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Wendell,
 
If the putative 'robust' correlation b/ stimulation of
particular areas of the brain & increased O2 titers
has validity, we should all be hanging with our eyes
closed. 

Safe bubbles

Esat Atikkan
--- Wendell Grogan <wgrogan@dc*.ne*> wrote:
> Easy answer: no.
> CNS ox-tox is a totally different problem than
> pulmonary toxicity.  You
> can accumulate lung injury over time if you have
> repeated exposures
> without sufficient time for recovery in between. 
> CNS toxicity on the
> other hand is not well understood in terms of
> exactly how it happens,
> all we know is what situations increase your risks
> of it happening.  
> It is a problem of the interaction of brain
> chemistry and/or circulation
> and high oxygen concentration (gas tension).  What
> ever the trigger is,
> it is more of an immediate response to the current
> oxygen concentration,
> not related to the cumulative exposure over time. 
> That's not to say its
> always instantaneous, rather, its an active process
> over a period of
> minutes.
> (I will now exit Professor mode)
> Wendell
> 
>  

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