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Page 6 THE BATTALION WEDNESDAY, JUNE 26, 1974 Location of alcohol’s effect on brain sought Brain cells affected by alcohol are being tracked down by a team of TAMU scientists. “Neurons in the brain run on dif ferent chemical systems,” said Dr. William Klemm, the project head. “These nerve cells talk to each other via at least five different chemical systems. I think that alcohol changes some of these inter reactions so the problem becomes one of finding out which cells it Associate registrar retires Ray G. Perryman, associate regis trar at TAMU, retired this week after 37 years of service. Perryman was honored by his co-workers at a Hensel Park picnic. He was presented a retirement cer tificate by Admissions and Records Dean Edwin H. Cooper, and Regis trar Robert A. Lacey presented him a watch on behalf of all the person nel in the registrar’s and admissions offices. Illegal aliens pass mark of million AUSTIN, Tex.—A flood of Mexican aliens, estimated at more than a million a year, is pouring into Texas, according to a new Texas Good Neighbor Commission report. More than half the illegal entrants cross the Rio Grande into Texas. Good Neighbor Commission said the number of such entries is grea ter than the total number of immig rants who entered the U.S. legally from all the countries of the world. Last year, the GNC noted, 575,000 deportable Mexican aliens were found in the U.S., and immig ration officials figure one escapes for every one apprehended. Sophisticated smuggling techni ques aid the crossings. Immigrations have a social and economic impact in virtually all reg ions, since the aliens move on to metropolitan areas all over the U.S. in search of better jobs and safety from arrests. Top AFL-CIO offic|ils Dr^ipp^y, called for toug}i hewlufvJau^i&ite*'’ ing it an offense to hire illegal aliens, punishable by stiff fines or prison terms. works on. These chemical transmit ter systems are widely distributed and intermixed in the brain. Studies indicate that alcohol doesn’t affect all brain areas equally. Therefore, identification of alcohol’s mechanism of action is a prerequis ite to a study of ways to counteract alcohol’s intoxicating and addicting properties. “Since this is a chemical problem, one should think of a chemical solu tion,” he continued. “But, no one knows where in the brain to look. A researcher would have to run chem ical analysis on each part of the brain. “However, alcohol ought to affect the electrical activity of the neurons it does work on, Klemm pointed out. “The most conspicuous activity of the neurons is discharges of elec tricity called impulses. If we record them before and after use of alcohol, then by noting changes in electrical activity we ll know where the al cohol is acting. “Results from this method may help biochemists find the biochem ical needle in the haystack’,’’ he said. “Besides telling us which parts of the brain are affected by alcohol, the electrical activity can also tell us what drugs magnify or suppress the effects of alcohol. “One obvious hypothesis which comes from this set of facts is the possibility that alcohol’s effects are due to an action of one or more of the transmitter systems,” Klemm noted. “Part of the experiments in volve the use of drugs in rats to change a given transmitter system and then testing to see if alcohol still causes the usual degree of intoxica tion. Interpretation of results is straightforward. If a given transmit ter system is the target by which alcohol causes intoxication, then blocking that transmitter will block the alcohol’s action. Looking at it the other way, enhancing that transmitter will potentiate alcohol’s action. ” Dr. Klemm will speak at the 17th Annual Institute of Alcohol Studies, July 7-11, at the University of Texas in Austin. His-research is funded by the National Institute of Alcohol Abuse and Alcoholism. Army Ranger base named for Rudder A training camp for the Army’s elite Rangers at EglinAFB, Fla., has been dedicated in memory of James Earl Rudder, former Ranger commander. The late Texas A&M University president led the 2nd Ranger Battalion in one of the toughest assignments on the June 6, 1944, D-Day invasion of Europe. Then a lieutenant colonel. Rudder and his men scaled the 100-foot cliffs at Pointe du Hoc. Rudder retired from his Army career as a major general. He served as Texas land commissioner and was TAMU president 11 years. He died in 1970. Redmond Terrace Drugs Phone 846-1113 1402 Hwy. 6-South College Station, Texas Prescriptions, Etc. 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