Brain storms : the race to unlock the mysteries of Parkinson's disease
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- ISBN: 9780374116170 (hardback)
- ISBN: 0374116172 (hardback)
- ISBN: 9780374711856 (e-book)
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Physical Description:
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viii, 273 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm - Edition: First edition.
- Publisher: New York : Scientific American/Farrar, Straus and Giroux, 2015.
Content descriptions
Bibliography, etc. Note: | Includes bibliographical references and index. |
Formatted Contents Note: | "Discovery" -- Restoration -- The case of the frozen addicts -- Mind over matter -- Patient power -- Surgical serendipity -- The exercise Rx -- New neurons for old -- Neuroprotection -- Rebranding Parkinson's Disease -- The descendants -- When good proteins go bad -- Damage assessment -- Learning from Alzheimer's -- Medicinal gold -- Brain storms. |
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Subject: | Parkinson's disease Personal narratives Parkinson Disease |
Genre: | Personal narratives. Personal Narratives |
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- 1 of 1 copy available at Kirtland Community College.
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Location | Call Number / Copy Notes | Barcode | Shelving Location | Status | Due Date |
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Kirtland Community College Library | RC 382 .P354 2015 | 30775305503741 | General Collection | Available | - |
Brain Storms : The Race to Unlock the Mysteries of Parkinson's Disease
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Brain Storms : The Race to Unlock the Mysteries of Parkinson's Disease
Jon Palfreman , Ph.D., is a professor emeritus of journalism at the University of Oregon. He is an Emmy, duPont, and Peabody Award-winning journalist, a Nieman Fellow, and the recipient of the Victor Cohn Prize for Excellence in Medical Science Reporting. In addition to producing more than forty primetime documentaries for the BBC and PBS, Palfreman is a coauthor of The Case of the Frozen Addicts and The Dream Machine . He lives in Lexington, Massachusetts.