Skip to main content
Elsevier
View Cart

Books in Life sciences

BooksJournals

    • Electrophysiological Methods

      • 1st Edition
      • October 22, 2013
      • William L. Nastuk
      • English
      • Paperback
        9 7 8 1 4 8 3 1 7 9 1 0 0
      • eBook
        9 7 8 1 4 8 3 1 9 4 9 1 2
      Physical Techniques in Biological Research Volume VI: Electrophysiological Methods presents the analytical methods and experimental techniques in electrophysiological research. It discusses the handling and analysis of information by computer methods. It addresses the methods of analysis of waveforms, signal characterization and detection. Some of the topics covered in the book are the fundamentals of digital and analog computers; analysis of complex waveforms; operational amplifiers; signal processing and parameter estimation; the core conductor model; voltage clamp techniques; cable theory; automatic computation equipment; and electric accounting machinery. The wave shape generation are covered. The characterization of systematic functions is discussed. The text describes the nerve containing axial wire. A study of the internal thin and outer diffuse electrodes is presented. A chapter is devoted to the simple one dimensional model. Another section focuses on the cylindrical model with radial symmetry and accuracy of membrane potential measurement. The book can provide useful information to experimenters, students, and researchers.

    • Thyroid Disease and Muscle Dysfunction

      • 1st Edition
      • October 22, 2013
      • Ian Ramsay
      • English
      • Paperback
        9 7 8 1 4 8 3 1 7 7 1 9 9
      • eBook
        9 7 8 1 4 8 3 1 9 3 0 0 7
      Thyroid Disease and Muscle Dysfunction covers the pioneering work of the author in the study of muscle dysfunction in patients with thyrotoxicosis. His contributions on this subject represent real advances in the understanding of metabolic muscle disease. This book is written to clarify the association between abnormalities of skeletal muscle and derangement of thyroid function. This book is organized into five chapters that describe the muscular abnormalities in people with hypothyroidism, explain the concepts of thyrotoxic periodic paralysis and thyrotoxic myopathy, discuss the association between thyroid disease and myasthenia gravis, and describe the changes in thyroid functions associated with miscellaneous muscle disorders. This book will be of interest to persons dealing with studies on the relation between thyroid disease and muscle dysfunction.

    • Recent Advances in Animal Nutrition

      • 1st Edition
      • October 22, 2013
      • W. Haresign
      • D.J.A. Cole + 2 more
      • English
      • Paperback
        9 7 8 1 4 8 3 1 0 6 6 0 1
      • eBook
        9 7 8 1 4 8 3 1 0 0 2 6 5
      Recent Advances in Animal Nutrition-1981 is a collection of papers that discusses the effects of dietary fat on milk composition, relating it to the biochemistry of fat synthesis in the mammary gland. The influence of concentrates on milk composition as well as the pattern and level of concentrate feeding on milk output are also covered. The book describes the need for better utilization of grass and grass products in dairy production, the mineral and trace element requirements of pigs; the importance of anion-cation balance in poultry diets and its effects on performance levels; and the selenium and cobalt requirements of ruminants. The problems of medicinal residues in animal products and the toxicological effects of aflatoxin residues in animal products are also considered. People involved in agriculture, dairy production and animal nutrition will find the book useful.

    • Asthma

      • 1st Edition
      • October 22, 2013
      • K. Frank Austen + 1 more
      • English
      • Paperback
        9 7 8 1 4 8 3 2 0 2 8 3 9
      • eBook
        9 7 8 1 4 8 3 2 1 6 2 6 3
      Asthma: Physiology, Immunopharmacology, and Treatment is a collection of essays that discusses the clinical signs and symptoms of allergic bronchial asthma and the effects of a number of intricate sequences of biochemical reactions initiated by the combination of antigen and antibody. It presents such topic as the pathobiologic mechanisms of asthma. The book discusses the physiologic changes in the acute asthmatic attack. It focuses on the autonomic regulation of airway smooth muscle and the nervous regulation of respiration. Another topic of interest is the genetic aspects of asthma. The section that follows is a review of the biochemical, pharmacological, and immunological factors in the release of chemical mediators from human lung. The book also presents the characteristics of pharmacologic receptor systems and the role of parasympathetic nervous system in asthma. The text will provide valuable insights for physicians, scientists, students, and researchers in the field of human anatomy.

    • A Laboratory Guide to Frog Anatomy

      • 1st Edition
      • October 22, 2013
      • Eli C. Minkoff
      • English
      • eBook
        9 7 8 1 4 8 3 1 8 7 4 7 1
      A Laboratory Guide to Frog Anatomy is a manual that provides essential information for dissecting frogs. The selection provides comprehensive directions, along with detailed illustrations. The text covers five organ systems, namely skeletal, muscular, circulatory, urogenital, and nervous system. The manual also details a frog’s major external and internal features. The book will be of great use to students and instructors of biology related laboratory course.

    • Advances in Endogenous and Exogenous Opioids

      • 1st Edition
      • October 22, 2013
      • Hiroshi Takagi + 1 more
      • English
      • Hardback
        9 7 8 0 4 4 4 8 0 4 0 2 0
      • Paperback
        9 7 8 1 4 8 3 1 2 9 1 7 4
      • eBook
        9 7 8 1 4 8 3 1 6 1 5 9 4
      Advances in Endogenous and Exogenous Opioids contains the proceedings of the International Narcotic Research Conference (Satellite Symposium of the 8th International Congress of Pharmacology) held in Kyoto, Japan on July 26-30, 1981. The conference provided a forum for discussing advances that have been made in the understanding of endogenous and exogenous opioids and tackled a wide array of topics ranging from novel opiate binding sites selective for benzomorphan drugs to the purification of opioid receptors and sequellae of receptor binding. Comprised of 156 chapters, this book begins with an analysis of the interaction of opioid peptides and alkaloid opiates with mu-, delta-, and kappa-binding sites. The reader is then systematically introduced to biochemical evidence for kappa and sigma opiate receptors; the action of morphine and oxymorphone as partial agonists on the field-stimulated rat vas deferens; mechanisms of supersensitivity in the enkephalinergic system; and properties of the solubilized opiate receptor from human placenta. Subsequent chapters explore the biosynthesis of opioid peptides as well as their localization, release, and degradation; physiological and pharmacological actions of opioids; and the use of analgesia in acupuncture. Results of behavioral and clinical studies of endogenous and exogenous opioids are also presented, and the structure-activity relationships of opioids are examined. This monograph will be of interest to students, practitioners, and researchers in the fields of psychiatry and pharmacology.

    • Flash Photolysis and Pulse Radiolysis

      • 1st Edition
      • October 22, 2013
      • R. V. Bensasson + 2 more
      • English
      • Paperback
        9 7 8 1 4 8 3 1 7 3 5 2 8
      • eBook
        9 7 8 1 4 8 3 1 8 9 3 3 8
      Flash Photolysis and Pulse Radiolysis: Contributions to the Chemistry of Biology and Medicine presents the interaction of radiation with biomolecules, which is either beneficial o deleterious to life. This book discusses the biochemical reactions that are not radiation-induced by selectively generating certain types of free radicals present in normal metabolic processes. Organized into nine chapters, this book begins with an overview of the principle of both pulse radiolysis and flash photolysis with photoelectric detection. This text then examines the applications of flash photolysis and pulse radiolysis to the chlorophylls, bile pigments, hemoglobin and myoglobin, and the porphyrins. Other chapters consider the carotenoids related to photosynthesis. This book discusses as well the role of proteins in nearly all biological processes, including enzymatic catalysis, muscular contraction, immune protection, mechanical support, and genetic information. The final chapter deals with the structures and importance of radiosensitizers. This book is a valuable resource for chemists and biochemists.

    • The Chemistry and Technology of Edible Oils and Fats and Their High Fat Products

      • 1st Edition
      • October 22, 2013
      • G. Hoffmann
      • Steve L Taylor
      • English
      • Paperback
        9 7 8 1 4 8 3 2 0 4 9 2 5
      • eBook
        9 7 8 1 4 8 3 2 1 8 3 5 9
      The Chemistry and Technology of Edible Oils and Fats and their High Fat Products covers the theoretical and practical aspects associated with the chemistry and technology of oils and fats. The book discusses the chemistry of edible fats; vegetable-oil separation technology; and water- and heat-promoted fat separation from animal and plant "fatty tissues". The text also describes the refining process; the fat-modification processes; and the production of edible-fat products of high fat content. The technologies applied to speciality fats; the storage and transport of oils and fats; and energy demands of the oil-milling and edible-fat processing operations. People involved in the processing of edible oils and fats will find the book useful.

    • Advances in Immunopharmacology

      • 1st Edition
      • October 22, 2013
      • J. W. Hadden
      • English
      • eBook
        9 7 8 1 4 8 3 2 8 6 8 2 2
      The Fourth International Conference on Immunopharmacology took place in Osaka, Japan, May 1988. It was attended by over 900 participants from a variety of fields, illustrating the broad interest and wide-ranging applications of the subject. This Proceedings volume provides a comprehensive record of the Conference and is organized according to the sectional headings employed at the meeting. The topics covered include basic and clinical immunology, and preclinical and clinical aspects of immunopharmacology. The material presented is referenced and indexed throughout, and illustrated with photographs, diagrams and tables.

    • Drug Design

      • 1st Edition
      • October 22, 2013
      • E. J. Ariëns
      • English
      • Paperback
        9 7 8 1 4 8 3 2 0 2 6 3 1
      • eBook
        9 7 8 1 4 8 3 2 1 6 0 6 5
      Drug Design, Volume IV covers the pharmaceutical phase of drug action, with emphasis on those aspects that are of importance in the design of optimally effective drug products. The book discusses biopharmaceutics as a basis for the design of drug products; the types and pharmacokinetics of peroral prolonged action dosage forms and parenteral prolonged action forms; and the design of topical drug products. The text also describes physical-chemical parameters which affect the bioavailability of topical drug products; the design of sunscreen preparations; as well as the clinical application of litholytic agents, which are preventive and curative drugs for nephrolithiasis. The design of biologically active nucleosides and of insecticidal chlorohydrocarbon derivatives is also encompassed. Chemists, biochemists, pharmacologists, and people involved in drug design will find the book invaluable.

Related subjects

Agricultural and biological sciences

Drug discovery

Immunology

Microbiology and virology

Neuroscience

Pharmaceutical sciences

Pharmacology

Toxicology