X-Message-Number: 4974 Newsgroups: sci.cryonics From: (Brad Templeton) Subject: Re: Dendritic spines Date: Thu, 12 Oct 1995 18:28:42 GMT Message-ID: <> References: <45i9tf$> Are you saying that you have evidence that the spines don't degrade when the perfusate is present? It sounds like you're just hoping they don't. I don't see how you could detect high-level memory loss easily in dogs. What level of testing was done? Clearly the answer is simple, to examine perfused tissues in animals after a long cold ischemia period matching the pattern of a typical suspension, look at the detailed neural structure, see how much it has degraded and speculate on whether it can be repaired, and how to improve it. How much does such work cost? I presume it requires electron microscopy. -- Brad Templeton, publisher, ClariNet Communications Corp. The net's #1 Electronic newspaper http://www.clari.net/brad/ Rate This Message: http://www.cryonet.org/cgi-bin/rate.cgi?msg=4974