Posted by Larry Hoover on May 12, 2003, at 10:55:34
In reply to Lar, Re: Niacinamide's affinity for BZD receptor?, posted by McPac on May 11, 2003, at 13:19:05
> "Looking at this substance just now, I found that niacinamide increases neuronal turnover of choline, and thus potentiates acetylcholine activity. Moreover, in animal models of Parkinsonism and major depression, niacinamide increases serotonin turnover".
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> >>>>>> Increasing serotonin turnover is a good thing, correct?
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>According to the animal model, yes. I'm sorry if my answer seems evasive, because it is.
Although I will happily discuss mechanisms and activities and so on, I hesitate to draw conclusions from those "understandings". You see, those conclusions would fall into the category of petitio principii, a logical fallacy wherein the conclusion really is little more than a restating of the question, but with doubt removed. It's kind of like answering the question, "Is there proof that God exists?" with the following: God's Word is in the Bible. The Bible says that God exists. Therefore God exists.
The only evidence from which I like to draw conclusions arises from empiricism, i.e. actual experimental results, of the sort "I tried this intervention, and this is how I felt." I'm particularly moved by the evidence when the "I" is me.
Lar
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