Published June, 2011
By Nancy J. Rothwell and Frank Berkenbosch
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
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Originally published in 1994, this was the first volume to look in depth at the way the brain responds to trauma and subsequently integrates and influences behavioural, metabolic, neurohumoral, cardiovascular and immune functions. The authors, all international authorities in their fields, discuss data from experimental and clinical studies.

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Published June, 2011
By Patrick A. Riley, Jan Borovansky and J Borovansky
Publisher: John Wiley & Sons Ltd (Wiley-VCH Verlag GmbH)
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The surface pigmentation of vertebrates is controlled by specialized cells able to synthesize a variety of pigments collectively known as melanins. Recent research has shown that melanins are produced not only in the skin but also in many other sites such as the eye, inner ear, muscles, etc. , - where they are engaged in some unanticipated roles.

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Published June, 2011
By Satya Prakash Gupta
Publisher: Springer (Springer-Verlag Berlin and Heidelberg GmbH & Co. K)
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The present book compiles important chapters authored by eminent workers in the field to cover important recent advances in the studies of the structure and functions of ion channels and their inhibitors, such as sodium ion, potassium ion, chloride ion, calcium ion channel inhibitors.

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Published June, 2011
By Gyorgy Buzsaki
Publisher: Oxford University Press (Oxford University Press Inc)
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This book provides eloquent support for the idea that spontaneous neuron activity, far from being mere noise, is actually the source of our cognitive abilities.

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Published June, 2011
By Jose Marin-Garcia
Publisher: Springer (Springer-Verlag New York Inc.)
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This book brings together current knowledge in cardiovascular cell signal transduction mechanisms, advances in novel therapeutic approaches to improve cardiac function, and discussion of future directions.

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Published June, 2011
By Knut Schmidt-Nielsen, Liana Bolis, S. H. P. Maddrell, L. Bolis and K. Schmidt-Nielsen
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
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This 1978 volume contains papers from contributors to the Third International Conference on Comparative physiology. It examines such problems as how animals can take up water vapour from the atmosphere as well as advances in studies of how water movements across epithelia are generated by solute movements.

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Published June, 2011
By D. M. Kerslake and D. McK. Kerslake
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
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Air temperature alone is not an adequate indication of environmental warmth. Wind, sunshine and humidity are also important. In this 1972 monograph, the problem of constructing such a universal index of heat stress which encompasses all these factors is examined from a theoretical point of view.

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Published June, 2011
By P.J. Bentley and P. J. Bentley
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
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A 1981 treatment of the action and uses of the hormones and drugs that influence endocrine functions in the body as seen by a pharmacologist. The book includes a description of available drug preparations and expected therapeutic responses, and an examination of their side effects and interactions with other drugs.

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Published June, 2011
By Mark I. M. Noble and W. A. Seed
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
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Originally published in 1992, this volume looks in detail at the important relationship, initially studied in 1871 by Bowditch, between the strength of the heartbeat and the interval between beats. The book draws together the work and experience of leading international research workers in this field.

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Published June, 2011
By Roger G. Lentle and Patrick W.M. Janssen
Publisher: Springer (Springer-Verlag New York Inc.)
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While researchers and product developers have made great strides in food engineering, there needs to be increased focus on what happens when the food is actually digested. Digestion is a complex topic, and this will be the first book aimed at food researchers.

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