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UNC News Bureau
If the many holes in present theories
of how the brain works are filled in,
recent neurobiological discoveries by
UNC scientists may help to alleviate
mental deficiencies and even increase the
intelligence of the normal man.
But Dr. Edward Glassman, the director
of UNC's Neurobiology Program recently
said more funding is needed to fill these
holes in our knowledge.
Glassman and his collaborator, Dr.
John Wilson, have for eight years
researched chemicals in the brain that
may be associated with learning and
memory storage.
With greater neurobiological
knowledge," said Glassman, "we can
begin to answer such questions as, 'What
is it that the mentally retarded need?
What deficient processes of their brains
can be improved?'
Population
appoints
The Carolina Population Center
Thursday announced the appointment of
two deputy directors and a director of
international programs.
Dr. Hans 1. Krusa was named deputy
director for administration and Dr.
Thomas L. Hall deputy director for
programs.
Dr. Richmond K. Anderson was
named director of the Population
Center's International Programs Office.
Krusa came to Chapel Hill from the
Ford Foundation where he was a
consultant on family planning to the
government of India. From 1940 until
1968 he was on the faculty of New York
University where he served as the Sears
Foundation Professor of Retail
Management. He holds the Ph.D. degree
from New York University and the
Master of Science in Public Health degree
from UNC.
Hall came to the Carolina Population
Center from the Johns Hopkins School of
Hygienee ami Public Health where he was
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"But I'd be greatly surprised and
disappointed," Glassman says, "if such
findings did not eventually apply to
everyone. And if we can raise the IQ of a
retarded person, think what we could do
for a normal person, or, for that matter, a
genius."
Without artificially raising their own
IQs, members of Glassman's research
group have made steady contribution to
neurological knowledge. According to a
recent article in The New Scientist, the
group's research is the most
comprehensive in the world on the role of
RNA and protein in brain function. These
chemicals are involved in making learning
permanent.
The most recent discovery, brought
out in the research of Dr. Barry Machlus
in the UNC labs, is that during a learning
experience phosphate attaches to certain
proteins in the nucleus of brain cells.
How important this discovery is will
Center
icers
Health where he was a professor in the
department of international health.
Author of a number of books and articles
on health planning and health manpower,
Hall is a graduate of both Harvard School
of Public Health and Harvard Medical
School. He holds a Ph.D. degree from the
Johns Hopkins School of Hygiene and
Public Health.
Anderson, a specialist in both
nutrition and population problems, has
published more than a score of articles in
these specialty areas. He was associated
with the Rockefeller Foundation for
many years, and from 1964 until 1970,
was director for the Technical Assistance
Division of the Population Council. He
came to the Population Center from the
Josiah Macy, Jr. Foundation where he
was program director. Anderson holds the
M.D. and Ph.D. degrees from
Northwestern University and the M.Ph.
from Johns Hopkins. Cornell College in
Iowa conferred upon him the D.Sc.
honorary degree in 1958.
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remain unknown, said Glassman. until
more is known of this most complex of
living organs, the brain.
'"Discoveries of the type recently
found in our labs wlII remain a mystery."
said Wilson, "unless much more money is
made available for basic research in this
field."
Though their knowledge is still very
sketchy, neurobiologists do have theories
as to how the brain acts to learn and to
store memories. And the recent discovery
of the role of phosphates fits into some
of these ideas.
Glassman and Wilson point out that
when a person learns something, new
"pathways" are formed in the brain. This
probably entails no synthesis of new
chemicals, but changes in chemicals
already present in brains cells. The shape
of these chemicals changes. This changes
the properties of the brain cells so that
electrical currents can travel more freely
through the new pathway.
If these changes in chemical structure
are not followed by the processes
necessary for memory fixation, the
molecules quickly return to their old
shapes and the pathway is not functional.
The person forgets whatever experience
was coded on th3t pathway.
For memory to be permanently
stored, new chemicals must be made,
probably RNA and certain proteins. This
RNA is believed to act by leading to the
formation of certain proteins which act
to make newly formed pathways
permanent. Once this fixation process is
complete, the memory coded in that
pathway often remains with the person
all his life.
But as a person grows older, this
process of memory storage becomes less
and less efficient. Older people gradually
are less able to store memories, and
eventually become senile. Thus we find
some old people who well remember
events of 30 years ago, when their
memory fixation systerr ,- ...nig
well, but who cannot remember what
happened yesterday.
Glassman admits this theory is far
from complete. But he hopes that as
more and more knowledge is gained,
better theories can be constructed which
can help us understand how our brains
work. And knowing how they work, weTl
know better what to do when our brains
don't work.
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Strong criticizes foes
by Cathey Brackett
Staff Writer
Jay Strong, chairman of the
Commission on the Goals and
Organization of Student Government,
replied Friday to recent criticisms of the
plan to reorganize Student Government.
"A select group of students have
a 'es'-ly m- -nted a campaign of
misinformation, deceit and trickery in
order to confuse the student body and
distort the intentions of the presidential
commission of 16 students, who for more
than four months studied the problems
and purposes of Student Government,"
Strong said.
Strong specifically mentioned a
resolution against the plan passed by the
Avery Dormitory house council and a
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Marilyn Brock which criticized the plan.
He said Brock's pamphlet, entitled
"Facts on Reorganization," presents "few
facts and much personal opinion."
"The pamphlet does not accurately
present facts and it confuses rather than
explains the issue," Strong said.
In the pamphlet, Brock questioned
how the proposed Campus Governing
Council, which would be composed of 15
members as compared to the current
55-rnember Student Legislature (SL),
could better represent the student body.
Strong said that interest in the larger
body had declined and cited as evidence
the fact that six SL seats will have no
candidates in the upcoming student
elections.
Brock could not be reached for reply
on Strong's comments.
Strong also denounced the Avery
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resolution, passed by the 12 members c:
the house council, which he said "sho
little real understanding of what t he
presidential commission proposal v:i:
do." He cited these points:
"The Campus Governing Council u ..;
not in any way prevent student
participation in Student Govern in en. a
charged by Avery. The fact that 2 sets
will go uncontested in Tuesday's elect: r,
demonstrates clearly that student - are rot
interested in participating in Student
Government as it now stands.
-"The Campus Governing Council
not curtail representation, as charged r.
Avery, but will provide more equitable
representation by protecting the interests
of undergraduates, graduates, men.
women and blacks.
"The Campus Governing Coun.;; i
not unconstitutional on the grounds
discrimination. However, it doe rrii'c
provisions to protect against coven
of discrimination in its ntir. :;ty
representation clause.
"The Campus Governing,. Cou
would not be a ruling class elite. Instead,
it will provide proportional
representation to undergraduates and
graduates, protect both women and
blacks, and create larger legislative
districts, thereby forcing the candidates
to be more visible and speak to the
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