Case of the Frozen Addicts : How the Solution of a Medical Mystery Revolutionized the Understanding of Parkinson's Disease.

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<![CDATA[In the summer of 1982, hospital emergency rooms in the San Francisco Bay Area were suddenly confronted with mysteriously "frozen" patients - young men and women who, though conscious, could neither move nor speak. Doctors were baffled, until neurologist J. William Langston, rec...

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Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Langston, J. W.
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: IOS Press, 2013.
Temas:
Parkinson's disease > Case studies.
Methylphenyltetrahydropyridine > Physiological effect.
Designer drugs > Toxicology.
Fetal tissues > Transplantation > Case studies.
Parkinson's disease > Animal models.
Maladie de Parkinson > Études de cas.
Méthylphényltétrahydropyridine > Effets physiologiques.
Drogues de confection > Toxicologie.
Fœtus > Tissus > Greffe > Études de cas.
Maladie de Parkinson > Modèles animaux.
Designer drugs > Toxicology
Fetal tissues > Transplantation
Methylphenyltetrahydropyridine > Physiological effect
Parkinson's disease
Parkinson's disease > Animal models
Case studies
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Title Page; Contents; Authors' Note; Prologue; Part One; All in the Mind; Drugs by Design; The Forgotten Case; Brain Damage; Research Wars; A New Start for Parkinson's Disease; Starting Over; Fame and Misfortune; Side Effects; The Cause; To Catch a Chemist; Trail of Ironies; New Treatments; Part Two; Mending the Brain; Miracles; Nemesis; Doing the Unthinkable; Embryonic Conflicts; The Long Journey; Out on a Limb; The Turning Point; Going Public; Unending Quest; Epilogue; Additional material for 2014 edition; What's New in Parkinson's Disease Research?; Acknowledgments; About the authors.

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