Life sciences: general issues

The brain is plastic and it can change its function to adapt to changing demands of various kinds.

Advances in Fluorine Science is a new book series presenting critical multidisciplinary overviews on areas in which fluorine and fluoride compounds have a decisive impact.

The Ecology of Sandy Shores provides the students and researchers with a one-volume resource for understanding the conservation and management of the sandy shore ecosystem.

This volume emphasizes the intracellular consequences of DNA damage, describing procedures for analysis of checkpoint responses, DNA repair in vivo, replication fork encounter of DNA damage, as well as biological methods for analysis of mutation production and chromosome rearrangements.

Modern DNA microarray technologies have evolved over the past 25 years to the point where it is now possible to take many million measurements from a single experiment.

Current major interests in this area include the study of higher level phylogenetic relationships and character evolution in the angiosperms, floral evolution, the genetic basis of key floral differences in basal angiosperms, the genetic and genomic consequences of polyploid speciation, conservation genetics of rare plant species, and phylogeography.

Hearing: Anatomy, Physiology and Disorders of the Auditory System provides detailed information about the anatomy and physiology of the entire auditory system and it describes important aspects of disorders of the middle ear, the cochlea, and the nervous system in a comprehensive manner.

Huxley's classic lecture on evolution, human nature, and the way to true happinessThomas Henry Huxley (18251895) was one of the most prominent evolutionists of the late nineteenth century.

Genetic Instabilities and Neurological Diseases covers DNA repeat instability and neurological disorders, covering molecular mechanisms of repeat expansion, pathogenic mechanisms, clinical phenotype, parental gender effects, genotype-phenotype correlation, and diagnostic applications of the molecular data.

The advances in genomic technologies, such as microarrays and high throughput sequencing,have expanded the realm of possibilities for capturing data and analyzing it using automatedcomputer driven bioinformatics tools.

Published since 1959, International Review of Neurobiology is a well-known series appealing to neuroscientists, clinicians, psychologists, physiologists, and pharmacologists.

The prevalence of obesity in developed countries is fast becoming a health issue on par with infectious diseases and malnutrition.

Advances in genetics have begun to deliver on their promise of new and improved approaches to the prevention and treatment of human disease, including the gene-based therapeutics.

DNA Repair, Part A provides detailed coverage of modern methods for molecular analysis of enzymes and enzyme systems that function in the maintenance of genome integrity.

The study of catatonia in Autism Spectrum Disorders is a novel and controversial topic.

Advances in Marine Biology was first published in 1963.

Introduction to Electrophysiological Methods and Instrumentation covers all topics of interest to electrophysiologists, neuroscientists and neurophysiologists, from the reliable penetration of cells, the behaviour and function of the equipment, to the mathematical tools available for analysing data.

Structural genomics is the study of the DNA of living organisms.

Sollten Gedächtnis und Aufmerksamkeit steigernde Psychopharmaka auch für gesunde Lernende zugelassen werden?

This volume in the Progress in Brain Research series features reviews on the functional neuroanatomy and connectivity of the brain areas involved in controlling eye movements.

What are the goals of agricultural science?

Mastering the art of communicating scientific information is more critical than ever for a successful career in science and technology.

Dynamic Food Webs challenges us to rethink what factors may determine ecological and evolutionary pathways of food web development.

Glutamate and GABA are the main information carrying neurotransmitters in the brain.

Synesthesia is a fascinating phenomenon which has captured the imagination of scientists and artists alike.

An ecologist's investigation of the social lives of butterfliesThroughout his career, Henry Horn took a unique approach to the study of butterflies.

The Phytochemical Society of North America held its forty-fourth annual meeting in Ottawa, Ontario, Canada from July 24-28, 2004.

Cognitive Systems - Information Processing Meets Brain Science presents an overview of the exciting, truly multidisciplinary research by neuroscientists and systems engineers in the emerging field of cognitive systems, providing a cross-disciplinary examination of this cutting-edge area of scientific research.

Early Intervention for Autism Spectrum Disorders is the first in a series aimed at addressing the rapidly expanding field of assessment and treatment of children with mental health issues and/or development disabilities.

This edited volume in the Theoretical Ecology series addresses the historical development and evolution of theoretical ideas in the field of ecology.

The rhizosphere in soil environments refers to the narrow zone of soil influenced by the root and exudates.

Autonomic dysfunction is a major and poorly understood consequence of spinal cord injury.

Systems Biology is concerned with the quantitative study of complex biosystems at the molecular, cellular, tissue, and systems scales.

An understanding of mechanisms underlying seizure disorders depends critically on the insights provided by model systems.

In our changing world, society demands more comprehensive and thoughtful solutions from environmental engineers, environmental consultants and scientists dealing with the degradation of our environment.

From one of the world's most imaginative designers comes a story about humanity told through the lens of our buildings.

The field of non-viral vector research has rapidly progressed since the publication of the first edition.

Treatment of patients with a brain tumor remains one of the most challenging and difficult areas of modern oncology.

Gene regulatory networks are the most complex, extensive control systems found in nature.

The critically acclaimed laboratory standard, Methods in Enzymology, is one of the most highly respected publications in the field of biochemistry.

The critically acclaimed laboratory standard, Methods in Enzymology, is one of the most highly respected publications in the field of biochemistry.

Wildlife Demography compiles the multitude of available estimation techniques based on sex and age data, and presents these varying techniques in one organized, unified volume.

Many science students find themselves in the midst of graduate school or sitting at a lab bench, and realize that they hate lab work!

This laboratory guide represents a growing collection of tried, tested and optimized laboratory protocols for the isolation and characterization of eukaryotic RNA, with lesser emphasis on the characterization of prokaryotic transcripts.

This outstanding work is the only modern book devoted to the chick embryo and has been an essential resource for geneticists, molecular and developmental biologists, and other life scientists who use the chick embryo as their research model.

Darwin's theory of evolution by natural selection was based on the observation that there is variation between individuals within the same species.

Molecular medicine is the application of gene or DNA based knowledge to the modern practice of medicine.

Few areas of biomedical research provide greater opportunities for radically new therapies for devastating diseases that have evaded treatment so far than gene therapy.

During the 1990's, scientific advances in understanding the mechanisms and pathophysiology of acute central nervous system injury were offset by a history of disappointing results from Phase III clinical trials of novel neuroprotective drugs.

Much effort has been devoted to developing theories to explain the wide variation we observe in reproductive allocation among environments.