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THE BATTALION WEDNESDAY, FEBRUARY 20, 1974 Page 5 les i that Slltki Brain cells involving addiction found STANFORD, Calif. — The first 1 su * t 'Hki j go i a tion of the brain molecules nst t* 16 ski j n volved in drug addiction was re- ' <!u al «ltii ported Thursday by a Stanford was ^fejjledical Center research team tatioas, wor ^ing with mice. ishingtoi, r j “ Eventuall y this discovery thatitta c ou 'd ^ ave enormous importance send a ' n dealing with narcotics addic- ters an/]tf n >” said Dr ‘ Avram Goldstein, iere till J the team chief. mb »f> 1 de sa *d it also might allow de- S fr -elopment of a nonaddictive pain Biever. The new isolated substance, ex- one of a chemical compound class tracted from mice brains, is called derived from opium and its rela- an opiate receptor. Receptors are tives. special molecules into which The heroin taken by an addict drugs fit, like keys into a lock,. is converted by the body into mor- explained Goldstein, a Stanford phine, and morphine acts on nerve pharmacology professor. “To understand addiction and possibly develop new ways to deal with it, the first thing you have to do is to find the receptors in volved,” he said. The key for the Stanford-iso lated opiate receptor is morphine, cells. The report was published in the current issue of Science, the jour nal of the American Association for the Advancement of Science. The research on mice brain tis sue extended over several years and was financed by grants from the U. S. Public Health Service’s National Institute on Drug Abuse and the Drug Abuse Council of Washington, D.C. “In our work we studied mouse brain fragments and learned how to isolate and partially purify a receptor molecule that combines with a narcotic drug closely re lated to morphine,” Goldstein said. Asked if similar receptors exist in the human brain, Goldstein said: “Very similar molecules are al most certainly involved in human narcotic addiction . . . Many of the effects of heroin and mor phine are almost identical in mice, rats and other mammals, includ ing man.” Goldstein said researchers at New York University and Johns Hopkins University had reported observing opiate receptors in hu man brain membranes obtained at autopsy. Merrie Melodies and Looney Tunes By TED BORISKIE Comedy records are a relatively new medium, gaining widespread popularity in just the last 15 years. Comedians have to have the highest attrition rate among re cording artists with very few fun nymen gamering enough atten tion to make it. 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George Carlin is today’s Lenny Bruce. He is not as forlorn as Len ny and he’s definitely more crazy but essentially he’s doing rough ly the same thing. Cheech and Chong’s approach to humor is rougher and less ar tistic. They basically use the old drunk joke format but update it so that the drunk is a head and his booze is drugs. This way they produce a contemporary sound and manage to sell a lot of rec ords. The National Lampoon troup of idiots produce topical, popular and funny records but the mem bers alternate too much to form any kind of unique style. But the Firesign Theatre (Phil Austin, David Ossman, Philip Proctor and Peter Bergman) come off sounding like champs. They continue to remain the best of the lot, the most original and will probably be the longest remem bered. After almost setting the world on fire with their first four ef forts, they released a misunder stood double album and then a definitely weak live recording of one of their stage shows. “Dear Friends,” the double LP, was a collection of short pieces from their Los Angeles radio show. Although the pieces could stand on their own, the collection did not have an overall theme or concept as did the earlier works. “Not Insane” failed because the takeoff on Shakespeare was pain fully missing the visual elements of the show that must have made it the dynamic piece it wasn’t on record. The F. T. decided to split up and go their own ways but nobody went very far. Proctor and Berg man (the bald one and the “straight” one) put out a very good satire an cable television of the future, but it still failed to sell enough to give them any pro mise of any individual careers. F. T. fans faced a rather bleak future of never hearing thdir fh’v- ” orite foursome together again. In the two years following the break up there was almost incessant clamoring for a reunion. The only thing left to do was to reform and “The Tale of the Giant Rat of Sumatra” is the re sult. With the new album, the F. T. take upright where they left off three years ago. “The Giant Rat” is done in the style of an old movie and features Hemlock Stones, the Great Defective. He is assisted by Dr. John Flotsom, O. D. The F. T. work their way through two sides of non-plot un til they come to their regular non conclusion, a Firesign Theatre trademarke. The guys manage to lampoon everything that gets in to their way with their rapid fire puns and double and triple mean ings. The F. T. always manages to remain ridiculously loyal to the habits and quirks of their sub jects. Holmes still plays the vio lin (“Flip me the fiddle, Flot sam”) and his clipped British ac cent is constantly put to the test (Down with the Doc and the duck by the dock.). The F. T. manage to pick out ludicrous points of our lifestyle that we always know are there but are somehow overlooked. As Stones is coming to Chicago to save the city and maybe the world from the clutches of the dreaded “Electrician,” he is swamped by reporters, one of whom naturally asks him, “How do you like Am erican girls?” It’s nice to have these guys re cording together again. Thanks to Mike and Mike of Budget Tapes and Records for the album used in this review. FOR BEST RESULTS TRY BATTALION CLASSIFIED FRANK NOVAK Helped His Friends Purchase Over $1,000,000 Of Insurance In 1973. THERE MUST BE A REASON WHY! CHECK IT OUT. 331 University Drive—846-8701 UNIVERSITY KEY— KENTUCKY CENTRAL LIFE