Wenn es Tiere gibt, mit denen der Mensch nichts zu tun haben will, ja bei deren bloßen Erwähnung er schon die Nase rümpft, dann sind es die Schmarotzer, die Parasiten.
Comparative neurological studies of the evolutionary development of struc- tures within the central nervous system of vertebrates have depended to a large extent upon morphological rather than functional criteria.
This book is a review of past and current studies and future plans of the Laser Laboratory in Cincinnati and some of the contributions of laser research groups in other medical centers.
bhe aim of the book was not to focus the age-dependentmodifications of one specific biological systems orphenomena, but the attempt was pursued to cover severalfields in which the biological research on aging is goingon.
This volume comprises the papers presented at the Session on Wood Products Pathology during the 2nd International Congress on Plant Pathology on 10th - 12th September 1973 in Minneapolis/USA.
Bioengineering is the branch of biology which applies the methods of engineering and physics to the study of biological phenomena, and the vocabulary of technology to describe them.
In recent years our horizons regarding the role of nucleic acids in biological systems have been expanded vastly by the finding that these molecules not only carry and transmit specific infOImation but also can act as less specific triggers of antiviral factors and of immunological responses.
This book is a report of a four-day Symposium on the Biochemistry and Physiology of Visual Pigments, which took place immediately after the VIth International Congress on Photobiology, held in Bochum, Federal Republic of Germany, in August 1972.
Phagocytic cells and complement are probably the most important components of host defense against bacteria which, after overcoming the mucosal and epithelial barriers, multiply in the subepithelial tissue and may threaten to disseminate and invade the blood stream and different organs.
A series of concise books, each by one or several authors, will provide prompt, world-wide information on approaches to analyzing ecological systems and their interacting parts.
Cajal and contemporary scientists have laid the basis of the modem concepts of the organization of the nervous system: the cir- cuits of the brain are made up of individual neurons which transfer information via specialized structures called synapses.
Although many books deal with isolated problems of calcium disturbance in relation to cardiac and cerebral function, this is the first to focus specifically on calcium metabolism and cerebral ischemia.
Following the overwhelmingly successful response to the first printing in hardcover, the hottest topics in Selective Neurotoxicity are now available in this special softcover edition"e;.
