Human Physiology category: 622 books
Lymphatic System
Speedy Study Guides
Language: English
Release Date: September 2, 2014
Whether you are a nursing student or pre-med, there are many things that you will need to know. All the information you are required to learn can seem utterly overwhelming. Anatomy and physiology of the body systems, pharmacology, and biochemistry are just some of the classes you will be required...
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Language: English
Release Date: February 23, 2004
Language: English
Release Date: February 23, 2004
Structured to be a companion to the recently published Handbook of Transfusion Medicine, the Handbook of Pediatric Transfusion Medicine is dedicated to pediatric hematology-oncology and transfusion medicine, a field which remains ambiguous and which has generated few comprehensive texts. This book...
Recent Progress in Hormone Research
Proceedings of the 1977 Laurentian Hormone Conference
Language: English
Release Date: October 22, 2013
Recent Progress in Hormone Research presents the proceedings of the 1977 Laurentian Hormone Conference held at Mont Tremblant, Quebec, Canada from August 28 through September 2, 1977. The book discusses the concepts and perspectives of reproductive endocrinology; and the mechanism of action of hypothalamic...
Sexualisation en biologie
Les Grands Articles d'Universalis
Language: French
Release Date: September 19, 2016
Dans le contexte de la fonction biologique fondamentale qu'est la reproduction (étudiée par ailleurs dans cet ouvrage de façon autonome), la sexualisation représente le mécanisme qui est à l'origine de la dichotomie phénotypique consubstantielle de la reproduction sexuée. Il s'agit en effet des causes ...
Membres
Les Grands Articles d'Universalis
Language: French
Release Date: September 19, 2016
La plupart des animaux dotés d'une symétrie bilatérale possèdent des expansions paires du corps, placées latéralement de chaque côté de la région postcéphalique. Ces expansions, de nombre et de structure très variables, sont fonctionnellement associées à la locomotion. Dans son acception la plus...
by Laurence A. Cole
Language: English
Release Date: December 11, 2014
Language: English
Release Date: December 11, 2014
Human chorionic gonadotropin (hCG) is produced during pregnancy by the embryo. It promotes progesterone production by corpus luteal cells. It also functions in pregnancy to promote angiogenesis in uterine vasculature, it immuno-blands the invading placental tissue so it is not rejected by the maternal...
by Robert M. Winslow
Language: English
Release Date: October 5, 2005
Language: English
Release Date: October 5, 2005
Blood substitutes are solutions designed for use in patients who need blood transfusions, but for whom whole blood is not available, or is not safe. This interest has intensified in the wake of the AIDS and hepatitis C epidemics. Blood Substitutes describes the rationale, current approaches, clinical...
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Language: English
Release Date: October 22, 2013
Language: English
Release Date: October 22, 2013
Biochemistry of Brain is a collection of articles dealing with the developments in the biochemistry of the brain.
This book gives a comprehensive and critical discussion of important developments in studies concerning the above subject. This text discusses the structure, function, and metabolism of...
Steroid Hormone Regulation of the Brain
Proceedings of an International Symposium Held at the Wenner-Gren Center, Stockholm, 27-28 October 1980
Language: English
Release Date: October 22, 2013
Steroid Hormone Regulation of the Brain focuses on the advancement of knowledge of the properties of brain steroid receptors and steroid target nerve cells, including the actions of gonadal steroids, adrenocortical steroids, and androgenic steroids on the brain.
The selection features the work of...
The Kidney
From Normal Development to Congenital Disease
Language: English
Release Date: March 14, 2003
Organogenesis of the kidney has been intensely studied for over a century. In recent years advances in molecular techniques have not only made great inroads into exploring the genetic regulation of this complex process but also began to unravel the molecular basis of many forms of congenital kidney...
Hormones and the Fetus
Volume 1: Production, Concentration and Metabolism During Pregnancy
Language: English
Release Date: October 22, 2013
Written by the world's two leading researchers in steroid biochemistry this volume describes the ways in which hormonal concentration is regulated during pregnancy. It is a comprehensive account of how biosynthesis, metabolism and inter-compartmental transport are related to the concentration of each...
The Neostriatum
Proceedings of a Workshop Sponsored by the European Brain and Behaviour Society, Denmark, 17-19 April 1978
Language: English
Release Date: October 22, 2013
The Neostriatum presents the puzzles of the neostriatum from many different angles. This book presents significant findings concerning the structure and neurotransmitters of the neostriatum.
Organized into four parts encompassing 20 chapters, this book begins with an overview of the basic organization...
Advances in Metabolic Disorders
Somatomedins and Some Other Growth Factors Proceedings of the Twenty-Eighth Nobel Symposium Held at Hässelby, Sweden, September 4–7, 1974
Language: English
Release Date: October 22, 2013
Advances in Metabolic Disorders, Volume 8: Somatomedins and Some Other Growth Factors covers the proceedings of the 28th Nobel Symposium held at Hasselby, Sweden on September 4-7, 1974. The book discusses the mechanisms regulating cellular growth; the purification procedures and biological properties...
Neuroendocrine Perspectives
Volume 3
Language: English
Release Date: October 22, 2013
Neuroendocrine Perspectives, Volume 3 provides information on amine and peptide biochemistry. This book discusses the availability of specific biochemical and histochemical techniques that have greatly advanced knowledge of central nervous system neurotransmitter and neuropeptide systems.
Organized...