Physiology

This volume contains the contributions to a Satellite Symposium of the XXXI In- ternational Congress of Physiological Sciences in Espoo, Helsinki, Finland, July 15-17,1989.

Klinische Forschung hat als Forschung am kranken Menschen besonders hohen ethischen Anforderungen zu genügen.

Quantitative anaesthesia - exact registration of the degree of anaesthesia - has long been the anaesthetist's dream.

When survival is challenged by the cold, animals react by employing both behavioral and physiological solutions.

The recent interest in the pharmacology of the skin and the treatment of its diseases has come about for two reasons.

Bone grafting is an essential technique in bone and joint surgery.

Frühkindliche funktionelle Seitneigeasymmetrie in der oberen Halswirbelsäule ist altersspezifischer Ausdruck menschlicher Lateralität und Hintergrund für die Entwicklung funktioneller und morphologischer Asymmetrien in anderen Regionen des Haltungs- und Bewegungssystems.

The recent interest in the pharmacology of the skin and the treatment of its diseases has come about for two reasons.

This book first appeared in English in 1983, as a translation of the 20th Edition of the long-established German textbook Physi%gie des Menschen.

The development of a new antiarrhythmic drug involves many people with disparate skills.

Sympathetic afferent fibers originate from a visceral organ, course in the thoracolumbar rami communicantes, have cell bodies located in dorsal root ganglia, and terminate in the gray matter of the spinal cord.

After the pioneering studies by Ussing and co-workers, studies of epithelial Nael transport have come a long way.

Sportliche Höchstleistungen werden heute oft nur noch unter Schmerzen erbracht und viele Sporttreibende leiden unter schmerzhaften Bewegungs- und Leistungseinschränkungen.

"e;Immunopharmacology"e; , why not "e;pharmacoimmunology"e;?

This volume is based on a workshop "e;Modulation of Synaptic Transmission and Plasticity in Nervous Systems"e; held in n Ciocco, Castelvecchio, Pascoli, Italy, from September 8th to 13th, 1987.

Die Untersuchung der Augenmotilität kann einerseits eine Parese, andererseits aber auch Anomalien im Ablauf der Blickbewegungen aufdecken.

The effect of calcium antagonists on heart muscle and blood circulation is the reason that they have found widespread clinical application for a number of years.

The need for greater international collaboration is becoming increas.

Pathophysiologische Zusammenhänge bilden die Grundlage für das Verständnis einer Krankheit.

Catecholamines are important transmitter substances in the autonomic and central nervous systems.

Endocrinologic investigations during pregnancy have focused in the last decades on placental hormones, the maternal endocrine system and maternal fetal interactions.

Respiration is a unique topic among various subdisciplines of physiology.

The Editorial Board and the Publishers of the Handbook of Experimental Pharmacology wish to express their profound grief at the untimely death of Professor Peter Baker.

The observations made by Paracelsus concerning the dose-effect relationship of poison are generally just as applicable to health- threatening vibration.

In January 1980, the First Symposium on the Measurement of Tis- sue Oxygen Pressure in Patients was held in Frankfurt.

The study of the functional organization of the first synapse of the centripetal visual pathway at the outer plexiform layer level (OPL) ought to be made through the application of combined histological, electrophysiological, and neurochemical techniques.

Die Zahl der verfügbaren Beta-Rezeptor-Antagonisten und Narkose­ mittel hat in den letzten Jahren erheblich zugenommen.

No one has counted the enzymes in the human organism, and probably their profuse number can only be estimated from the restrictions the finite mass of genetic material imposes.

Proceedings of the Meeting on Theory and Application of Ion Selective Electrodes in Physiology and Medicine, held at Dortmund on July 28-30, 1980

This book covers the principal reports and discussions which have been presented during the "e;Symposium on Anaerobic Metabolism and Lactic Acid"e; which was held in Anzere (Wallis, Switzerland) from 19th till 20th January 1978 under the patronage of the European Society of Cardiology.

Research on aplastic anaemia has until recently been limited to clinical description, morphology and epidemiology.

This preface is addressed to the reader who wishes to inquire into the prevailing concepts, hypotheses and theories about development of sensory systems and wants to know how they are exemplified in the following chapters.

I fancy that many of you, like myself, have woken up in the night with a "e;sleeping"e; arm or leg.

This book summarizes the papers presented at the symposium "e;Dynamics and Regulation of the Arterial System"e; held at Erlangen on 28-30 October 1977 in honor of Professor Erik Wetterer.