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Beckwith (beckwith@aristotle.ils.nwu.edu) wrote:
: Kevin Spencer (kspencer@iti.org) wrote:
: : herwin@mason1.gmu.edu (HARRY R. ERWIN) writes:

: : >Have there been any studies of the role of the maturity of the GABAergic
: : >neurons of the association cortex in cortical functioning? 

: : Could you elaborate on the evidence for the association between the
: : association cortex GABAergic neurons and "activation networks involving
: : diverse concepts", etc.?

: My guess is that he's talking about neural net programming, no
: post-mortems required.  The request for an elaboration should still
: hold though.

: To be more specific, I'm wondering why the GABAergic neurons.  

The work on buspirone and generalized anxiety syndrome indicates that it
is immature GABAergic systems that are responsible for the anxiety.

: Are they somehow different from the rest of the cortex?  

They don't learn. They provide a background level of inhibition.

: Also, why would learning involving clusters of diverse concepts,
: anxiety syndrome, and social klutziness be associated (or is that
: unimportant)? 

That seems to be the question. 

I have evidence for a dominant genetic variant that expresses itself in
generalized anxiety syndrome and in a form of high intelligence that
seems to involve the association cortex. The individuals in the lineage
also have difficulty in areas of social intelligence.

--
Harry Erwin
Internet: herwin@gmu.edu 
Working on Katchalsky nets....