Pre-clinical medicine: basic sciences

Comprehensive Biomaterials II, Second Edition, Seven Volume Set brings together the myriad facets of biomaterials into one expertly-written series of edited volumes.

This new edition covers the development, biology and pathology of the oocyte, and technologies to manipulate, enhance and control fertility.

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

**Selected for Doody's Core Titles(R) 2024 in Psychiatry**Anatomy of Neuropsychiatry: The New Anatomy of the Basal Forebrain and Its Implications for Neuropsychiatric Illness, Second Edition, builds upon reprised classic chapters by Lennart Heimer and Gary Van Hoesen describing the cortical and subcortical structure and functional involvements of several functional-anatomical macrosystems in the human forebrain, the existence of which obviates the vaunted heuristic value of the "e;limbic system"e; concept in the study of motivation and emotion.

(Chapters 11 to 14) summarise important features of the biological clock at the level of whole animal covering all vertebrate classes (fish to mammal).

Post Genomics Drug Discovery and Research explores and discusses some of the most important topics in post-genomics life and biopharmaceutical sciences.

Human Physiology is the English version of a time-honored German textbook first published by HERMANN REIN in 1936.

Follow Ackerley the Acanthostega through the Cretaceous period, 145 to 66 million years ago, when the mightiest dinosaurs stalked the planet.

Did you know that the human brain consumes about 20 percent of all energy used by the body?

Five years have passed since the second edition of With respect to the contents of the book, most chapters have been rewritten or extensively revised.

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A look into the phenomena of sex and reproduction in all organisms, taking an innovative, unified and comprehensive approach.

This volume in the series, Translational Bioinformatics, provides an up-to-date overview of genomic approaches to asthma.

¿Por qué hay personas que a pesar de su edad se sienten siempre jóvenes?

Measurement and interpretation of key ultrasound parameters are essential to differentiate normal anatomy from pathology.

Warum verstoffwechseln wir dieselben Mahlzeiten so unterschiedlich?

Initially believed to be inactive molecules, glycans are now considered essential for life, both under normal and pathological conditions.

This comprehensive reference is clearly destined to become the definitive anatomical basis for all neuroscience research.

Easy to read, yet comprehensive, this is the perfect introduction into the molecular basis of disease and the novel treatment options that have become available.

Recent publications have addressed specific aspects of the endothelins, such as their roles in disease or the importance of endothelin receptors.

This state-of-the-art review on longevity focuses on centenarians, studied as a model of positive biology.

Ethical dilemmas are more common in assisted reproduction than in any other area of medicine.

Chitosan Based Biomaterials: Tissue Engineering and Therapeutics, Volume 2, provides the latest information on chitosan, a natural polymer derived from the marine material chitin.

Multiple Sclerosis (MS) is thought to affect almost 2.

The Plasma Proteins, Volume II: Biosynthesis, Metabolism, Alternations in Disease is a 10-chapter text that explores the physiological role and metabolic interrelationships of the human plasma proteins in the normal state and in disease.

This book provides a current and integrated approach to the subject of genetic determinants of pulmonary disease with emphasis on physiologic derangements and genetic mechanisms.

This concise and accessible text provides an integrated overview of the cardiovascular system - considering the basic sciences which underpin the system and applying this knowledge to clinical practice and therapeutics.

Sport and Exercise Science: An Introduction provides a broad-based foundation in the major areas that underpin the scientific study of sport and exercise science, thus helping undergraduate students to develop a sound understanding of human anatomy, physiology, nutrition, metabolism, biomechanics and psychology related to sport, exercise and health.

The Fifth International Meeting on Cholinesterases convened in Madras, India, in September of 1994.

International Review of Cytology presents current advances and comprehensive reviews in cell biology--both plant and animal.

Small-Animal SPECT Imaging is an edited work derived from the first workshop on Small-Animal SPECT Imaging held January 14-16, 2004 at the University of Arizona, Tucson, AZ, USA.

Statistical Methods for Survival Trial Design: With Applications to Cancer Clinical Trials Using R provides a thorough presentation of the principles of designing and monitoring cancer clinical trials in which time-to-event is the primary endpoint.

More than half the population will experience menopause; it is time for the law to acknowledge it.

In this updated third edition of the critically-acclaimed volume, expert physicians assemble user-friendly, clinically-oriented guides to aid in the day-to-day management of the allergic patient.

Waiting in Hope gives women an uplifting, accessible resource to comfort, guide, and strengthen them through the journey of infertility.

The book illustrates how biostatistics may numerically summarize human genetic epidemiology using R, and may be used successfully to solveproblems in quantitative Genetic Epidemiology Biostatistics for Human Genetic Epidemiology provides statistical methodologies and R recipes for human genetic epidemiologic problems.

This volume is intended to cover research in the field of muscle morphology since publication of the previous edition by Haggquist in 1956.

This book explores mental disorders from a uniquely evolutionary perspective.

Nearly 10 years have elapsed since I finished writing the first edition of Intro- duction to Molecular Embryology.

An anatomical, patient-oriented approach to neurologic diagnosis from renowned neurosurgeonsDespite strides in advanced neuroimaging techniques, what remains constant in the practice of neurology and neurosurgery is the enduring value of observing and interpreting patient signs and symptoms at bedside.