Physiology

In this second special issue on signal transduction leading specialists in their fields again present overviews of topics related to the highly topicalsubject of signal transduction. The first contribution, by Keppler, deals with the biosynthesis,...

Contents: R.L. Moss, G.M. Diffee, M.L. Greaser: Contractile Properties of Skeletal Muscle Fibers in Relation to Myofibrillar Protein Isoforms.- J.E. Wilson: Hexokinases.- J. Rassow, N. Pfanner: Molecular Chaperones and Intracellular Protein Translocation...

The objective of this book is to provide information that will be useful to people in a variety of disciplines who wish to learn more about normal aging processes in the human body. Although gerontologists in the biological sciences are making great...

This monograph arose from a conference on the Production of Speech held at the University of Texas at Austin on April 28-30, 1981. It was sponsored by the Center for Cognitive Science, the College of Liberal Arts, and the Linguistics and Psychology...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9783662310328Author R. H. AdrianFormat PaperbackPage Count 258Imprint Springer-Verlag Berlin and Heidelberg GmbH & Co. KPublisher Springer-Verlag Berlin...

Volume VII, Part 6 brings to a conclusion the Handbook of Sensory Physiology, the publication of which has spanned 9 years. In the General Preface of Volume I it was stated that: "The purpose of this handbook is not encyclopedic completeness, nor...

The 8th International Congress of Biorheology was held at the Pacifico Yokohama, Japan, a brand new, versatile convention center for international meetings, from August 3 through 8, 1992. There were many plenary lectures and symposia, one of which was...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9783662311585Author M. P. BlausteinFormat PaperbackPage Count 140Imprint Springer-Verlag Berlin and Heidelberg GmbH & Co. KPublisher Springer-Verlag...

This is the first textbook solely dedicated to the study of exocrine glands and cells throughout the human body. Students will gain a broad overview of the whole exocrine system, it's structural features and learn to understand it's integral parts in...

Taste receptors monitor the quality of all the food ingested. They are intimately involved in both food acceptance and rejection. The sensation of taste is also important in the regulation of many specific chemicals necessary for maintenance of the body...

The Editorial Board and the Publishers of the Handbook of Experimental Pharmacology wish to express their profound grief at the untimely death of Professor Peter Baker. Aware of his international recognition as an expert on the ubiquitous role of calcium...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781959483052Author Facp BuckinghamFormat HardbackPage Count 288Imprint R Buckingham MD, FacpPublisher R Buckingham MD, FacpWeight(grams) 957g

Man has always been curious about himself, a curiosity that began centuries ago with an examination of the soul, and that extended in the period of the Renaissance to his anatomy and certain functions such as the circulation of the blood. Chemical...

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 have been in part the result...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Springer Book ArchivesBook InformationISBN 9783662310557Author J. MaiFormat PaperbackPage Count 250Imprint Springer-Verlag Berlin and Heidelberg GmbH & Co. KPublisher...

In the series Reviews of Physiology, Biochemistry and Pharmacology three excellent contributions by Ruth Heidelberger (Houston, TX, USA) with Electrophysiological Approaches to the Study of Neuronal Exocytosis and Synaptic Vesicle Dynamics and Kay...

ILSI Human Nutrition Reviews provide an account of current thought in the field under review and point to problems and questions yet to be elucidated. They are intended to fill the gap between the textbook on the one hand and the specialist publication...

Hypertension is defined by an increase in systemic blood pressure above limits considered normal, currently set at 140 mmHg for systolic and 90 mmHg for diastolic pressure. Assuming central venous pressure to be near zero, mean arterial pressure is...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9789534911105Author Renata FranceticFormat PaperbackPage Count 246Imprint 978-953-49111-0-5Publisher 978-953-49111-0-5Weight(grams) 140g

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781524968830Author Theresa MiyashitaFormat PaperbackPage Count 277Imprint Kendall/Hunt Publishing Co ,U.S.Publisher Kendall/Hunt Publishing Co ,U.S.

The twu-day sympusium held un the campus uf Augustana Cullege, Ruck Island, Illinuis, April 5 and 6, 1967, explured the interrelatiunship between the life sciences and engineering and attempted tu make the scientific cummunity mure aware uf an...

In this volume of Reviews there are three outstanding articles, one on phspholipase D, an enzyme that is widely distributed in bacteria, protozoa, fungi, plants and animals. Phospholipase D carries out a transphosphatidylation reaction, which is unique...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9789401758352Author Carl H. OppenheimerFormat PaperbackPage Count 317Imprint SpringerPublisher SpringerWeight(grams) 810g

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9783662392560Author Francisco J. BarrantesFormat PaperbackPage Count 226Imprint Springer-Verlag Berlin and Heidelberg GmbH & Co. KPublisher...

This book discusses the unique ion channels and transporters found within the epithelial tissues of various organs, including the kidney, intestine, pancreas and respiratory tract. Authors focus on demonstrating the crucial roles that each of these...

This book discusses the unique ion channels and transporters found within the epithelial tissues of various organs, including the kidney, intestine, pancreas and respiratory tract. Authors focus on demonstrating the crucial roles that each of these...

Biomechanics is concerned with the response of living matter to forces, and its study has taken long strides in recent years. In the past two decades, biomechanics has brought improved understanding of normal and patho physiology of organisms at...

The details of the receptor mechanism are not yet fully understood for any sensory system. However, sufficient data are available (for the vestibular system and for other systems) to permit meaningful tracking of the sensory messages through the nervous...

This book sheds new light on the molecular mechanisms that generate circadian rhythms. It examines how biological rhythms influence physiological processes such as sleep, hormone synthesis and secretion, immunity, kidney function, the cardiovascular...

The book provides fundamental new insights in the structure and function of the healthy NeuroMuscular system. Recent findings suggest that the musculoskeletal system that supports movement control on Earth is controlled by unique principles of...

In recent years, several symposia have been held on subjects relating to the general theme of information processing in the nervous system. It is now widely recognized that this whole field is rapidly developing and changing in a manner beyond our...

Research into gastrointestinal motility has received renewed interest in part due to recent advances in the techniques for measuring the structure and function of gastrointestinal cells, tissue and organs. The integration of this wealth of data into...

Leading researchers are specially invited to provide a complete understanding of the key topics in these archetypal multidisciplinary fields. In a form immediately useful to scientists, this periodical aims to filter, highlight and review the latest...

T. Buch, E. Schafer, D. Steinritz, A. Dietrich, T. Gudermann: Chemosensory TRP Channels in the Respiratory Tract: Role in Toxic Lung Injury and Potential as "Sweet Spots" for Targeted Therapies. D.C. Zebrowski and F. B. Engel: The Cardiomyocyte...

J.A. Roth: Membrane-Bound Catechol-O-Methyltreansferase: A Reevaluation of Its Role in the O-Methylation of the Catecholamine Transmitters. D.J. Benos, S. Cunningham, R.R. Baker, K.B. Beason, Y. Oh, and P.R. Smith: Molecular Characteristics of...

P.J. Pearson, P.M. Vanhoutte: Vasodilator and Vasoconstrictor Substances Produced by the Endothelium. L. Dux: Muscle Relaxation and Sarcoplasmic Reticulum Function in Different Muscle Types. C.C. Ashley, P.J. Griffith, T.J. Lea, I.P. Mulligan, R.e...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9783662310342Author J. C. G. ColeridgeFormat PaperbackPage Count 230Imprint Springer-Verlag Berlin and Heidelberg GmbH & Co. KPublisher Springer-Verlag...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781410219060Author National Institute of Mental HealthFormat PaperbackPage Count 196Imprint University Press of the PacificPublisher University Press of the...

The eukaryotic translation machinery must recognize the site on a messenger RNA (mRNA) where decoding should begin and where it should end. The selection of the translation start site is generally given by the ?rst AUG codon encoding the amino acid...

Glomerular flltration represents one of the basic mechanisms in the function of an organism. Our understanding of this process is still quite fragmentary. Regulation of blood flow and pressure, together with regulation of the ultraflltration coefficient...