Human biology Books

Des Maladies De La France Dans Leurs Rapports Avec Les Saisons est un livre �����crit par Joseph Jean Nicholas Fuster en 1840. Ce livre traite des maladies qui affectent la France et de leur relation avec les saisons. L'auteur examine comment les...

""Beitr�����ge zur Psychologie und Physiologie der Sinnesorgane"" ist ein Buch des deutschen Physikers und Physiologen Hermann von Helmholtz aus dem Jahr 1891. Das Werk befasst sich mit der Erforschung der Sinnesorgane des Menschen und deren...

Two questions could not be avoided in the avant-propos of this book; (i) what is the importance to man of ruminant livestock, and (ii) what results of practical relevance in the growing mountain of scientific verbiage could be...

Facharbeit (Schule) aus dem Jahr 2012 im Fachbereich Biologie - Neurobiologie, Note: 1,0, , Sprache: Deutsch, Abstract: Die vorliegende Arbeit befasst sich mit Untersuchungen, die den Einfluss bestimmter Faktoren auf die Reaktionszeit des Menschen nach...

Modem Methods of Plant Analysis When the handbook Modern Methods of Plant Analysis was first introduced in 1954 the considerations were: 1. the dependence of scientific progress in biology on the improvement of existing and the...

Modern Methods of Plant Analysis When the handbook Modern Methods of Plant Analysis was first introduced in 1954 the considerations were: 1. the dependence of scientific progress in biology on the improvement of existing and...

With contributions by numerous experts

Comparative endocrinology helps to find the roots of homeostatic regulation in organisms. In this context, many years ago a series of experiments were done, which demonstrated the hormonal regula­ tion also on the invertebrate...

A compilation of researchers' experience in the areas of bioanalysis, pharmacokinetics, and drug metabolism, to present an up-to-date and comprehensive treatise on the application of these and related technologies in drug...

Mitochondrial transport systems are essential to mitochondrial function and therefore to energy homeostasis within the cell. The book contains studies utilizing the techniques of biochemistry, physiology, molecular biology and...

Atherosclerosis still affects over 50 % of the population in the highly industrialized countries. This book is an update of the treatment of hyperlipidemia, necessary due to the identification in recent years of molecular...

The authors, all accomplished and world-renowned experts in their topic areas, have provided controversial and up-to-date accounts of the current status of research in calcium and bone metabolism by reviewing major areas of...

There has long been disagreement about various aspects of the structure and function of the "gatekeeper" (Greek pyloros, from pyle = gate and ouros = guard). In recent years the problem has often been mentioned in anatomy,...

The most comprehensive and conceptual one-volume treatment of this field available and the first to emphasize the cellular and molecular aspects of gut peptide biology. Authored by an array of internationally distinguished...

I am honored to be invited to prepare a foreword for the proceedings of the Second International Lubeck Conference on Erythropoietin (Epo). I congratulate Wolfgang Jelkmann, Horst Pagel and Christoph Weiss for their ...

Well over one decade has passed since the appearance of the original four volumes of Membrane Transport in Biology. Since the publication of the last volume there have been spectacular advances in this field. These advances...

This volume intends to provide a comprehensive overview on the mecha­ nisms of muscle contraction and non-muscle cell motility at the molecu­ lar and cellular level, not only for investigators in these fields but also for...

Harderian glands, first described by Jacob Harder in two species of deer in 1694, are large, intraorbital glands which, with but few exceptions, are found in all land vertebrates. Certainly, their relatively large size, their...

Investigations of the oxygen carriers range from the characterization of natural populations to measurements of tenths of nanometer distances between atoms. The scope is so great that few biologists and biochemists can fully...

Understanding the mechanisms involved in intracellular movement and localization of proteins is a central issue in cell biology. This volume is concerned with the events involved in the transport of membrane proteins, and the...

It is a great honor and pleasure for me to introduce this book; an honor, because of the scientific renown and authority of the investigators who have edited the volume and contributed the chapters; a pleasure, because my own...

A new presentation of physiological regulatory mechanisms and therapeutic applications is given in this book. It represents a collection of the most up-to-date information in cholecystokinin (CCK) research, especially focusing...

This volume forms part of a prestigious series and covers the latest advances in our understanding of the pathophysiology and treatment of asthma. Our understanding of asthma has changed dramatically in recent years, and much...

A large number of chemical agents are known which affect blood and blood-forming organs. The purpose of this volume is to review the sig­ nificant advances made over the past several years regarding such chemical agents. The...

In the cardiovascular sciences, an increasing demand for the use of modern methods of cell biology has developed. The use of specific cell culture models of the various tissues involved is essential for most of these novel...

The present book is the outcome of a symposium on magnesium and excitable membranes, held in September 1989 on the occasion of the 12th annual meeting of the European Neuroscience Associ­ ation in Torino. Leading specialists...

In 1976, when Springer-Verlag commissioned Professors Giebisch, Tosteson, and Ussing to edit what was destined to become a monumental five-volume Handbuch (" Membrane Transport in Biology", 1978 [Vols I, II, III] and 1979 [Vols...

Historical Perspective In 1842, in a paper entitled "Further Development of a General Law of Vital Periodicity", which was part of a series of seven Lancet papers on periodicities in health and disease, Thomas Laycock wrote:...

This book contains the proceedings of the 11 'h international symposium dedicated to the understanding of animal "Life in the Cold", held at Jungholz (Austria), August 13-18, 2000. In 55 chapters contributed by researchers from...

In this volume of Reviews of Physiology, Biochemistry and Pharmacology  there a contributions by M.D. Swope, E. Lolis, F.Hofmann, L. Lacinova, N.  Klugbauer, M. Hermann, P. Berger, S.S. Shen, J.S. Kim, M.E. Weksler, M...

(Chapters 11 to 14) summarise important features of the biological clock at the level of whole animal covering all vertebrate classes (fish to mammal). Chapters 15 and 16 are on long term (seasonal) rhythms in plants and higher...

For the first time, this book offers a critical review of the calcification process of the organic and inorganic phases of mineralized tissues focusing on the earliest phases. It includes a methodological chapter which provides...

Rudern wird von vielen Menschen in ihrer Freizeit als klassische Amateursportart betrieben. In diesem Buch behandeln Sportwissenschaftler die modernen Methoden der Leistungsdiagnostik und Trainingssteuerung am Beispiel Rudern...

About ten years aga devices and equipment were developed for producing quantitative images in vivo of the distribution of substanees with positron­ emitting radionuclide label of very short half-life (down to only several...

Walther Birkmayer, one of the co-discoverers of the neuro­ chemical causes of Parkinson's disease and of its treatment by neurotransmitter-replacement therapy, and his former col­ laborator and colleague Peter Riederer have...

Der rasch zunehmende Wissensstand auf dem Gebiet der angeborenen, unspezi- schen Immunität wird laufend in einer Vielfalt ausgezeichneter Monographien fest- halten, in denen hervorragende Wissenschafter ihr Fachgebiet ...