Those Wacky Californians

[brynndragon]

I just wanted to share this, from lab_gripes:



The one on the left is the login for the UCSD chem department mail server, the one on the right is the chemical structure of Ecstasy. Coincidence? I think not! :)

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[benndragon.livejournal.com]

Chemical formulae are not like mouths! ;P

Actually, wouldn't the opposite of E be "incapable of sensing the outside world"? Oh, wait, that's REM sleep. (in fact, one of the hallmarks of REM sleep is a significant decrease in dopamine running around in your brain (and an acompanying increase in acetylcholine, which could explain why REM sleep is important for learning and memory formation although the link betwen ACh and memory/learning is tenuous at best), so that even makes sense since E is known to cause an increase in dopamine activity).