Bibliography

Graphics:

http://www.lougehrig.com/         for Lou Gehrig, 1904-1941, American Hero

http://www.baseballhalloffame.org/hofers_and_honorees/hofer_bios/hunter_catfish.htm   for Jim Catfish Hunter, Pitcher, 1946-1999

http://www.us-israel.org/jsource/biography/Javits.html  for Jacob Javits, 1957-81 US Senator

http://www.mingusmingusmingus.com/gallery/gallery.html   Charles Mingus, Jazz Composer and Bassist, 1922-1979

http://www.hawking.org.uk/home/hindex.html   Stephen Hawking, Physicist, b. 1942

http://www.projectals.org/index.html   Jennifer Estess, TV producer, Founder of Project A.L.S.

http://wwwrideforlife.com/MT/archives/passages/000297.html   for Betty Ann Krahnke.

http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/amez/china/peopleevents/pande03.html   for Mao Tse Tung.

http://www.medtronic.com/neuro/paintherapies/pain_treatment_ladder/drug_infusion/drug_drug_deliv.html  for picture of the pump but not the animation.  We did the animation.

http://www.neuro.wustl.edu/neuromuscular/spinal.als.com   for pictures of hands and Charcot.

http://faculty.washington.edu/chudler/chmodel.html   for neuron graphic.

Bradford Braden, Fernando Goldbaum, Bi-Xing Chen, Austin Kirschner, Stephen Wilson, Bernard Erlanger, (2000), X-ray Crystal Structure of an Anti-Buckminsterfullerene Antibody Fab Fragment: Biomolecular Recognition of C60, Proc. Natl. Acad. Science. USA. Vol. 97, 12193-12197  for the graphic of the buckyball.,

Other References:

Adam Cohen, (2002), For Some Sick Children, Not Knowing a Celebrity Could Prove Fatal, The New York Times, December 29, 2002, p. wk8.

Laura Dugan, Dorothy Turketsky, Cheng Du, Doug Lobner, Mark Wheeler, Robert Almli, Clifton Shen, Tien-Yau Luh, Dennis Choi, Tien-Sung Lin, (1997), Carboxyfullerenes as Neuroprotective Agents, Proc. Natl. Acad. Science. USA. Vol. 94, 9434-9439.  

Rob Nigel, edited by Betz Des Chenes, (2000) Body By Design: Gale Group

N. Scarmeas, T. Shih, Y. Stern, R. Ottman, L.P. Rowland, (2002): Premorbid weight, body mass, and varsity athletics in ALS: Neurology, Vol 59, 773-775.

Alka Vyas, J. Dang, Melitta Schachner, Ronald Schnaar, Kavita Vyas, Himatkumar Patel, Susan Fromholt, Marija Heffer-Laue, (2002): Gangosides are functional nerve cell ligands for meylin-associated glycoprotein (MAG), an inhibitor for nerve regeneration: Proc. Natl. Acad. Sci. USA, Vol 99 Issue 12.

Washington University, (2002): A Combination of all the research done on ALS at the University  http://www.neuro.wustl.edu/neuromuscular/spinal.als.com

Doug Dollemore, (2002): Abnormalities linked to Lou Gehrig's Disease   http://www.nih.gov/news/pr/aug2002/nia-21.htm

Family Caregiver Alliance, (2002): an overview of the symptoms of ALS  http://www.caregiver.org/factsheets/diagnoses/alsC.html

United States National Library of Medicine, (2002): overview of hypotheses of the cause of ALS  http://nlm.nih.gov/medlineplus/amyotrophiclateralsclerosis.html,/font>

Jack Orchard Foundation, (2002): all about ALS  http://www.jackorchard.org

Chris Hobler, James Maritz, (2002): a hope for people who have ALS  http://www.alshope.org/

Encyclopedia of Life Sciences, (2001): information on FRET  http://www.els.net