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    The Epidermis in Refsum’s Disease (Heredopathia Atactica Polyneuritiformis)

    Heredopathia atactica polyneuritiformis (HAP, Refsum’s Disease) comprises retinitis pigmentosa, peripheral polyneuropathy, cerebellar ataxia, deafness and ichthyosis as its major clinical components. It is ext...

    M. G. Davies, D. J. Reynolds, R. Marks, P. J. Dykes in The Ichthyoses (1978)

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    The Effects of Methylglyoxal on Central Synaptic Transmission in the Isolated Nerve Cord of the Cockroach (Periplaneta Americana L)

    Methylglyoxal (10−5 to 1.5 × 10−4 M) was found to have excitatory effects on synaptic transmission in the isolated 6th abdominal ganglion of the cockroach. There was a concentration-dependent depolarization of th...

    P. L. Chambers, M. G. Davies, M. J. Rowan in Receptors and Other Targets for Toxic Subs… (1985)

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    Effects of Methylglyoxal on Central and Peripheral Cholinergic Responses

    Methylglyoxal (MG) has been shown to have a depolarizing effect on the giant interneurones of the isolated 6th abdominal ganglion of the cockroach. This effect of MG was inhibited by concentrations of nicotine...

    M. G. Davies, P. L. Chambers, M. J. Rowan in Toxic Interfaces of Neurones, Smoke and Genes (1986)