Physiology

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

This book examines how post-transcriptional mechanisms control endocrine function.

Arterial stiffness is an emerging risk factor with important implications for cardiovascular disease risk.

This book comprehensively addresses the physics and engineering aspects of human physiology by using and building on first-year college physics and mathematics.

This innovative text explores the cellular transport of organic cations, from functional and structural properties to pharmacological implications and psychiatric developments.

This volume thoroughly explores of the functional role of microRNAs in cancer.

The volume provides an archive of some of the most beautiful illustrations ever made of the gravid uterus with fetus and placenta, which will serve future generations of investigators, educators, and students of reproduction.

This volume explores microRNA function in a wide array of human disorders, providing a clinical basis for precision medicine and personalized therapies using these molecules.

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.

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.

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 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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