Chemical Reacton Puzzles Doctors

[Guest guest]

If any of you are interested in the research of Dr. Barbara Song, the

scientist in Washington State University's Program in Neuroscience, who

received a $10,000 grant from ESRI to support experiments in rats that try

to simulate aspects of MCS, particularly heightened chemical

sensitivity, a controversial trait of the disorder and the researcher

mentioned in the article " Chemical Reaction Puzzles Doctors " here is a list

she was kind enough to forward to me today:

Primary literature:

Sorg, B.A., J.R. Willis, T.C. Nowatka, C. Ulibarri, R.E. See, and H.H.

Westberg (1996). Proposed animal neurosensitization model for MCS in

studies with formaldehyde. Toxicology 111:135-145.

Sorg, B.A., J.R. Willis, R.E. See, B. Hopkins, and H.H. Westberg (1998).

Repeated low-level formaldehyde exposure produces cross-sensitization to

cocaine: Possible relevance to chemical sensitivity in humans.

Neuropsychoparmacol. 18:385-394.

Sorg, BA, and T Hochstatter. (1999). Behavioral sensitization after

repeated formaldehyde exposure in rats. Toxicol. Indust. Health 15: 346-355.

Reviews:

Sorg, B.A., M.S. Hooks and P.W. Kalivas (1994). Neuroanatomy and

neurochemical mechanisms of time-dependent sensitization. Toxicol. Indust.

Health 10: 369-386.

Sorg, B.A. Multiple chemical sensitivity: potential role for neural

sensitization. Crit. Rev. Neurobiol. (In Revision).

Sorg, B.A., and B.M. Prasad (1997). Potential role of stress and

sensitization in the development and expression of multiple chemical

sensitivity. Env. Health Persp. S2 105:539-547.