc Crawford or Geoff Ward. And he comes off as a dullard in his interviews.
April 08 2012, 11:56PM
@Ambassador humantorch
@ Robin Brownlee
Any chance this is the reason he was in OKC?
Any chance of MacT as a GM?
I watched every single game of the 2006 run and it was a miracle run (great deadline/mid-year acquisitions), but every single series was played differently, and the players bought into the system each time. I think MacT out-coached his opposition in every series.
April 09 2012, 12:02AM
always a big MacTavish fan. For anyone who doesn't like his defense first approach I guess you must have yawned your way through the Oilers playoff run in 2006 because we trapped and trapped and trapped. The one year he had a group that could compete, we were competitive. He wasn't wrong about Penner, he wasn't wrong about Schremp. Many fans felt we were going to improve with him out of the picture. We did not. There was a lot of talk about "culture change" once he was fired, implying MacT had allowed a tumour to grow in the dressing room under his watch. How do you like your culture change now? Apparently it takes 20 years to implement properly.
Ugggg...Why not just trade Hall for Marty Reasoner and Eberle for tony Peterson while were at it.
This team needs fresh management, enough of these deadbeats.
Never had a problem with MacT as a player or coach. But we have already tried MacT as a coach, time for some new blood. I would prefer a younger coach with some experience at the NHL level, a young promising assitant coach thats learned the game from a well run organization. On the other hand if Tippet becomes available and he is willing to come up North than its a no brainer...Also I am done with Tambo, time to shift to the next phase of the rebuild, obviously the new GM would have to choose the new coach. And hopefully we finish bringing in Ex Oilers that are friends with Katz.
I wouldn't mind seeing MacTavish coming in as GM and Nelson coming in as coach. Maybe Kevin killed two birds with one stone. I can't imagine the Oilers keeping Tambie around if MacT returns as the coach.
MacT can come back as an assistant coach no problem because that's what he has always been at the NHL level. He just happen to be fortunate enough that this organization hires assistants to be head coaches for decades. If you are going the route of former coaches removed from the NHL game and ready for another try then interview: Pierre McGuire, Marc Crawford, mike Keenan, don hay too
I'd be fine with MacT as an assistant under a real head coach.
Otherwise, no thanks.
April 09 2012, 01:51AM
I've always liked Craig; thought he was a good player making the most of his limited physical talents, thought he was a good coach, perhaps a bit too defensively minded. Then again, looking at the talent he had to work with, he knew the firewagon route was out of the question.
Craig for GM is interesting. No way he'd ever do worse than Uncle Steve, just don't know if; i) He wants to be a GM, and; ii) Whether his first year he'd suffer from the 'deer in the headlights,' syndrome.
I don't trust MacT. Bringing people back is not moving forward. At best it's moving sideways. MacT did a great job in the playoffs in 2006. He was given an Oiler roster with numerous vets like Pronger etc. Some cherubic ink-stained wretches could have coached that team.
But he left a sour taste in alot of people's mouths in his last incarnation here and I don't see it working this time.
At the same time I'm not sure about Nelson as a head coach right of the hop at the NHL level. Wouldn't he be better off as an assistant for at least a couple of years before moving to the big chair?
April 09 2012, 06:43AM
@Wax Man Riley
Given this is all hypothetical.
I think that actually makes the most sense,I can actually see him as the GM more then I can see him as a replacement to Renney, or Renny's assistant.
April 09 2012, 07:05AM
The problem all of you can't see through your rosy 2006 glasses, is that as soon as Mac T starts with his line blender 1 time, everyone will go crazy, as soon as he puts Belenger on the PP everyone will scream TOBY, and as soon as someone like Paajarvi doesn't make the team everyone will cry ROBBIE. Too soon for Mac T to be back in Edmonton.
It would be a show of just how incestuous the Oilers organization has become, and how completely lacking of vision or creativity the leadership of the Oilers is, if the Oilers re-cycled Mactavish as coach.
Why the MSM and bloggers are stumping for MacT when there are lots of lots of other options out there (as Willis is showing) is beyond me.
One more example of looking back instead of looking forward. Pathetic.
This organization is doomed to flounder until it stops living in the past and charts a new course.
How desperate are you people to annoint him as a saviour when all he ever delivered was one play-off run?
Have you all forgotten his post season record? Let's have a look, shall we:
Starting in 2000/2001
- Lost in round 1 - Out of playoffs - Lost in round 1 - Out of playoffs - Lost in finals - Out of playoffs - Out of playoffs - Out of playoffs
Thats 5 misses and 2 1st round exits. Sounds like the perfect coach for this team, if you want to keep missing the play-offs.
In fact, based on his long term record, you could argue the 2006 SCF run happened in spite of MacT, not because of him. As much as we hate Pronger, this team's only playoff success happened with him. Without Pronger, MacT's record as a coach looks pretty damn dismal.
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Skip to comments.Breaking: Major power outage in Annapolis MD. Reports of "fire in the sky"
Posted on 12/20/2012 6:28:26 PM PST by icwhatudo
Relative on Eastern shore says all lights out on Western side of Bay Bridge. Green and red lights in sky.
Not a joke. People freaking out. Check my member date before you think Im bs-ing
Is there smoke on the water?
4 transformers blew up in Annapolis -not the end of world but its freaking them out with all the end of world BS.
What could it be?
I am trying to find a live cam.
Keep us posted please.
Damn Mayans.
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So my parents called from Annapolis and said the sky tuned bright white and now the whole city has no power #okcool #wearedying
Cool it. It ain't 12/21/12 yet.
Is there bad weather in the area?
INCREDIBLE VIDEO JUST UP http://youtu.be/7KE03ofvgDI
SRSLY WTF? I didn't think there was actually something to this Mayan apocalypse stuff!!!
Unreal.I would be scared too.
What would make Four transformers blow? Someone hack the SCADA systems/ Suxnet? Or just plain ol electrical problems—maybe its copper thieves, eh?!
I just started reading a book will i be able to finish it?
I also bought stuff from E-Bay today, was it a waste of money?
Green and red... airplane navagation lights? Aurora? Info on Space weather does not seem to support aurora. Transformers blowing up usually purplish. If not spoof? What?
Aurora info;
Quick, somebody alert Art Bell!
Not necessarily the reason, but I do suspect there will be quite a lot of pranking going on tonight.
If it were Cu thieves, they be crispy critters now. Would not want to be near that when it blew......Made what little hair I have stand up just seeing the video.
Did anyone hear the shout 'Allah Akhbar'?
Ain't no thang ~ on the other hand, this looks to be a major distribution transformer station ~ so it'd have several banks that could blow under overload conditions.
Thought they fixed this problem with those supercapacity capacitors
It's the spirit of Orson Welles returning to Earth!
ok why not add to the fun...
We are having a major windstorm here in Buffalo, NY like I have never seen before- especially from that direction
And as I am typing this- it suddenly stopped
And don't forget Alex Jones... ;-)
LOL-wow! I'd be freaking out too if I saw that!
Doesn't Clark Griswold live around there?
It is in Australia.
We are having major wind here in Ga too. I am so on edge here- surrounded by 100+ year old oak trees. The house is creaking.
Going to be a long night here. I feel for y'all in Annapolis. Take care and be safe. And locked and loaded too, I might add.
Thanks for that link. Classic, NWO...lol..I sent it to Drudge...maybe we can get some action tonight.
They'll be blaming stupids with flare guns.
About right now the on call power crew guys are saying !!CRAP!!
" you can see transformer after transformer blow as a tornado cruises through almost any urban area. "
Actually, what you're seeing are 'line slaps' and the resulting arcs when a couple of phase lines touch, usually on the slack spans that aren't pulled taut (tight) ...
Hell, he's probably in the bunker already. I'm actually kind of surprised nobody has posted the "It was aliens" guy yet.
There are 24 time zones worldwide.
The world doesn't end until 5:11 a.m., CST, 12/21/12; so you still have time.
It's too early for any of this to be "Mayan connected". They are so accurate that they predicted something 26,000 years in advance. I doubt they'd be off by a few hours.
" you can see transformer after transformer blow as a tornado cruises through almost any urban area. "
Actually, what you're seeing are 'line slaps' and the resulting arcs when a couple of phase lines touch, usually on the slack spans that aren't pulled taut (tight) ... also debris coming into the lines can cause this too.
Police say BGE Glen Burnie substation blew; power out in much of Annapolis. Multiple small fires at downed wires in area. Annapolis mall is dark-reports of looting. Large power outage leaves customers in the dark from Crownsville to Annapolis.
" There are 24 time zones worldwide. "
There are more than that; there are some places that have a 1/2 hour shift ... it ain't universal to just opt for a "1 hr" window ...
You idiots—we said 'attack Mayaland'-— not Maryland.
It's 12/21/12 somewhere.
Terrorists may think this a great night for a "prank".
Stay safe!
Gonna be a lot of disappointed people tomorrow afternoon.
Reports of some kind of debris falling into the bay? Not surprising, I guess.
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What is Neurotransmission?
A person reads. The words on the page enter the brain through the eyes and are transformed into information that is relayed, from cell to cell, to regions that process visual input and attach meaning and memory. When inside cells, the information takes the form of an electrical signal. To cross the tiny intercellular gap that separates one cell from the next, the information takes the form of a chemical signal. The specialized chemicals that carry the signals across the intercellular gaps, or synapses, are called neurotransmitters.
The ebb and flow of neurotransmitters—neurotransmission—is thus an essential feature of the brain's response to experience and the environment. To grasp the basic idea of neurotransmission, compare the brain to a computer. A computer consists of basic units (semiconductors) that are organized into circuits; it processes information by relaying electric current from unit to unit; the amount of current and its route through the circuitry determine the final output. The brain's corresponding basic units are the neurons—100 billion of them; the brain relays information from neuron to neuron using electricity and neurotransmitters; the volume of these signals and their routes through the organ determine what we perceive, think, feel, and do.
Of course, the brain, a living organ, is much more complex and capable than any machine. Brain cells respond with greater versatility to more types of input than any semiconductor; they also can change, grow, and reconfigure their own circuits.
The Basic Research Questions
Neuroscientists seeking to understand why a drug is abused and the consequences of that abuse focus on two issues:
- Which neurotransmitter or neurotransmitters does it affect?
- How does it alter neurotransmission?
|Distribution in the Central Nervous System
|Functions Affected
|Drugs That Affect It
|Midbrain, Ventral tegmental area (VTA), Cerebral cortex, Hypothalamus
|Pleasure and reward Movement, Attention, Memory
|Cocaine, Methamphetamine, Amphetamine. In addition, virtually all drugs of abuse directly or indirectly augment dopamine in the reward pathway
|Midbrain, VTA, Cerebral cortex, Hypothalamus
|Mood, Sleep, Sexual desire, Appetite
|MDMA (ecstasy), LSD, Cocaine
|Midbrain, VTA, Cerebral cortex, Hypothalamus
|Sensory processing, Movement, Sleep, Mood, Memory, Anxiety
|Cocaine, Methamphetamine, Amphetamine
|Endogenous opioids (endorphin and enkephalin)
|Widely distributed in brain but regions vary in type of receptors, Spinal cord
|Analgesia, Sedation, Rate of bodily functions, Mood
|Heroin, Morphine, Prescription painkillers (Oxycodone)
|Hippocampus, Cerebral cortex, Thalamus, Basal ganglia, Cerebellum
|Memory, Arousal, Attention, Mood
|Endogenous cannabinoids (anandamide)
|Cerebral cortex, Hippocampus, Thalamus, Basal ganglia
|Movement, Cognition and memory
|Widely distributed in brain
|Neuron activity (increased rate), Learning, Cognition, Memory
|Ketamine, Phencyclidine, Alcohol
|Gamma-aminobutyric acid (GABA)
|Widely distributed in brain
|Neuron activity (slowed), Anxiety, Memory, Anesthesia
|Sedatives, Tranquilizers, Alcohol
Which Neurotransmitter or Neurotransmitters Does the Drug Affect?
A person's experiences when abusing a drug reflect the functional roles of the particular neurotransmitter whose activity it disrupts. Each individual neuron manufactures one or more neurotransmitters: dopamine, serotonin, acetylcholine, or any one of a dozen others that scientists have discovered to date. Each neurotransmitter is associated with particular effects depending on its distribution among the brain's various functional areas. Dopamine, for example, is highly concentrated in regions that regulate motivation and feelings of reward, accounting for its importance in compulsive behaviors such as drug abuse. A neurotransmitter's impact also depends on whether it stimulates or dampens activity in its target neurons.
Some drugs primarily disrupt one neurotransmitter or class of neurotransmitters. For example, opioid drug abusers experience changes that are similar to—but more pronounced than—those that accompany normal fluctuations in the brain's natural opioid-like neurotransmitters, endorphin and enkephalin: increased analgesia, decreased alertness, and slowed respiration (see table). Other drugs interact with more than one type of neurotransmitter. Cocaine, for example, attaches to structures that regulate dopamine, thereby producing euphoria; however, cocaine also produces changes in norepinephrine and glutamate, which are the sources of its stimulant effects.
Because a neurotransmitter often stimulates or inhibits a cell that produces a different neurotransmitter, a drug that alters one can have secondary impacts on another. In fact, the key effect that all abused drugs appear to have in common—a dramatic increase in dopamine signaling in the nucleus accumbens (NAc), leading to euphoria and a desire to repeat the experience—is in many cases an indirect one. For example, nicotine stimulates dopamine-releasing cells directly by stimulating their acetylcholine receptors, and also indirectly by triggering higher levels of glutamate, a neurotransmitter that acts as an accelerator for neuron activity throughout the brain.1
How Does the Drug Alter Neurotransmission?
Neurotransmission is a cyclic process that transpires in several steps utilizing specialized components of the sending and receiving cells (see inset box below). Identifying the precise step that a drug disrupts, and how, provides crucial insight into its impact on abusers and is key to identifying medical and behavioral interventions to inhibit, counter, or reverse the disruption.
Some drugs mimic neurotransmitters. Opioid drugs such as heroin and OxyContin, for example, chemically resemble the brain's natural opioids sufficiently to engage and stimulate their specialized receptors. Since heroin stimulates many more receptors than the brain uses in the normal cycle of endorphin and enkephalin release and uptake, the result is a massive amplification of opioid activity. Marijuana and hashish mimic cannabinoid neurotransmitters, the most important of which is anandamide. Nicotine attaches to receptors for acetylcholine, the neurotransmitter for the cholinergic system.
Some drugs alter neurotransmission by interacting with molecular components of the sending and receiving process other than receptors. Cocaine, for example, attaches to the dopamine transporter, the molecular conduit that draws free-floating dopamine out of the synapse and back into the sending cell. As long as cocaine occupies the transporter, dopamine cannot reenter the cell by this route. It builds up in the synapse, stimulating receiving cell receptors more copiously and producing much greater dopamine impact on the receiving cells than occurs naturally. "Cocaine's Dopamine Connections" enumerates some of cocaine's interactions with the mechanisms of dopamine signaling, and how they motivate abuse and contribute to dependence and addiction.
Finally, some drugs alter neurotransmission by means other than increasing or decreasing the quantity of receptors stimulated. Benzodiazepines, such as diazepam or lorazepam, enhance receiving cells' responses when the neurotransmitter gamma-aminobutyric acid (GABA) attaches to their receptors. Benzodiazepines' relaxation effects result from this increased sensitivity to GABA's inhibitory impact on cellular activity.
Getting the Message Across
The task in neurotransmission is to convey a signal from a sending cell to a receiving cell across an open space known as a synapse. All brain cells accomplish this in approximately the same way.
The sending cell manufactures neurotransmitter molecules and stores them in packets called vesicles. When stimulated appropriately, the cell generates an electric signal and causes some vesicles to migrate to the cell membrane, merge with it, open up, and release their contents into the synapse. Some molecules drift across the synapse and link up, lock-and-key fashion, with molecules called receptors on the surface of the receiving cell. Receptors bridge the receiving cell's membrane; they have one facet on the outside and one on the inside of the cell. When the neurotransmitter links up with the exterior facet, the interior facet precipitates an electrical response in the cell membrane or inside the cell. The result may be increased production of some cell product or—often—a repeat of the process just described, so that the message gets relayed in turn to the next cell in the circuit.
At this point, cell-to-cell communication is complete. The neurotransmitter molecules drop off the receptors. Loose again in the synapse, they meet three fates:
- Some attach to another receptor;
- Some encounter an enzyme, a chemical that breaks them apart; and
- Some reenter the sending cell via a special pathway through the axon membrane, called a transporter. Once back inside the cell, they are available for re-release in future neurotransmission episodes.
Normally, when drugs are not present, the cycle of release, breakup, and cell re-entry maintains the amount of neurotransmitter in the synapse, and hence neurotransmission, within certain limits. In most cases, when an abused drug enters the brain, it causes neurotransmission to increase or decrease dramatically beyond these limits.
What Changes Occur With Chronic Drug Abuse?
During the early phase of an individual's drug experimentation, neurotransmission normalizes as intoxication wears off and the substance leaves the brain. Eventually, however, drugs wreak changes in cellular structure and function that lead to long-lasting or permanent neurotransmission abnormalities. These alterations underlie drug tolerance, addiction, withdrawal, and other persistent consequences.
Some longer term changes begin as adjustments to compensate for drug-induced increases in neurotransmitter signaling intensities. For example, drug tolerance typically develops because sending cells reduce the amount of neurotransmitter they produce and release, or receiving cells withdraw receptors or otherwise dampen their responsiveness. Scientists have shown, for example, that cells withdraw opioid receptors into their interiors (where they cannot be stimulated) when exposed to some opioid drugs; when exposed to morphine, however, cells appear instead to make internal adjustments that produce the same effect—reduced responsiveness to opiate drugs and natural opioids.2 Over time, this and related changes recalibrate the brain's responsiveness to opioid stimulation downward to a level where the organ needs the extra stimulation of the drug to function normally; without the drug, withdrawal occurs.
The drug-related mechanisms producing cumulative changes in neurotransmission sometimes are genetic in nature. While a drug cannot change a person's genes, drugs can prod some genes to increase their production of proteins, leading to changes in cell function or even actual reshaping of the physical structure of cells. For example, in rats, cocaine and amphetamine stimulate genes that produce the proteins used to build dendrites, branch-like cell structures that contain neurotransmitter receptors.3 Brains normally sprout new dendrites as they register new learning; the accelerated dendrite formation stimulants induce may partially account for these drugs' unusual hold on an abuser's attention.
Some drugs are toxic to nerve cells, and the effect accumulates with repeated exposures. For example, the club drug methylenedioxymethamphetamine (MDMA, ecstasy) damages axons that release serotonin; the result is disruption of serotonin neurotransmission that likely underlies the long-lasting memory problems experienced by abusers.4 Similarly, methamphetamine, over time, damages enough dopamine-sending cells to cause significant defects in thinking and motor skills; with abstinence, dopamine function can partially recover, but it is unclear whether cognitive and motor capabilities come back as well.5
Experimental Methods
To determine whether or how a drug affects a particular neurotransmitter, researchers typically will compare individuals who have a history of drug exposure with others who do not. If researchers are investigating links between a drug's impact on neurotransmission and a drug-related behavior or symptom, they may compare individuals who exhibit the behavior or symptom with others who do not. The subjects in these experiments may be animals or people. In the case of animals, drug exposure often takes place under laboratory conditions designed to mimic human drug consumption. Studies can be divided into those in which measurements are made in living animals or people and those in which animal brain tissue is removed and examined.
Brain Tissue Assays
With removed tissue, scientists may perform chemical assays to quantify the presence of a neurotransmitter, receptor, or other structure of interest. In a recent experiment, scientists assayed brain tissue from 35-day-old rat pups and found that those that had been exposed to nicotine in utero had fewer nicotine receptors in the reward system than unexposed rats.6
A second experimental method using removed brain tissue—in vitro, literally, in glass, a historical term referring to the containers for the tissue and solution—enables researchers to view a drug's effects on neurotransmission in action. Scientists place the tissue in a laboratory solution of nutrients that enables the cells to continue to carry out some of their living functions. The researchers may then, for example, add the drug being investigated to the solution and monitor whether the cells respond by increasing their release of neurotransmitters. Alternatively, they may measure cell membrane or electrical properties that stimulate or inhibit the release of neurotransmitters.
In both in vitro experiments and in living animals, the techniques for measuring neurotransmitter quantities and fluctuations include microdialysis and fast-scan cyclic voltammetry (FSCV). Microdialysis involves taking a series of samples of the intercellular fluid containing the neurotransmitter through a microscopic tube inserted into the tissue or living brain. FSCV, recently developed by NIDA-funded scientists, monitors neurotransmitter fluctuations at tenth-of-a-second intervals by measuring electrical changes related to neurotransmitter concentrations.7
Live Studies
Studies with living animals or people are essential for tying drugs' effects on neurotransmitters to behaviors or symptoms. A common design for experiments with either animals or people is to give study subjects a chemical that has a known effect on a particular neurotransmitter, and then observe the impact on their behavior. Typically, the chemical is either an agonist (promoter) or antagonist (blocker) of signaling by the neurotransmitter.
In a recent experiment, for example, a research team administered a glutamate agonist to rats and showed that the resulting increased levels of the neurotransmitter correlated with a reduction in the animals' cocaine seeking.8 Another team using the same strategy implicated glutamate in nicotine withdrawal.9 Such studies are a staple of testing compounds to identify medication classes with potential for treating abuse or addiction.
Researchers also genetically alter animals to have special characteristics, such as producing less or more than the normal amounts of a particular neurotransmitter, or lacking receptors for a neurotransmitter. Researchers expose such animals to a drug and observe whether the animals' display of some particular drug-related behavior—for example, pacing restlessly after being given a stimulant—increases or decreases.
Brain Scans
Brain imaging techniques enable neuroscientists to directly assess neurotransmission in people and living animals. With positron emission tomography (PET), researchers can compare groups of drug-abusing and nonabusing individuals, quantifying differences in their levels of a particular neurotransmitter molecule (e.g., dopamine) or neurotransmission component (e.g., a receptor or transporter). With PET, researchers also can correlate a drug's transit through the brain with fluctuations in a target neurotransmitter. They can elicit a drug-related behavior or symptom (e.g., craving) and relate neurotransmitter fluctuations to the rise and fall in its intensity.
One recent PET study, for example, showed that smokers have less of the neurotransmitter-degrading enzyme monoamine oxidase-B (MAO-B) throughout their bodies than nonsmokers.10 The relative deficit of MAO-B may help explain why smokers are at higher risk for hypertension and other chronic diseases.
Researchers use both PET and functional magnetic resonance imaging (fMRI) to monitor metabolic activity in selected regions of the brain. Because each neurotransmitter has a unique distribution among the regions of the brain, information on locations of heightened or decreased activity provides clues to which neurotransmitter is affected under the conditions of the study.
Cocaine's Dopamine Connections
Research on cocaine illustrates that many dimensions may be involved in a single drug's interaction with the activity of a single neurotransmitter. Studies show that cocaine alters dopamine neurotransmission with effects on:
- Cocaine causes the pleasurable feelings that motivate drug abuse by raising dopamine concentrations in the synapses of the reward system.a
- Besides keeping dopamine in the synapses by blocking the transporters, cocaine can indirectly promote release of additional dopamine into the synapses by mobilizing a supply that the sending cells normally hold in reserve.b
- Cocaine's yield of pleasurable feelings arises largely through the activity of one particular set of dopamine receptors, called D3 receptors.c
- Some studies indicate that the transition from casual cocaine abuse to addiction begins with the abuser's very first doses. For example, a single exposure to cocaine causes some cells in the brain's reward system to increase their responsiveness to subsequent stimulations.d
- In living animals with minimal exposure to cocaine, the drug alters the dopamine responsiveness for at least a week.e
- After chronic cocaine abuse dopamine ticks up in the reward system when the abuser encounters a cue associated with the drug.f
- Brains normally sprout new neurotransmitter receiving structures in the process of turning new experience into learning. Cocaine accelerates this process, which may help account for the drug's unusual hold on an addicted individual's attention.g
Vulnerability to Abuse
- A young person's marked taste for novelty may be an indication that dopamine activity in his or her brain's reward system is especially sensitive to cocaine.h
- An individual's attraction to cocaine's dopamine-stimulating effects also may relate to his or her social circumstances.i
a "Brain Scans Open Window to View Cocaine's Effects on the Brain," NIDA Notes 13-2. [Read Article (Archives)]
b Venton, B.J., et al. Cocaine increases dopamine release by mobilization of a synapsin-dependent reserve pool. The Journal of Neuroscience 26(12):3206-3209, 2006. Article will be featured in NIDA Notes 21-5. [Full Text. PDF, 90KB]
c "Animal Studies Suggest D3 Receptors Offer New Target for Treatment Medications," NIDA Notes 18-4. [Read Article (Archives)]
d "Altered Cellular Activity May Be First Step in Progression to Cocaine Addiction," NIDA Notes 16-5. [Read Article (Archives)]
e "Even Modest Cocaine Use May Cause Brain Changes That Could Contribute to Addiction," NIDA Notes 16-3. [Read Article (Archives)]
f "In Chronic Drug Abuse, Acute Dopamine Surge May Erode Resolve to Abstain," NIDA Notes 19-1. [Read Article (Archives)]
g "Stimulant Drugs Limit Rats' Brain Response to Experience," NIDA Notes 19-3. [Read Article (Archives)]
h "Behavioral Response to Novelty Foreshadows Neurological Response to Cocaine," NIDA Notes 21-2. [Read Article]
i "Social Environment Appears Linked to Biological Changes in Dopamine System, May Influence Vulnerability to Cocaine Addiction," NIDA Notes 17-5. [Read Article (Archives)]
By altering neurotransmission, addictive drugs produce effects that make people want to continue to abuse them and induce health problems that can be longlasting and profound. The effects are drug-specific: Each drug disrupts particular neurotransmitters in particular ways. Some important effects, however, are shared by all: initial pleasurable feelings, and subsequent dependence and addiction, resulting from disruption of the dopamine neurotransmitter system.
Scientists use a wide variety of experimental tools and techniques to study drugs' effects on neurotransmission, and their consequences, in both animals and people. Their findings enhance our understanding of the experiences of drug abusers and the plight of addicts, point the way to new behavioral and medication treatments, and provide potential bases for prevention strategies and monitoring progress in treatment.
1 "Nicotine's Multiple Effects on the Brain's Reward System Drive Addiction," NIDA Notes 17-6. [Read Article (Archives)]
2 "Genetic Engineering Studies May Lead to Development of More Effective Pain Relievers," NIDA Notes 15-3. [Read Article (Archives)]
3 "Stimulant Drugs Limit Rats' Brain Response to Experience," NIDA Notes 19-3. [Read Article (Archives)]
4 "Ecstasy Damages the Brain and Impairs Memory in Humans," NIDA Notes 14-4. [Read Article (Archives)]
5 "Methamphetamine Abuse Linked to Impaired Cognitive and Motor Skills Despite Recovery of Dopamine Transporters," NIDA Notes 17-1. [Read Article (Archives)]
6 "Nicotine Alters the Developing Rat Brain," NIDA Notes 21-2. [Read Article]
7 "Microscopic Probe Detects Changes in Brain Chemistry as They Occur," NIDA Notes 19-1. [Read Article (Archives)]
8 "Brain Glutamate Concentrations Affect Cocaine Seeking," NIDA Notes 19-3. [Read Article (Archives)]
9 "Nicotine Withdrawal Linked to Disrupted Glutamate Signaling," NIDA Notes 19-6. [Read Article (Archives)]
10 "Smoking Decreases Key Enzyme Throughout Body," NIDA Notes 19-1. [Read Article (Archives)]
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