Pre-clinical medicine: basic sciences

Major and exciting advances in psychiatric genetics werediscussed at a 3-day international workshop.

Catecholamines are important transmitter substances in the autonomic and central nervous systems.

This book comprises proceedings from the Third International Conference on Advances in Nutrition and Cancer, held in Naples in May 2012.

Induced pluripotent stem cells in cardiovascular research.

Accumulating evidence supports the role of defects in post-transcriptional gene regulation in the development of cancer.

This book is a comprehensive but compact guide to the latest technical and technological developments in the growing field of non invasive diagnosis in clinical dermatology.

Primary immunodeficiency diseases (PIDs) are a heterogeneous group of inherited disorders characterized by different defects in the development and function of the immune system.

In the era of molecular biology, an atlas that allows a rapid understanding of the complexity of ovarian processes is urgently needed.

Cardiac ion channels and mechanisms for protection against atrial fibrillation.

This book covers a wide array of topics relevant to behavioral genetics from both a preclinical and clinical standpoint.

Anatomy is intrinsically a three-dimensional and visual discipline.

The rapid advances in medicine over the last 50 years have totally changed the outlook for children with disorders of sex development (DSD), but there is still much to learn.

Stress of either psychological or physical nature can activate and/or paralyse humans' innate and adaptive immunity.

The therapeutic potential of the use of adipose stem cells in regenerative medicine has been increasingly recognized, and in recent years concrete clinical benefits have accrued as these cells have been explored for a variety of applications.

Sex matters!

Surgical Neuroangiography covers a variety of protocols and strategies combining functional vascular anatomy with a complete appreciation of the various disease processes, their pathophysiology, clinical presentation, and natural history, as well as recent technological advances.

For a long time, imaging of the chest was based on the use of either radiography, demonstrating lung morphology, or scintigraphy, looking at lung function.

This book offers the most up-to-date information about research surrounding the neurobiology of bipolar disorder as well as currently available and novel therapeutic options.

Pediatric retinal diseases are not simply retinal diseases that occur in children; rather, they are unique disorders that often are not found in adults.

Laron syndrome (LS), or primary growth hormone (GH) insensitivity, was first described in 1966.

Tissue engineering is a multidisciplinary field incorporating the principles of biology, chemistry, engineering, and medicine to create biological substitutes of native tissues for scientific research or clinical use.

Infertility is defned as the inability to conceive after having unprotected intercourse for a year.

Radiology to me is an art more than a science; an art of imaging the human body, and an art of extracting information from an image.

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In 1920s, Otto Warburg described the phenomenon of 'aerobic glycolysis', the ability of tumour cells to convert glucose to lactate in the presence of normal oxygen conditions.

The decade that has passed since publication of the second edition of this textbook has not only witnessed a tremendous increase in knowledge within the ?

Based on 40 years experience, this book on ear surgery guides the beginner as well as the experienced surgeon through all approaches to middle ear and neurotologic surgery.

Progestins play a key role in reproductive endocrinology and as pharmaceutical drugs for contraception and in combined hormone therapy.

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The development of a bio-engineered pacemaker is of substantial clinical and also scientific interest because it promises to overcome several limitations of electronic pacemakers.

Cancer stem cells werehave originally been identified in leukemia and later in several solid tumor types.

Adequate blood supply to the eye is an important prerequisite for normal visual function.

This lavishly illustrated atlas provides indispensable information to clinicians, geneticists and visual scientists working with inherited retinal diseases.

Vitiligo has been, until recently, a rather neglected area in dermatology and medicine.

Operative Anatomy of the Heart covers unique data and artwork on the morphological description of cardiovascular surgery and surgical procedures.

Nuclear hormone receptors are not only important drug targets, but have also been the focus of decades of active and highly insightful research.

This book presents a comprehensive and up-to-date account of research on the effect of elevated temperature on developmental programs and on the possible roles of heat shock proteins in normal development in animals and plants.

This volume contains the main proceedings of the fourth international conference on "e;Cancer Prevention 2006,"e; which was held during February 16-18, 2006, in St.

Gastric acid plays a primary role in digestion as well as in the sterilization of food and water.

Andrology for the Clinician consists of two parts: In Part One, the busy clinician can easily find the problem-orientated information he or she needs on such issues as male factor fertility problems, male contraception, and male genital tract infection and tumours.

The broad field of neuro-ophthalmology encompasses lesions of both the afferent and efferent pathways, which can result from various etiologies: tumoral, paraneoplastic, vascular, inflammatory, infectious, or hereditary, just to name a few.

Recently, expectations of the potential of regenerative medicine have risen because of the exciting results obtained in various areas of research.

This seventh volume of the Essentials in Ophthalmology series covers topical issues in pediatric ophthalmology.