Physiology

This handbook provides insights into becoming a better and more evolved athlete.

This book will guide you in a simple and illustrative way through all aspects related to crowd behaviour, including sociological theories, methods of crowd control, people detection and tracking, and crowd simulation and prediction, while examining previous accidents to learn from the past.

This book provides up-to-date scientific information on the pathways by which psychosocial stress can affect the auditory system and describes current approaches to the management of patients with stress-related tinnitus.

This book discusses the unique ion channels and transporters found within the epithelial tissues of various organs, including the kidney, intestine, pancreas and respiratory tract.

The word stress is everywhere and highly overused.

This text presents a compilation of topics that have been taught at Metabolic University (MU), an interactive, didactic educational program that has trained over 600 metabolic dietitians/nutritionists, physicians, nurses and genetic counselors.

This book aims at providing insights into the collagen superfamily and the remarkable diversity of collagen function within the extracellular matrix.

No detailed description available for "e;Prevention and Treatment of Diabetic Late Complications"e;.

This book offers a survey of the state of the art in the field of motion sickness.

This contributed volume is the first of a series that introduces safe, feasible, and practical decellularization and recellularization techniques for tissue and organ reconstruction.

This book discusses unique ion channels and transporters that are located within epithelial tissues of various organs including the kidney, intestine, pancreas and respiratory tract.

Global health has been challenged with the dawning of the era of the obesity epidemic, and thus as a consequence, strategies to reduce obesity have become public health priorities.

„Von den Grundlagen zur Klinik“, so lautete das Motto des 18.

Building on the existing titles in the "e;Airways Smooth Muscle"e; sub-series, the sixth volume explores physiological and pharmacological processes in the lung in vivo.

Skeletal muscle consumes significant amounts of oxygen, and its oxygen flux increases significantly under conditions of exercise and muscle contraction.

On December 6, 1961, a contract was signed by which the research institute of the Wander AG in Freiburg became the Max-Planck-Institut fUr Immunbiologie.

This drug is a landmark discovery, which consequently has become the definitive therapy for the treatment of erectile dysfunction (ED).

Chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) ranges amongst the commonest diseases in the world.

Many factors may influence the release of neurotransmitters from airway nerves [1].

Most studies on autonomic innervation of smooth muscle have focused on the short-term mechanisms involved in neurotransmission in physiological and pathophysiological conditions.

This volume arose from the scientific program of the XIIth International Congress of Pharmacology, held in Montreal, Canada, July 24-29, 1994.

Gamma-Glutamyl Transpeptidases (y-GTs) are members of the N-terminal nucleophile hydrolase superfamily, enzymes that cleave the y-glutamyl amide bond of glutathione to liberate cysteinylglycine.

GABA (gamma-aminobutyric acid) is the main neurotransmitter regulating sleep.

Acute heart failure is a potentially life threatening situation where correct, rapid therapy can have a life saving impact.

This edited volume provides insights about the molecular virology, pathoenesis of infection and host responses to varicella-zoster virus, which is a medically important human herpesvirus.

This monograph is dedicated to the lives and scientific achievements of the physiology pioneers Warren and Margaret Lewis.

This book addresses and dissects the roles and crosstalk mechanisms for the 48 human nuclear receptors (NR) in human health and disease.

This volume discusses renal function and the mechanisms by which the kidney regulates the composition and volume of the extracellular fluid.

This book covers the tremendous progress in the current understanding of the molecular physiology of voltage-gated calcium channels.

This new book provides comprehensive coverage of the subjects of deuterium oxide and deuteration in biosciences, with an emphasis on the biochemical, biomedical, and pharmacological aspects.

In the mid- to late-twentieth century, large scientific conflicts flared in two seemingly distinct fields of scientific inquiry.

This third and final volume in the "e;Ion Transport in Tumor Biology"e; collection presents novel diagnostic and therapeutic approaches in cancer based on the exploitation of ion transport proteins.

The goal of this book is to provide a guide and detailed review of immunosuppression in terms of molecular mechanisms of action, side effects and clinical trials that validated their utility.

Obesity is a major risk factor for the development of type 2 diabetes and its associated complications, a major socio-economic burden for health care systems.

This second book of the three-volume collection "e;Ion Transport in Tumor Biology"e; helps readers gain comprehensive knowledge of the pathophysiology of cancer.

This book presents a comprehensive collection of current knowledge and leading research about the blood-brain barrier.

This book has been developed to provide a detailed discussion of probiotics, which have been evaluated for use predominantly in fish and shellfish aquaculture.

This book brings together in-depth information on a wide array of bio-engineering topics and their application to enhance human health, performance, comfort, and survival in extreme environments.

This is the first textbook solely dedicated to the study of exocrine glands and cells throughout the human body.

This contributed volume presents the current state of research on regenerative rehabilitation across a broad range of neuro- and musculoskeletal tissues.