1.

Record Nr.

UNINA9910463910903321

Autore

Langston J. William

Titolo

The case of the frozen addicts : how the solution of a medical mystery revolutionized the understanding of parkinson's disease / / by Dr. J. William Langston and Jon Palfreman

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Amsterdam : , : IOS Press, , [2014]

©2014

ISBN

1-61499-332-7

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (264 p.)

Disciplina

616.8/33

Soggetti

Parkinson's disease

Methylphenyltetrahydropyridine - Physiological effect

Designer drugs - Toxicology

Fetal tissues - Transplantation

Parkinson's disease - Animal models

Electronic books.

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Includes index.

Nota di contenuto

""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""; ""Index""



2.

Record Nr.

UNINA9910136432603321

Titolo

IEEE Std 421-1972 : IEEE Standard Criteria and Definitions for Excitation Systems for Synchronous Machines / / Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers

Pubbl/distr/stampa

New York, N.Y. : , : IEEE, , 1972

ISBN

1-5044-0338-X

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (20 pages) : illustrations

Disciplina

621.3133

Soggetti

Electric machinery, Synchronous

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Sommario/riassunto

This document presents criteria, essential elements, and new and revised definitions for excitation systems as applied to electric utility synchronous machines with particular emphasis given to the application of solid-state devices and to terminology common to feedback control systems.