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MAO and Schizophrenia Monoamine oxidase (MAO) is an enzyme that is
thought to play a role in the regulation of behavior. To see whether
different categories of schizophrenic patients have different levels
of MAO activity, researchers collected blood specimens from 42
patients and measured the MAO activity in the platelets. Values are
expressed as nmol benzylaldehyde product per 108 platelets per hour.

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Brain Weight In 1888, P. Topinard published data on the brain weights
of hundreds of French men and women. Brain weights are given in
gram.

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Cricket Singing Times Male Mormon crickets (Anabrus simplex) sing to attract mates.
A field researcher measured the duration of 51 unsuccessful songs--that is, the time
until the singing male gave up and left his perch. The data is given
in minutes.

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Pulse after Exercise: A group of 28 adults did some moderate exercise
for five minutes and then measured their pulses. Data is given in
beats/minute.

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A dendritic tree is a branched structure that emanates from the body
of a nerve cell. As part of a study of brain development, 36 nerve
cells were taken from the brains of newborn guinea pigs. The
investigators counted the number of dendritic branch segments
emanating from each nerve cell.

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For each of 31 healthy dogs, a veterinarian measured the glucose
concentration in the anterior chamber of the right eye and also in the
blood serum. The following data are the anterior chamber glucose
measurements, expressed as a percentage of the blood glucose.

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A veterinary anatomist investigated the spatial arrangement of the
nerve cells in the intestine of a pony. He removed a block of tissue
from the intestinal wall, cut the block into many equal sections, and
counted the number of nerve cells in each of 23 randomly selected
sections.

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Researchers were interested in the short-term effect that caffeine has
on heart rate. They enlisted a group of volunteers and measured each
person's resting heart rate. Then they had each subject drink 6 ounces
of coffee. Nine of the subjects were given coffee containing caffeine
and 11 were given decaffeinated coffee. After 10 minutes each person's
heart rate was measured again. The data in the table contains the
change in heart rate; a positive number means that heart rate went up
and a negative number means that heart rate went down.

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Toluene and the Brain Abuse of substances containing toluene (for
example, glue) can produce various neurological symptoms. In an
investigation of the mechanism of these toxic effects, researchers
measured the concentrations of various chemicals in the brains of rats
that had been exposed to a toluene-laden atmosphere, and also in
unexposed control rats. The concentrations of the brain chemical
norepinephrine (NE) in the medulla region of the brain, for six
toluene-exposed rats and five control rats, are given in accompanying
data file in ng/g.

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In a pharmacological study, researchers measured the concentration of
the brain chemical dopamine in six rats exposed to toluene and six
control rats. Number are specified in ng/g.

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Nerve Cell Density For each of nine horses, a veterinary anatomist
measured the density of nerve cells at specified sites in the
intestine. The results for site I (midregion of jejunum) and site II
(mesenteric region of jejunum) are given in the accompanying dataset.
Each density value is the average of counts of nerve cells in five
equal sections of tissue.

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Hunger Rating During a weight loss study each of nine subjects was
given either the active drug m-chlorophenylpiperazine (mCPP) for two
weeks and then a placebo for another two weeks, or else was given the
placebo for the first two weeks and then mCPP for the second two
weeks. As part of the study the subjects were asked to rate how hungry
they were at the end of each two-week period.

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Certain types of nerve cells have the ability to regenerate a part of
the cell that has been amputated. In an early study of this process,
measurements were made on the nerves in the spinal cord in rhesus
monkeys. Nerves emanating from the left side of the cord were cut,
while nerves from the right side were kept intact. During the
regeneration process, the content of creatine phosphate (CP) was
measured in the left and the right portion of the spinal cord. The
following table shows the data for the right (control) side (Y1), and
for the left (regenerating) side (Y2). The units of measurement are mg
CP per 100 gm tissue.

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In an investigation of the physiological effects of alcohol
(ethanol), 15 mice were randomly allocated to three treatment groups,
each to receive a different oral dose of alcohol. The dosage levels
were 1.5, 3.0, and 6.0 g alcohol/kg body weight. The body temperature
of each mouse was measured immediately before the alcohol was given
and again 20 minutes afterward. The accompanying data shows the drop
(before minus after) in body temperature for each mouse. (The negative
value - 0.1 refers to a mouse whose temperature rose rather than
fell.)

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The peak flow rate of a person is the fastest rate
at which the person can expel air after taking a deep breath.
Peak flow rate is measured in units of liters per minute and
gives an indication of the person's respiratory health. Flow is given
in l/min, height in cm.

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An experiment was conducted to study the effect of tamoxifen on
patients with cervical cancer. One of the measurements made, both
before and again after tamoxifen was given, was microvessel density
(MVD). MVD, which is measured as number of vessels per mm$^2$, is a
measurement that relates to the formation of blood vessels that feed a
tumor and allow it to grow and spread.

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A group of female college students were divided into three groups
according to upper body strength. Their leg strength was tested by
measuring how many consecutive times they could leg press 246 pounds
before exhaustion. (The subjects were allowed only one second of rest
between consecutive lifts.)