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Author Palfreman, Jon, author.

Title Brain storms : the race to unlock the mysteries of Parkinson's Disease / Jon Palfreman.

Publication Info. New York : Scientific American / Farrar, Straus and Giroux, [2015]
©2015

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 Avon Free Public Library - Adult Department  616.833 PALFREMAN    Check Shelf
 Bristol, Main Library - Non Fiction  616.833 PALFREMAN    Check Shelf
 Bristol, Manross Branch - Non Fiction  616.833 PALFREMAN    Check Shelf
 Canton Public Library - Adult Department  616.833 PALFREMAN    Check Shelf
 Enfield, Main Library - Adult Department  616.833 PAL    Check Shelf
 Farmington, Main Library - Adult Department  616.833 PAL    Check Shelf
 Glastonbury, Welles-Turner Memorial Library - Adult Department  616.833 PALFREMAN    Check Shelf
 Manchester, Main Library - Non Fiction  616.833 PALFREMAN    Check Shelf
 Middletown, Russell Library - Adult Nonfiction  616.833 PAL    Check Shelf
 New Britain, Main Library - Non Fiction  616.83 P17    Check Shelf

Edition First edition.
Description viii, 273 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references (pages [243]-254) and index.
Contents "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.
Summary A science journalist with Parkinson's disease relates the stories of patient, doctors, and researchers involved in the hunt for a cure, describing the victories and the setbacks and how those living with the disease cope with their loss of body function and control.
"Seven million people worldwide suffer from Parkinson's-- with sixty thousand new cases diagnosed each year in the U.S. alone-- and it remains an enigma, with doctors, researchers, and patients hunting for a cure. In Brain Storms, award-winning journalist Jon Palfreman tells their story, a story that takes on urgency when he is diagnosed with the debilitating illness. Palfreman chronicles how scientists have labored to crack the mystery of what was once called 'the shaking palsy,' from the earliest clinical descriptions to the cutting edge of molecular neuroscience. He charts the victories and setbacks of a massive international effort to best the disease, referred to as one of the best windows into the brain itself."-- Provided by publisher.
Subject Parkinson's disease -- Personal narratives.
Parkinson Disease.
Parkinson's disease -- Patients -- United States -- Biography.
Parkinson's disease. (OCoLC)fst01053693
Genre/Form Personal narratives.
Personal narratives. (OCoLC)fst01423843
ISBN 9780374116170 hardcover
0374116172 hardcover
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