Elliot, Thomas

Elliot, Thomas C. Cooling Towers. Power Special Report, USA, March 1973. 

Early researchers thought of two means by which synaptic transmission could occur. Action potentials could jump the gap by some electrical mechanism such as induction—this is the same process by which an electrical current in one coil of a transformer induces a current in the other coil, even though the coils are not in contact. Another possible mechanism of synaptic transmission involves the use of a chemical intermediate. Suppose an action potential caused molecules of a certain chemical to be released at the tip of the axon. These molecules would diffuse across the gap, reaching the other side in a short period of time. But researchers were imsure what effect these molecules could have on the postsynaptic neuron that receives the message. (The transmitting neuron is known as the presynaptic neuron.) In 1906, the British researchers Thomas Elliot (1877-1961) and John Eangley (1852-1925) considered the idea of a receptor on the postsynaptic neuron, on which the chemical might dock and exert its effects. 

British researchers Thomas Elliot (1877-1961) and John Langley (1852-1925) develop the idea of a receptor—a molecule to which chemicals bind and exert effects on a cell. 

Inventors Brewitt Taylor Colin Raymond, Elliot Charles Thomas, Rees Huw David, White Anthony Michael Priority GB830027208 11.10.83... 

Jones, Thomas P. New Conversations on Chemistry. Grigg, Elliot Co., Philadelphia. 1848. 

Fourcroy, Elements of Chemistry (1796), 36-73 M. I. A. Chaptal,. lemens de chymie, third edition (Paris Deterville, 1796), 20-37 Thomas Thomson, A System of Chemistry (Edinburgh Bell Bradfute, 1810), volume 3, 414-432 Edward Turner, Elements of Chemistry, fourth American edition (Philadelphia Grigg Elliot, 1832), 109-121 L. J. Thenard, Traite de chimie elementaire, theorique et pratique, second edition (Paris Crochard, 1817), volume 1, 1-6. 

Elliot SR, Rao CNR, Thomas JM. The chemistry of the non-crystalline state. Agnew Chem Int Ed Engl 1986 25 31-46. 

Elliot BM, Mackay YM, Clay P and Ashby J (1998) An assessment of the genetic toxicology of antimony trioxide. Mutat Res 415 109-117. European Union, Council Directive 98/83/EC of 3 November 1998 on the quality of water intended for human consumption. Official J L330 (1998) 32. Felicetti SA, Thomas RG and McCullan RO (1974) Metabolism of two valence states of inhaled antimony in hamsters. Am Ind Hyg Assoc J 35 292-300. 

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