Physiology

This is the first comprehensive book exclusively dedicated to anorectal physiology and the importance of diagnostic tools in guiding the evaluation and treatment of anorectal dysfunction.

This contributed volume emphasizes the potential of stem cells to be pertained in the urology field and attempts to disclose the history of the field up to the latest advances to date.

First published in 1943, VITAMINS AND HORMONES is the longest-running serial published by Academic Press.

Nutritional Aspects of Osteoporosis is based on presentations given at the Fifth International Symposium on Nutritional Aspects of Osteoporosis held in Lausanne, Switzerland in 2003.

First published in 1943, Vitamins and Hormones is the longest-running serial published by Academic Press.

This second edition of The Ovary incorporates the dramatic research developments regarding the ovarian life cycle within the past decade.

The Myocardium, Second Edition is a comprehensive presentation of cardiac function, including ultrastructure, cellular development and morphogenesis, ion channels, ion transporters, excitation-contraction coupling and calcium compartmentation, mechanics and force production, and energy metabolism.

The Aging Skeleton is a comprehensive and timely book on all aspects of the skeleton as it ages, including basic mechanisms and pathways as well as pathobiology.

Tasting and Smelling presents a comprehensive overview to research on these two important modes of perception.

Scientist, physician, and pastor Stephen Ko explains how to live and worship incarnationally and glorify God with our bodies.

Platelets are fragments of blood cells that occur in the blood of vertebrates and are associated with blood clotting.

Mast Cells and Basophils will be essential reading for immunologists, biochemists and medical researchers.

Obesity is a global pandemic rising beyond the status of a lifestyle disorder, and its consequences include impaired metabolism, energy disruption, and abdominal fat deposition and storage.

Volume 5 in the series Advances in Structural Biology is based upon a selection of articles presented at the Workshop on Molecular Bio-physics of the Cytoskeleton: Microtubule Formation, Structure, Function, and Interactions (August 18-22 1997 at the Banff Conference Centre in Banff, Alberta, Canada).

Advances in Lipobiology, Volume 2

The Laboratory Computer: A Practical Guide for Physiologists and Neuroscientists introduces the reader to both the basic principles and the actual practice of recording physiological signals using the computer.

Organogenesis of the kidney has been intensely studied for over a century.

Sensory Systems: Anatomy, Physiology and Pathophysiology provides a comprehensive description of how human sensory systems function, with comparisons of the five senses and detailed descriptions of the functions of each of them.

Type 1 diabetes, formerly known as juvenile diabetes, is a complex disorder that requires a great deal of patient-guided self-care.

Structured to be a companion to the recently published Handbook of Transfusion Medicine, the Handbook of Pediatric Transfusion Medicine is dedicated to pediatric hematology-oncology and transfusion medicine, a field which remains ambiguous and which has generated few comprehensive texts.

Aquaporins summarizes the present knowledge in this expanding field of research, starting with the structural analysis of water channel proteins.

Radicals for Life: the Various Forms of Nitric Oxide provides an up-to-date overview of the role of nitrosocompounds and nitrosyl-iron complexes in physiology.

The cardiovascular system and the neuroendocrine system are integrated at multiple levels.

First published in 1943, Vitamins and Hormones is the longest-running serial published by Academic Press.

Dieses Buch versteht sich als ein umfassender Leitfaden für Sport- und Gesundheitsexpert*innen, Studierende, Wissenschaftler*innen, Trainer*innen, Athlet*innen verschiedener Sportarten und für alle, die ein allgemeines Interesse an gleichzeitigem Ausdauer- und Krafttraining haben.

The Gut-Brain Axis: Dietary, Probiotic, and Prebiotic Interventions on the Microbiota, Second Edition presents the most advances on how the gut microbiome influences central nervous system and brain function introduced in the first edition.

Quick Guide to Endocrinology, The Pediatric Version, Second Edition, continues to be an essential resource which focuses on the physiology, diagnostics, and laboratory testing of endocrine (hormone-mediated) disorders encountered in the field of endocrinology with expanded coverage of pediatric endocrinology.

The Protective Arm of the Renin Angiotensin System: Functional Aspects and Therapeutic Implications is the first comprehensive publication to signal the protective role of a distinct part of the renin-angiotensin system (RAS), providing readers with early insight into a complex system which will become of major medical importance in the near future.

The Liver in Biology and Disease was conceived as a sequel in the series Principles of Medical Biology, whose general aim continues to be the integration of human biology and molecular cell biology into modern molecular medicine.

In human factors and ergonomics, professionals play a key role in shaping the compatibility between tasks, products, and environments with the needs of individuals.

This updated edition is a comprehensive treatise that spans the complete range of basic biochemistry of bone and cartilage components to the clinical evaluation of disease markers in bone and joint disorders.

Inhaled Particles integrates all that is known about inhaled particles in a unified treatment.

Blood substitutes are solutions designed for use in patients who need blood transfusions, but for whom whole blood is not available, or is not safe.

This exciting introduction to the human body is brimming with super senses, marvellous medicine, and record-breaking feats.

Take a behind-the-scenes look at everything the human body is up to throughout the day in this science book for kids.

Discover everything you need to know about biology, with the simplest most visual guide to the science of life.

The purpose of this book is to introduce the readers on the perspective of the role that unsaturated fatty acids and complex lipids play on health and disease.

Essential for USMLE Step 1 review!

Corazon: una mirada desde diferentes saberes es una obra colectiva que propone un abordaje integral del organo cardiaco desde la convergencia de las ciencias basicas de la salud, la clinica y la salud publica.