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Brain pigment

Ron Blue rcb1 at LEX.LCCC.EDU
Mon Oct 23 07:47:53 EST 1995



On Sat, 21 Oct 1995, Peter H. Proctor wrote:
>>>>CUT>>
>    Also, melanin is the most potent sound-absorbing agent known.   Sure 
> enough, it is present in the inner ear.   Depigmenting syndromes ( E.G. 
> Waardenburg's syndrome as well as blue-eyed white cats )  tend to be 
> associated with Deafness.   
>>>>CUT
Oliver Sacks in his book on the Migraine (1992) reported a case history
of a patient who had a migraine aura that was modulated with the
same frequency as his viberating motorbike.
Ron Blue



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