The role of the metals copper, zinc, magnesium, lead, manganese, mercury, lithium and aluminium in neuropsychiatric disease are well known and has been discussed on several occasions.
Ein fächerübergreifendes Schwerpunktthema dieses Buches bilden die Fortschritte beim Einsatz von Ersatz- und Ergänzungsmethoden zu Tierversuchen in der Lehre und Ausbildung in den verschiedenen Disziplinen der biomedizinischen Wissenschaften.
Isocoumarins have been isolated from a wide variety of microbial, plant and insect sources and have been shown to possess an impressive array of biological activities.
More than ten years have elapsed since the publication of a compre- hensive review on the quassinoids, the bitter principles of the Simaroubaceae family (80).
The chemistry of condensed tannins has hitherto represented a relatively unattractive and therefore neglected area of study; one in which the weight of research effort involved is invariably disproportionate to the results achieved, in which the participating schools generally confine their approach to specific molecular species, and in which as yet no consensus has been reached regarding likely precursors.
Scientists struggling with the pharmaco- and toxicodynamic interactions of drugs and chemicals will find this book a valuable reference to the relevant theoretical background of this complex field and an indispensible guide to practical, analytical procedures for evaluation of experimental data.
Der erste Band der neuen Reihe gibt einen weitgefächerten Überblick über die Probleme, Grenzen und Möglichkeiten, Tierversuche in der biomedizinischen Forschung zu reduzieren.
Schizophrenia has been the subject of intense research interest in recent years, as investigators have explored the biological bases for the disorder and for various approaches to its diagnosis and treatment.
Positron Emission Tomography (PET) has been used for a decade in psychiatric research to study regional brain glucose metabolism, and the results seem to be inconsistent.
The papers compiled in this supplementum are a selection of the best con- th tributions presented at the 19 Central-European Neurological Symposium (CNS 19) held on June 29 - July 1, 1989 in Vienna.
The 4th Advanced Seminar in Neurosurgical Research was held on May 17th-18th, 1989 in the Abbey of Praglia, a XIIth century Benedictine Monastery, near Padua, Italy, and was devoted to "e;Neurosurgical Aspects of Epilepsy"e;.
