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Drugs Affecting 5-HT Systems

Overy, C; Tansey, EM (Queen Mary University of London, 2013-12-16)

It was in the very early hours of a February morning in 1977 that I first looked down the microscope and saw yellow fluorescence, characteristic of 5-hydroxytryptamine (5-HT) in frozen sections of Octopus brain. After ...

Migraine: Diagnosis, treatment and understanding c1960-2010

Overy, C; Tansey, EM (Queen Mary University of London, 2014)

There are around eight million migraine sufferers in the UK today. This Witness Seminar looked at the last 50 years of research into the diagnosis and treatment of the condition and the changing attitudes of the medical ...

The Recent History of Seasonal Affective Disorder (SAD)

Overy, C; Tansey, EM (Queen Mary University of London, 2014-10)

Psychiatric diagnosis is controversial and is regarded by some principally as a means of reinforcing the vested interests of medical professionals and pharmaceutical companies. On the other hand, the phenomena that are ...

History of the Avon Longitudinal Study of Parents and Children , C 1980-2000

Overy, C; Reynolds, LA; Tansey, EM (Queen Mary, University of London, 2012-05)

The Avon Longitudinal Survey of Parents and Children (ALSPAC) arose from a proposal in the mid-1980s to design a cohort study in Europe which concentrated on the health of children. The UK-side of this was developed in the ...

History of the Avon Longitudinal Study of Parents and Children , c.1980-2000

Overy, C; Reynolds, LA; Tansey, EM (Queen Mary, University of London, 2012-05)

History of the National Survey of Sexual Attitudes and Lifestyles

Overy, C; Reynolds, LA; Tansey, EM (Queen Mary, University of London, 2011-10-01)

A National Survey of Sexual Attitudes and Lifestyles (NATSAL) was proposed in the mid-1980s. This was to provide data to help predict and prevent the transmission and spread of HIV, in response to the critical need for ...