Pre-clinical medicine Books

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...

Together with the two previous volumes of the Handbook of Experimental Pharmacology on histamine and antihistamines the present publication yields a picture of a still rapidly developing field of research. New techniques and...

Latest issue in the CURRENT TOPICS IN NEUROENDOCRINOLOGY se- ries which has been gaining a great deal of reputation as a primary source for reviews in neuroendocrinology and related areas in the past few years.

The findings of immunogenetic linkages, autoantibodies­ including autoislet cell and autoinsulin antibodies-and viruses in diabetes has attracted increasing interest among immunologists, virologists, geneticists and clinicians...

In this Atlas I want to share with my fellow clinicians the fascina­ tion I experienced while discovering the marvels of embryonic development. Why haven't these marvels excited me before? I believe that the use of schemata and...

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...

Research in diabetes has accelerated in two areas, both of which are being reviewed in CTMI. The first is the use of a variety of animal models; the second is basic research in human investigation, islet cell antigens, and...

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...

Due to the topology and structure of the lymph nodes, their role in the pathogenesis and development of diseases is a very special one. Each organ and even each organ-related region of the body has its own group of lymph nodes,...

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...

This book complements the successful series of Workshops on the Au­ tomation of Cytogenetics which have been sponsored for more than a decade by the European Community (EC). The contributed papers all arise from pre­ sentations...

The European School of Oncology came into existence to respond to a need for information, education and training in the field of the diagnosis and treatment of cancer. There are two main reasons why such an initiative was...

The European School of Oncology came into existence to respond to a need for information, education and training in the field of the diagnosis and treatment of cancer. There are two main reasons why such an initiative was...

The biennial symposium 'Radiology Today' continues its original mission to bring together European and American radiologists to discuss advances in the field. This volume presents material by well-known experts in ...

Auch eine Reise von tausend Meilen beginnt mit dem ersten Schritt Lao Tse Die Rontgendiagnostik der Zahne und Kiefer sowie des Gesichtsschadels stellt fUr den Zahnarzt, den Kieferchirurgen und den Radiologen eine taglich...

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:...

Pathophysiologische Zusammenhänge bilden die Grundlage für das Verständnis einer Krankheit. Dieses Buch beschreibt erstmalig umfassend die pathophysiologischen Zusammenhänge der wichtigsten Erkrankungen des ...

Mit dem Erscheinen des 3. Bandes ist der Atlas der Anatomie des Menschen abgeschlossen. Der im Vor­ wort zum 1. Band angegebene Plan für Inhalt, Umfang und Gestaltung war auch Leitlinie für die Gliederung des vorliegenden...

The Fourth International Symposium on Trace Element Metabolism in Man and Animals (TE~1A-4), was held in the Sheraton Hotel, Perth, Western Australia from May 11 to 15, 1981. One of the aims of TEMA-l, which was held in...

Die im Vorwortdes 1. Bandes dargelegte Gliederung des Atlasses der Anatomie des Menschen blieb unveran­ dert. Unsere Absicht, die Ganzheit des Organismus auch in der Bilderfolge zu veranschaulichen, fUhrte zu der ...

Das Kompendium ist als Arbeitsbuch für die tägliche Praxis des Radiologen, Unfallchirurgen, Orthopäden und Traumatologen gedacht. Eine rasche Orientierung ermöglichen - die straffe, tief gestaffelte Gliederung, - Checklisten...

An ever greater number of our contemporaries will reach a very much greater age than their ancestors. Longevity is one of the most fertile fields for paradoxes: it is clear that the same causes do not produce the same effects...

The second edition of the book on language comprehension in honor of Pim Levelt's sixtieth birthday has been released before he turns sixty-one. Some things move faster than the years of age. This seems to be especially true...

Over the last twenty years there has been an explosive growth in our understanding of the molecular, cellular, and anatomical changes that occur in the days and weeks following brain injury. It is now clear that training and...

From humble beginnings over 25 years ago as a lipid kinase activity associated with certain oncoproteins, PI3K (phosphoinositide 3-kinase) has been catapulted to the forefront of drug development in cancer, immunity and thrombosis, with the first...

Insulin Action in the Brain and the Pathogenesis of Alzheimer's Disease by Carl Ronald Kahn and Ryo Suzuki.- The Brain-insulin Connection, Metabolic Diseases and Related Pathologies by Kyriaki Gerozissis.- Insulin Mediated Neuroplasticity in the Central...

Viable but Not Cultivable Bacteria.- General Model of Microbial Uncultivability.- Statistical Estimation of Uncultivated Microbial Diversity.- Detection and Characterization of Uncultivated Microorganisms Using Microarrays.- Persisters, Biofilms, and the...

Theoretical Approaches to the Dynamics of Transposable Elements in Genomes, Populations, and Species.- Infra- and Transspecific Clues to Understanding the Dynamics of Transposable Elements.- Morphological Characters from the Genome: SINE Insertion...

Magnetic Particle Imaging (MPI) is a novel imaging modality. In MPI superparamagnetic iron oxide nanoparticles are used as tracer materials. The volume is the proceeding of the 2nd international workshop on magnetic particle imaging (IWMPI). The workshop...

There are now compelling human epidemiological and animal experimental data that indicate the risk of developing adult-onset complex diseases and neurological disorders are influenced by persistent epigenetic adaptations in response to prenatal and early...

Fluorescent proteins are intimately connected to research in the life sciences. Tagging of gene products with fluorescent proteins has revolutionized all areas of biosciences, ranging from fundamental biochemistry to clinical oncology, to environmental...

Recent progress in high-throughput technologies and genome wide transcriptome studies have lead to a significant scientific milestone of discovering non-coding RNAs (ncRNAs) which spans through a major portion of the genome. These RNAs most often act as...

The book has focussed on the different aspects of sensing technology, i.e. high reliability, adaptability, recalibration, information processing, data fusion, validation and integration of novel and high performance sensors...

IntroductionClassical enzyme kineticsClassical dose-response curves and the Hill coefficientClassical association and dissociation kinetics and exponential fitsNumerical methodsPreparing the computerInstallation of Octave for different...