Physiology

Several physiological mechanisms act to regulate renal potassium excretion and distribution. Together they comprise an integrated control system that may be envisioned as being made up of several interacting negative feedback control mechanisms, all...

In the distal regions of the human lung, one of the most challenging problems facing a large multicellular organism is solved-ensuring an adequate supply of oxygen for aerobic tissue metabolism while removing associated waste products. Conduits for both...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780974165363Author R David BakerFormat PaperbackPage Count 216Imprint Strand Street PressPublisher Strand Street PressWeight(grams) 703g

This volume contains the proceedings of the International Symposium on Growth Factors and Wound Healing: Basic Science and Potential Clinical Applications, held in Boston from September 28-October 1, 1995. The objective of this symposium is to provide...

Multiple sclerosis [MS] is one of the most common auto-immune-mediated diseases of the human central nervous system [CNS] which affects young adults and usually causes significant neurological disability. Currently, the causes of MS are still unclear, a...

In Western civilization, we have come to regard the body as an instrument or a machine that responds to external challenges but does not have a life or creativity of its own. Thanks to some of its inherent capabilities, however, the living body can act...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781631179266Author Susana TellesFormat PaperbackPage Count 62Imprint Nova Science Publishers IncPublisher Nova Science Publishers IncWeight(grams) 162g

This edited volume records the critical historical developments in thermal physiology and makes them accessible to new and senior thermal biologists and scientists in related fields. Readers will discover how the discipline developed all over the world...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780615776002Author Richard Justin Ingebretsen MD PhdFormat PaperbackPage Count 94Imprint Travel Medicine PressPublisher Travel Medicine PressWeight(grams)...

With the advances of immunohistochemistry in combination with confocal microscopy, airway sensory receptor end-organs can now be examined and evaluated objectively. Based on their 'neurochemical coding', morphology, location and origin, three sensory...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9782742001033Author Eliane GluckmanFormat PaperbackPage Count 380Imprint John Libbey EurotextPublisher John Libbey EurotextWeight(grams) 774g

Skeletal muscle consumes significant amounts of oxygen, and its oxygen flux increases significantly under conditions of exercise and muscle contraction. This makes the muscle vulnerable to oxidative stress since concomitantly with the increase of oxygen...

Selected as a Doody's Core Title for 2022 and 2023! Enhanced with new Clinical Cases, new practice questions, and additional animations, Lippincott (R) Illustrated Reviews: Physiology, 3rd Edition, brings physiology clearly into focus, detailing who...

This book contains a varied collection of chapters covering pinealectomy techniques used in current neuroscience research from over 19 internationally recognised scientists. In a total of 8 chapters, this book presents general information in pinealectomy...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781622575312Author Mark PitkinFormat PaperbackPage Count 145Imprint Nova Science Publishers IncPublisher Nova Science Publishers IncWeight(grams) 224g

This book is the result of several years of intensive study and systematic research work. It brings abroad a current view of the problems of osteoporosis in Slovakia. For Slovak physicians it presents an opportunity of a deeper and wider insight of...

There is a perception in the scientific community that the discipline of Physiology is in crisis, or at least, in a phase of profound transition and change. At the root of the problem is confusion between objectives (the biological questions to be...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781607417330Author Geoffrey BrownFormat HardbackPage Count 342Imprint Nova Science Publishers IncPublisher Nova Science Publishers IncWeight(grams) 796g

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For about hundred years the investigation of heart physiology has had one central guiding principle, the "law" of Frank and Starling. This connects the return of blood into the heart and the blood pressure with cardiac con traction force. The "law" does...

A fully problem-based, integrated physiology text, this new resource uses clinical case studies to promote interactive learning and to build a foundation of knowledge for clinical practice. Each case presents an unknown clinical disorder and examines...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780861964482Author E FedrizziFormat PaperbackPage Count 185Imprint John Libbey & Co LtdPublisher John Libbey & CoWeight(grams) 504g

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Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780861962853Author C. Kaplan-GouetFormat PaperbackPage Count 328Imprint John Libbey & Co LtdPublisher John Libbey & CoWeight(grams) 670g

For about hundred years the investigation of heart physiology has had one central guiding principle, the "law" of Frank and Starling. This connects the return of blood into the heart and the blood pressure with cardiac con traction force. The "law" does...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781617612121Author Sarah E GallagherFormat HardbackPage Count 176Imprint Nova Science Publishers IncPublisher Nova Science Publishers IncWeight(grams) 526g

Threonine, one of proteinogenic as well as essential amino acids, is classified as polar and uncharged residue, which may play an important role in intermolecular interactions between protein molecules and small ligand molecules. This book includes...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781631171390Author Rosemary E WallingFormat PaperbackPage Count 99Imprint Nova Science Publishers IncPublisher Nova Science Publishers IncWeight(grams) 216g

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781624173110Author Leonzio GalellaFormat PaperbackPage Count 115Imprint Nova Science Publishers IncPublisher Nova Science Publishers IncWeight(grams) 188g

Non-steroidal anti-inflammatory drugs (NSAIDs) are among the most widely used drugs for the suppression of inflammation and pain. However, the therapeutic uses of NSAIDs are frequently limited by the significant negative side effects including...

Leading researchers are specially invited to provide a complete understanding of a key topic within the multidisciplinary fields of physiology, biochemistry and pharmacology. In a form immediately useful to scientists, this periodical aims to filter,...

Oxytocin (OT), a hormone with a well-known function in childbirth, breast milk secretion, formation of the mother-infant bonding process and social empathy, has recently been revisited from a systemic perspective to uncover possible links with or...

This textbook offers a concise, yet comprehensive account of human nutrition, food and nutrition-related health problems, based on the curricula of top universities around the globe. Nutrition is a multidisciplinary science, and as such, the book...

Advances in cellular physiology and molecular biology have now disclosed the metabolic changes and adaptational responses of the heart to various kinds of stresses. Topics covered in this volume include the regulation of myocardial proteins in mechanical...

Gastric acid plays a primary role in digestion as well as in the sterilization of food and water. Gastric juice contains the most concentrated physiological acid solution (pH~1) as a result + - of H and Cl ion secretion [hydrochloric acid (HCl)...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9782742000968Author John Libbey EurotextFormat PaperbackPage Count 94Imprint John Libbey EurotextPublisher John Libbey EurotextWeight(grams) 220g

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781536137798Author Kenichi MeguroFormat PaperbackPage Count 126Imprint Nova Science Publishers IncPublisher Nova Science Publishers IncWeight(grams) 308g

Dietary anthocyanins and flavonoids in vegetables, fruits and grain corms have their diverse functions to human dietary life. Topics discussed in this book include original findings and reviews such as their distributions, extractions, separations,...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781607417040Author Ivan Y TorshinFormat HardbackPage Count 196Imprint Nova Science Publishers IncPublisher Nova Science Publishers IncWeight(grams) 598g

This concise text presents best practices for all aspects of atrial fibrillation ablation as outlined in the new version of the VeniceChart International Consensus document, which is presented in conjunction with the biannual Venice Arrhythmias...