Matthew Kirkcaldie <Matthew.Kirkcaldie at deletethis.newcastle.edu.au> wrote in message news:<Matthew.Kirkcaldie-8EF247.09523503102003 at seagoon.newcastle.edu.au>...
> In article <464c821f.0310021152.1fcb4365 at posting.google.com>,
>glucegen at excite.com (Radium) wrote:
>> > Let say the calcium supply to these parts of the brain were suddenly
> > and completed lost. What symptoms would occur?
>> Unconsciousness, death. I answered the question in my previous post.
> Neurons cannot function without calcium because it is required for
> synaptic transmission. If it were only in the cortex I suppose a
> vegetative state/coma might be possible, but with no activity from the
> cortex at all, I doubt it. Why are you asking about an impossible
> scenario?
>> Matthew.
ACUTE hypoparathyroidism can cause similar things.
