Life sciences: general issues

This widely anticipated revision of the groundbreaking book, Ecological Understanding, updates this crucial sourcebook of contemporary philosophical insights for practicing ecologists and graduate students in ecology and environmental studies.

This Second Edition is the new, thoroughly revised edition of the established and well-respected authoritative text in the field.

Comprehensive expose, by leading neuroscientists, of current knowledge on the neurotransmitter acetylcholine in the cerebral cortex.

The fungi have been major players in the molecular revolution that has transformed biology.

In this volume the entire focus is devoted to the macromolecule target specificity of DNA interactive developmental therapeutic agents of current interest.

Nucleic acids are the fundamental building blocks of DNA and RNA and are found in virtually every living cell.

International Review of Neurobiology, Volume 46 presents in-depth reviews on such ground-breaking topics as assembly and intracellular trafficking of GABA A receptors, D-1 dopamine receptors, and Alzheimer's disease.

All manner of models are used to describe, simulate, extrapolate, and ultimately understand the function of dynamic systems.

The Wisdom of the Eye is a survey of the major concepts underlying many of the basic sciences related to the human eye and visual brain in one volume, using anecdotes and a minimum of highly technical language to emphasize the important points.

The Many Faces of RNA is the subject for the eighth SmithKline Beecham Pharmaceuticals Research Symposia.

The data of evolutionary biology have changed in a very radical way in recent years, the most significant input to this revolution being the advances made in developmental genetics.

Tasting and Smelling presents a comprehensive overview to research on these two important modes of perception.

Sperm Competition and Sexual Selection presents the intricate ways in which sperm compete to fertilize eggs and how this has prompted reinterpretations of breeding behavior.

Signal Transduction is a well-illustrated, coherent look at cellular signaling processes.

The Reproductive Biology of Bats presents the first comprehensive, in-depth review of the current knowledge and supporting literature concerning the behavior, anatomy, physiology and reproductive strategies of bats.

El presente estudio se centra en la fundamentación de una escala ecológica en la conceptualización de la justicia de Nancy Fraser y la tradición normativa y crítica de la justicia social.

This book presents the latest scientific developments in the field of positron emission tomography (PET) dealing with data acquisition, image processing, applications, statistical analysis, tracer development, parameter estimation, and kinetic modeling.

Functional imaging of the brain is one of the most rapidly advancing areas of neuroscience and Positron Emission Tomography (PET) plays a major role in this progress.

Primer on Cerebrovascular Diseases is a handy reference source for scientists, students, and physicians needing reliable, up-to-date information on basic mechanisms, physiology, pathophysiology, and medical issues related to brain vasculature.

From neurons to nations, Talking Heads is a stunning survey of the science of human connection and communication.

An understanding of the dynamics of populations is critically important to ecologists, evolutionary biologists, wildlife managers, foresters, and many other biologists.

Plant Resource Allocation is an exploration of the latest insights into the theory and functioning of plant resource allocation.

Plant biotechnology offers important opportunities for agriculture, horticulture, and the pharmaceutical and food industry by generating transgenic varieties with altered properties.

This monograph series is commissioned by the Phytochemical Society of North America (PSNA).

During the last few years, the pace of research in the field of neuropeptide receptors has increased steadily: new neuropeptides were discovered, and the classification of receptor subtypes has been refined.

PCR Strategies expands and updates the landmark volume PCR Protocols.

ParCFD 2001, the thirteenth international conference on Parallel Computational Fluid Dynamics took place in Egmond aan Zee, the Netherlands, from May 21-23, 2001.

Parallel CFD 2000, the Twelfth in an International series of meetings featuring computational fluid dynamics research on parallel computers, was held May 22-25, 2000 in Trondheim, Norway.

The Second Edition of The Oncogene and Tumour Suppressor Gene FactsBook has been completely revised, updated, and expanded by 60%.

Prostate cancer (PCa) is the most common newly diagnosed cancer among men in the United States today.

The FactsBook Series has established itself as the best source of easily accessible and accurate facts about protein groups.

Since the publication of Nonistopic DNA Probe Techniques in 1992, the move away from radioactive materials for research and diagnostics has continued.

The gas nitric oxide (NO) has burst upon neuroscience only recently, and yet it has permeated into almost every avenue of current research.

Neurotoxicology: Approaches and Methods provides a unique and comprehensive presentation of the current concepts and state-of-the-art methods for the assessment of neurotoxicity.

One of the largest patient populations seen by neuropsychologists are older adults suffering from problems associated with aging.

Neurobiology of Learning and Memory provides an excellent overview of current information on this fast-growing field of neurobiology.

Control problems offer an industrially important application and a guide to understanding control systems for those working in Neural Networks.

This book is a comprehensive reference in the field of neural networks and genome informatics.

This internationally authored volume presents major findings, concepts, and methods of behavioral neuroscience coordinated with their simulation via neural networks.

The world within reach is characterised to a large extent by our ability to sense objects through touch.

This book attempts to marry truth-conditional semantics with cognitive linguistics in the church of computational neuroscience.

The value of multi-disciplinary research lies in the exchange of ideas and methods across the traditional boundaries between areas of study.

mRNA Formation and Function presents a compendium of techniques geared exclusively toward the understanding of RNA metabolism.

This course manual instructs students in recombinant DNA techniques and other essential molecular biology techniques in the context of projects.

This manual is designed as an intensive introduction to the various tools of molecular biology.

In this book, the progress during the last ten years is reviewed and future plans outlined to realize and establish the concept of design in the biological sciences.

The tools of molecular biology have revolutionised our understanding of gene structure and function and changed the teaching of genetics in a fundamental way.

This volume includes paradigms, model systems, and techniques for the study of dysfunctions in the nervous system.

In this volume contemporary methods designed to provide insights into, mathematical structure for, and predictive inferences about neuroendocrine control mechanisms are presented.

The volumes in this series include contemporary techniques significant to a particular branch of neuroscience.