Physiology

Leading researchers are specially invited to provide a complete understanding of the key topics in these archetypal multidisciplinary fields.

This volume explores microRNA pathophysiology, focusing on basic concepts in molecular and cellular biology.

This volume synthesizes pathways in respiratory mechanics and the dynamics of air-blood and blood-cellular gas exchange for students and teachers in respiratory physiology.

This book covers the latest information on the anatomic features, underlying physiologic mechanisms, and treatments for diseases of the heart.

The book discusses new concepts and findings in the field of pulmonary function.

Nuclear Receptors focuses on the structural analysis of nuclear receptors from the initial work using isolated protein domains to the more recent exciting developments investigating the conformational shape of full-length receptor complexes.

TRP channels play a key role in sensory physiology and have been the focus of intensive investigation in recent years.

This book provides an overview of microgravity-induced changes in human metabolism, muscle, bone and the cardio-vascular system, and discusses in detail the nutrient uptake required during spaceflight to counteract these adaptive mechanisms and ensure an improved physical constitution upon returning to Earth.

Every three years, the International Society for Arterial Chemoreception (ISAC) arranges a Meeting to bring together all of the major International research groups investigating the general topic of oxygen sensing in health and disease, with a prime focus upon systemic level hypoxia and carotid body function.

This volume contains original submissions on the development and application of molecular imaging computing.

This comprehensive volume on the blood-gas barrier (BGB) among vertebrates covers its structure and composition along with aspects of evolution, bioengineering, and morphometry.

This book puts hydrogen sulfide in context with other gaseous mediators such as nitric oxide and carbon monoxide, reviews the available mechanisms for its biosynthesis and describes its physiological and pathophysiological roles in a wide variety of disease states.

This volume discusses membrane potential imaging in the nervous system and in the heart and modern optical recording technology.

This book offers a clearly written, entertaining and comprehensive source of medical information for both writers and readers of science fiction.

Over the past few decades technological advances in transcriptomics, proteomics, metabolomics, and glycomics along with the ability to selectively knockout genes of interest has greatly advanced our understanding of maternal-conceptus interactions that are essential for the establishment and maintenance of a successful pregnancy.

Taurine 9 contains original articles and critical reviews based on the oral and poster presentations of XIX International Taurine Meeting held in Krakow, Poland in May 2014.

This must-read text/reference provides a practical guide to processes involved in the development and application of dynamic simulation models, covering a wide range of issues relating to testing, verification and validation.

This book focuses on hormones, and on how they are produced in very diverse regions of the body in humans and animals.

This work provides a state-of-the art overview on the most relevant aspects of cell polarity.

This work provides a state-of-the art overview on the most relevant aspects of cell polarity.

This book brings together the most up-to-date information about the physiology of progestogens.

An overview of all the available literature on the various aspects of the regulation of the cardiovascular system`s function and physiology by the adrenergic neurohormonal system, i.

This timely and clinically oriented book uniquely addresses the entire spectrum of treatment for severe obesity and diabetes.

This work provides the reader with various sets of questions and answers related to basic human physiology.

This classic text has been used in over 20 countries by advanced undergraduate and beginning graduate students in biophysics, physiology, medical physics, neuroscience, and biomedical engineering.

The book provides fundamental new insights in the structure and function of the healthy NeuroMuscular system.

This comprehensive handbook serves the needs of biomedical researchers, space mission planners and engineers, aerospace medicine physicians, graduate students, and professors interested in obtaining an up-to-date and readable introduction to bioastronautics, the science of humans in space.

Recent Advances in Prolactin Research summarizes the current knowledge of prolactin (PRL), PRL receptor, PRL-dependent signaling pathways, the role of PRL in oncogenesis and PRL crosstalk with other oncogenic factors.

The highly successful Reviews of Physiology, Biochemistry and Pharmacology continue to offer high-quality, in-depth reviews covering the full range of modern physiology, biochemistry and pharmacology.

This book offers readers a comprehensive biomaterials-based approach to achieving clinically successful, functionally integrated vasculogenesis and myogenesis in the heart.

The dynamics of body metabolism are changed in the disease process and interact with physical activity.

A host of neurotransmitters and neuroactive substances underlies respiratory regulation in health and disease.

Cardiorespiratory function is prominently affected by oxidative stress.

Because of his international prominence, Professor Khan has been able to gather an enviable list of experts in the field to contribute their experience with airway management in a multitude of clinical settings.

Human footprints provide some of the most emotive and tangible evidence of our ancestors.

Well known experts in the field of Chronobiology from around the world, provide an integrative view of the state of the art of circadian biology.

This is an all-embracing reference that offers analyses and discussions of contemporary issues in the field of PTSD.

This volume presents key topics of current interest with regard to several pathophysiological conditions including (a) the basic and clinical aspects of bradykinin receptor antagonists, (b) the kallikrein-kinin pathways in hypertension and diabetes, (c) tissue kallikrein-kinin therapy for hypertension and organ damage, (d) the renal (tissue) kallikrein-kinin system in the kidney and novel potential drugs for salt-sensitive hypertension, (e) the kallikrein-kinin system in diabetes retinopathy, and (f) genetic manipulation and genetic variation of the kallikrein-kinin system and their impacts on cardiovascular and renal disease.

This book discusses the maximal power and capacity of the three major biochemical pathways -- aerobic (oxygen consumption), anaerobic lactic (muscle lactate accumulation in absence of oxygen consumption), and anaerobic alactic (phosphocreatine hydrolysis) metabolism - as well as the factors that limit them.

This book presents an account of innovative methods and, for most of them, gives direct and practical insights into how practitioners can benefit from their use in their everyday practice.

Bicycles have been a common device to enhance physical fitness level in gyms and training centers along with solid use in competitive sport.

The highly successful Reviews of Physiology, Biochemistry and Pharmacology continue to offer high-quality, in-depth reviews covering the full range of modern physiology, biochemistry and pharmacology.

This book approaches the classification, pathogenesis, diagnostic, therapy and surgery for kidney tuberculosis as well as male genital tuberculosis.

The book comprises contributions by some of the most respected scientists in the field of mathematical modeling and numerical simulation of the human cardiocirculatory system.

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Unless new discoveries are made in the prevention or treatment of stroke, Alzheimer's Disease and depression, the number of patients with these diseases is sure to increase dramatically by the year 2050.

JIMD Reports publishes case and short research reports in the area of inherited metabolic disorders.

This book presents the state of the art of type 2 diabetes genetics, from the process of genetic discovery to its interpretation and clinical application, and illustrates a model for other complex human phenotypes.

This book explores the role calcium signaling plays in cellular responses in almost all types of cells including airway smooth muscle cells.

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