Physiology

The goal of this volume is to comprehensively cover a highly readable, updated and extended, overview on our present knowledge of positive and negative effects of UV exposure, with a focus on vitamin D and skin cancer.

Encephalitis lethargica ('sleeping sickness') was a mysterious disorder that swept the world in the decade following the First World War, before disappearing without its cause having been identified.

This book is meant to provide the most current knowledge regarding the mechanisms of action of A20, if its versatile functions and their validation in animal models of human disease and its promise as a diagnostic biomarker and therapeutic target.

The study of self-consciousness helps humans understand themselves and restores their identities.

Atherosclerosis represents the leading cause of mortality and morbidity in the world.

Assembles a collection of experts to provide a current account of different approaches (e.

The latest in a series of books from the International Hypoxia Symposia, this volume spans reviews on key topics in hypoxia, and abstracts from poster and oral presentations.

The brain is the most complex and highly of semi-permeable excitable membranes which specialised of all mammalian organs.

Taurine, or 2-aminoethane sulfonic acid, has long been known to be the major organic product formed from the breakdown of the sulfur-containing amino acids, methionine and cysteine.

It has been over 50 years since Hans Selye formulated his concept of stress.

This book dealing with stance and motion was planned in June 1986 at a meeting held in Moscow and Leningrad between a group of Soviet and French scientists interested in motor control.

The physiology of man is a complex subject.

Designed to meet the needs of undergraduate students, Introduction to Biomechanics takes the fresh approach of combining the viewpoints of both a well-respected teacher and a successful student.

This book offers a basic understanding of the complex mechanisms that protect the brain from harmful substances while still allowing for essential functions such as nutrient transport and waste removal.

Biology of Sex is a lively and intellectually challenging textbook.

Biology of Sex is a lively and intellectually challenging textbook.

This book presents a survey of research on neuronal behaviour after denervation.

This volume describes and illustrates neural pathways, their interrelationships, and their blood supply, and is aimed particularly at students of neuroanatomy, particularly medical students.

Endurance Fitness provides detailed coverage of the scientific principles on which the general theories of physical fitness are based.

This volume is primarily concerned with the entomology of Monarch butterflies and the debate regarding their northward and southward migratory patterns.

This invaluable handbook provides a basic knowledge of muscle action and co-ordination with which students of occupational therapy can applying specific techniques to specific conditions of muscle insufficiency for the restoration of function.

Physiology, unlike most biological sciences, is characterized less by methods of study than by its goal, the understanding of the complex interactions at the cellular and organismic levels.

Since the end of World War II, BCG has almost exclusively held the stage in discussions of the problem of protective vaccination against tuberculosis.

This book reveals emerging theory in the nebulous area between neurophysiology and behavioural science which is of such vital importance in the mental health field.

Encephalitis lethargica ('sleeping sickness') was a mysterious disorder that swept the world in the decade following the First World War, before disappearing without its cause having been identified.

Graceful stingrays, massive whales, and spiny sea urchins live deep in the ocean.

Sleep and dreaming are manifestations in higher organisms of a fundamental 'circadian rhythm' of inactivity-activity.

The rumen is an object of study for many types of biological scientist, from anatomists to microbiologists, and more recently even mathematicians.

A collection of contemporary work in various areas of eye-movement research with an emphasis on physiological aspects is presented in this book.

This two-part book provides the most advanced biochemical and histochemical analytical methods on neurotransmitters, neuromodulators, and neuropeptides described by international specialists.

Research in neural modeling and neural networks has escalated dramatically in the last decade, acquiring along the way terms and concepts, such as learning, memory, perception, recognition, which are the basis of neuropsychology.

Interest in interleukin-1 (IL-1) has increased dramatically over the last decade, but has been largely restricted to immunologists, cell biologists and those studying inflammation and cancer.

This volume is a summary of the proceedings of the 8th International Symposium on Vitamin B6 and Carbonyl Catalysis, held in Osaka, Japan, 15-19 October 1990.

An Introduction to Human Blood Groups provides an introduction to human blood groups.

Human Body Composition: Approaches and Applications focuses on approaches to the description of human physique; clarification of the role of factors determining and modifying body composition; and assessment of biological and medical significance of individual differences in body composition.

The Principles of Nutrition for Practitioners and Students discusses the principles of nutrition-a subject which becomes more and more terrifying to the learner with each addition to the complex of vitamins.

Blood and Tissue Antigens documents the proceedings of the International Symposium on Blood and Tissue Antigens held in Ann Arbor, Michigan on September 17-19, 1969.

Plasma Lipids: Optimal Levels for Health compiles reports on optimal blood lipid levels.

Volume One of Hormones and the Fetus contained a generalization of the role of hormones during fetal life.

Written by the world's two leading researchers in steroid biochemistry this volume describes the ways in which hormonal concentration is regulated during pregnancy.

Biology of Gestation Volume II provides an account of the various mechanisms that take place during the adjustment of the fetus to intrauterine life and the changes that happen at birth.

Advances in Radiation Biology, Volume 6: Effects of Low Dose and Low Dose Rate Radiation examines the biological effects of low dose and low dose rate ionizing radiation on a broad scale, covering various articles from microdosimetry to analyses of human responses.

Scientific Foundations of Ophthalmology focuses on scientific grounds of ophthalmology, including anatomy, genetics, pathology, and epidemiology of blindness and blinding diseases.