References

Books

Chad, David A. Mitsumoto, Hiroshi. Pioro, Erik P. Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis. London: Oxford University Press, 1998.

Kimball, John W. Biology. Massachusetts: Addison-Wesley Publishing Company Inc, 1965.

McLaren, James E. ROtundo, Lissa. Heath Biology.  Toronto: D.C. Heath and Company, 1989.

Published Dissertations

Brownstone, R.M. Carlin, K.P. Jiang, Z. Rempel, J. Sawchuk, M.A. Development of L-type calcium channels and nifedipine-sensitive motor activity in the postnatal mouse spinal cord. Diss. Manitoba U, 1999.

Jessell, Thomas M. Lieberam, Ivo. Porter, Jeffery A. Wichterle, Hynek. Directed Differentiation of Embryonic Stem Cells into Motor Neurons. Colombia U. New York, 2002.

Robertson, J. A. Human embryonic stem cell research: ethical and legal issues. Nature Rev. Genet. 2, 74-78

Websites

Cell differentiation. Aug 28, 2001. April 23 2003.

<http://www.fhcrc.org/education/courses/cancer_course/basic/molecular/differentiation.html.>

Childs, Gwen V. Adhesion Molecules .  July 19 2001.  April 20 2003. 

< http://cellbio.utmb.edu/cellbio/adhesion_molecules.htm>

MacLellan, Anne.  Ethical and social considerations of stem cell research.  Nature 414, 129 - 131 (2001)< http://www.nature.com/cgi-taf/DynaPage.taf?file=/nature/journal/v414/n6859/full/414129a0_fs.html.>

http://www.stemcellresearchnews.com

http://www.alsa.org

http://www.neuro.wustl.edu/neuromuscular/mother/chan.html

http://imc.gsm.com/demos/hpdemo/program/section1/1ch4/s1ch4_27.htm

http://www.sirinet.net/~jgjohnso/neuronphysiology.html – pictures

http://www.biology.washington.edu/bsa/IonTransport/ionchannelstructure.html – ion channel structure picture