About Life
This book uses modern biological knowledge to tackle the question: "What distinguishes living organisms from the non-living ...
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Acute Endocrinology : From Cause to Consequence
The integration of endocrinology in critical care medicine has led to new experimental and clinical data on the complex endocrine ...
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Adipose Tissue and Adipokines in Health and Disease
The aim of Adipose Tissue and Adipokines in Health and Disease is to provide comprehensive information regarding adipose ...
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Allelopathy
This book provides the reader relevant information about actual knowledge about the process of allelopathy, covering all ...
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Brain and Heart Dynamics
Despite the increasing awareness that neural mechanisms are the primary cause of cardiac disease and its progression, therapy ...
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Energy Metabolism and Obesity : Research and Clinical Applications
This book elucidate the most important aspects of genetic background, neuropeptide secretion and action, neuronal pathways, ...
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Killer Cell Dynamics
This book reviews how mathematics can be used in combination with biological data in order to improve understanding of how ...
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Molecular Biology of Metal Homeostasis and Detoxification
One of the challenges faced by every cell as well as by whole organisms is to maintain appropriate concentrations of essential ...
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Molecular Microbiology of Heavy Metals
Molecular Microbiology of Heavy Metals includes chapters on allocation of metals in cells, metal transporter, storage and ...
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NPY Family of Peptides in Neurobiology, Cardiovascular and Metabolic Disorders: from Genes to Therapeutics
The NPY-family of peptides encompasses several groups of neurotransmitters and hormones, which exert diverse biological and ...
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Natriuretic Peptides
The rapid knowledge in the field of neuro-humoral regulation of cardiovascular pathophysiology is changing the picture of ...
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Neuroendocrine Correlates of Sleep
This new volume on Neuroendocrine Correlates of Sleep/Wakefulness is an up-to-date resource of research summaries and reviews ...
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New Frontiers in Lifestyle-Related Diseases
Akiyoshi Hosoyamada, M.D., Ph.D. President, Showa University Tokyo, Japan September 2007 v Preface The leading cause of death ...
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Obesity and Diabetes
The increasing prevalence of diabetes and obesity in western societies today makes these two diseases the leading epidemics ...
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Orphan G Protein-Coupled Receptors and Novel Neuropeptides
Over the last decade it has been shown that orphan G protein-coupled receptors (GPCRs) can be used as targets to discover ...
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Pancreatic Beta Cell in Health and Disease
The beta cells of the pancreatic islets of Langerhans are the only cells in the body that produce and secrete insulin. This ...
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Reviews of Physiology Biochemistry and Pharmacology
Reviews of Physiology, Biochemistry and Pharmacology Volume 160 2008 V. di Marzo: Endocannabinoids: Synthesis and Degradation ...
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The Apoplast of higher plants: Compartment of Storage, Transport and Reactions
The book summarizes the experimental work conducted during a trans-disciplinary research programme funded for six years by ...
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Transient Receptor Potential (TRP) Channels
The main goal of this volume is to provide up-to-date information on the molecular and functional properties and pharmacology ...
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