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Development of the Prefrontal Cortex: Evolution, Neurobiology, and Behavior
Product DescriptionProminent investigators in the fields of neuroscience and behavior come together in this volume to examine the brain’s prefrontal cortex. Exploring evolutionary issues, neurobiology, neuropsychology, and neuropathology, these experts advance the knowledge of the growth, structure, and function of this...
Bone Loss and Osteoporosis: An Anthropological Perspective
Product DescriptionWith the growing incidence of fragility fractures in Europe and North America over the last three decades, bone loss and osteoporosis have become active areas of research in skeletal biology. Bone loss is associated with aging in both sexes and is accelerated in women with the onset of menopause. However,...
Protein’Protein Interactions: Methods and Applications
Product Description Emory Univ., Atlanta, GA. Describes in detail biochemical, biophysical, genetic, and computational techniques for studying protein-protein interactions as they occur in living cells. Offers step-by-step laboratory instructions. For researchers. DNLM: Protein Binding–physiology–Laboratory Manuals. Protein’Protein...
Rat Genomics: Methods and Protocols
Product DescriptionGrown exponentially by the genomic revolution, the use of the rat as a model of choice for physiological studies continues in popularity and at a much greater depth of understanding. In Rat Genomics: Methods and Protocols, world-wide experts provide both practical information for researchers involved in genomic...
Lipids and Atherosclerosis
Product DescriptionNew discoveries in genetics, molecular, and cell biology are not only enhancing our understanding of the etiology and progression of disease, but are finding applications in the development of new drugs or the implementation of new kinds of therapy. This book provides an in-depth review of emerging areas...
ABC of Liver, Pancreas and Gall Bladder
Product Description Queen’s Medical Centre, Nottingham, UK. Provides an overview of the diseases of the liver, pancreas, and gall bladder. For residents, medical students, and general practitioners. Covers common and rare conditions and includes algorithms for diagnosis and treatment. Color illustrations. Softcover. ABC...
Origins of Psychopathology: The Phylogenetic and Cultural Basis of Mental Illness
Product DescriptionText covers psychiatry and evolutionary biology, psychopathology during human biological evolution, and recapitulation and synthesis. Discusses if mental illness occurs in primates and other animals, and if so, what does this tell us about mental illness in human evolution? Author is with Univ. of Pittsburgh,...
Human Embryology and Teratology
Product DescriptionFrom reviews of the First Edition:“While working in the Carnegie Laboratories of Embryology in California, Ronan O’Rahilly and Fabiola Müller published several most interesting and excellent scientific papers, but the consummation of their teamwork is this book. . . . Although the book deals...
The Fetal Matrix: Evolution, Development and Disease
Product DescriptionNew discoveries reveal how crucial interactions which determine our destiny occur before birth, when our genes interact with their environment as the embryo and fetus develop. These processes – in the matrix of the womb – are evolutionary echoes of mechanisms which allowed our hunter-gatherer...
