“Physicians and scientists will measure brain hormones—in ventricular fluid and elsewhere—will link these to specific diseases, and will devise space-age techniques to restock the mind's hormonal pantries. The only question is, When?'”Richard Bergland The Fabric of Mind (1985)
“The hormonal genies that have lived unnoticed in the brain since humankind began have escaped; there is no way that they can be put back.”Richard Bergland The Fabric of Mind (1985)
“In decades to come ventricular catheterization performed to measure hormone concentrations will become as routine as the measurement of lumbar 'pressure' is today.”Richard Bergland The Fabric of Mind (1985)
“The greatest array of brain hormones is found in the ventricle, not in the spinal fluid.”Richard Bergland The Fabric of Mind (1985)
“The measurement of hormones in the bloodstream of patients will not reflect the endocrine activity of the brain.”Richard Bergland The Fabric of Mind (1985)
“Brain/body relationships might depend upon a chorus of individual hormones... which are released together to sing hormonal harmonies to the body.”Richard Bergland The Fabric of Mind (1985)