Edythe London

Neuropsychiatric Institute
760 Westwood Plaza,
C8-532
Los Angeles, CA 90024

On-campus mail: 175919
Tel: (310) 825-0606
Fax: (310) 825-0812

E-mail: elondon@mednet.ucla.edu
Web: http://london.npih.ucla.edu

Edythe London's research at UCLA involves adolescent non-human primates (rhesus monkeys), who are addicted to nicotine and methamphetamines in ridiculous, repetitive experiments designed for no other reason than to further her career with publication in obscure medical journals.

In a paper published in 2006 in the Journal of Neuroscience [Human tobacco smokers in early abstinence have higher levels of beta2* nicotinic acetylcholine receptors than nonsmokers] she and her coauthors explained that two monkeys were administered 37.5 mg/kg of nicotine daily. This is the equivalent of between 13 and 17 packs of cigarettes a day. The monkeys were housed in solitary confinement -- a known cause of insanity and self-mutilation in rhesus monkeys -- and killed at the end of the experiment to examine their brains. London's conclusion: "Importantly, these studies demonstrate that, when smokers quit smoking, they do so in the face of a significant increase in the receptors normally activated by nicotine."

Never mind that human based studies have found since smokers extract about 1 mg of nicotine per cigarette, a 1 pack per day (20 cigarettes per day) smoker likely receives near 100 percent nicotine replacement using a 21-mg/day patch. However, this patch dose likely underdoses heavier smokers, and higher nicotine doses (44-mg/day) have been shown to provide better relief from withdrawal symptoms and to increase short-term efficacy. Randolph C. Barrows, Jr., M.D. SMOKING CESSATION (Chapter 3)

"Such tactics are beyond contemptible, have no place in a civilized society ..." says UCLA Chancellor Gene Block. Of course, Block is talking about the flooding of London's mansion, not her forcing the monkeys to drink nicotine ladened Kool-Aid.

London, who has been at UCLA since 1999, is a professor in two departments at the David Geffen School of Medicine: Psychiatry and Biobehavioral Sciences, and Molecular & Medical Pharmacology. Her work on nicotine and methamphetamine addictions has included experiments on vervet monkeys. Plans for an upcoming study call for some of the monkeys to be killed and autopsied, according to the school.

Edythe London
Home Address:
1249 Shadybrook Drive- Beverly Hills, California