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Date: Wed, 27 Mar 1996 16:08:47 -0600
From: "David P. Smith" <dsmith@ut*.sp*.ut*.tm*.ed*>
Subject: Narcosis
To: "'techdiver@terra.net'" <techdiver@terra.net>

Last week's announcement (NYT March 21; Science News March 23) that =
hemoglobin transports nitric oxide (NO) as a vasodilator makes it look =
as if nitrogen narcosis is due to conversion of NO to nitrous oxide =
(N2O) [at the hemoglobin receptor?] at high ppn. I don't know the =
chemistry, is this what may be going on? It would be nice to know more =
than "something happens" which is about as far as the NAUI Advanced text =
got as I remember.=20

Thanks
Dave Smith
U Tx School of Public Health

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