Published September, 2009
By Brian W.J. Mahy, Marc H.V. Van Regenmortel, Marc H V Van Regenmortel and Brian W. J. Mahy
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Derived from "Encyclopedia of Virology", this title offers an overview of the development of virology over the years. It includes entries that detail the nature, origin, phylogeny and evolution of viruses. It features a summary of our understanding of the structure and assembly of virus particles and describes how this knowledge was obtained.

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Published September, 2009
By Brian W.J. Mahy, Marc H.V. Van Regenmortel, Marc H V Van Regenmortel and Brian W. J. Mahy
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Provides an understanding to the fields of human and medical virology. With a section that describes general features of common human viruses with specialized chapters related to HIV/AIDS, this volume describes exotic virus infections, including one now eradicated virus (smallpox) and some now controlled by vaccination such as yellow fever.

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Published August, 2009
By F.Javier Alvarez-Leefmans, Eric Delpire and F. Javier Alvarez-Leefmans
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Discusses the result of disruption of Cl- homeostasis in neurons which underlies pathological conditions such as epilepsy, deafness, imbalance, brain edema and ischemia, pain and neurogenic inflammation. This book shows how chloride ions are regulated and how they cross the plasma membrane of neurons.

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Published August, 2009
By Gregory Makowski and Gregory S. Makowski
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Emphasizes novel laboratory advances with application to clinical laboratory diagnostics and practical basic science studies. This title contains chapters submitted from some of the leading experts from academia and clinical laboratory science.

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Published August, 2009
By David Rollinson, S. I. Hay, D. Rollinson and S.I. Hay
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Contains reviews in different areas of interest in contemporary parasitology. This book includes medical studies on parasites of major influence, such as Plasmodium falciparum and trypanosomes.

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Published July, 2009
By Alireza Minagar
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Deals with the various aspects of dementia and provides a wide range of sub-topics in the field of dementia. This monograph intends to stimulate other physicians' and neuroscientists' interest to carry out more research projects into pathogenesis of this devastating group of diseases.

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Published July, 2009
By Jeana L. Magyar-Moe
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Positive psychology is essentially the scientific study of the strengths that enable individuals and communities to thrive. This book summarizes the applications of research from positive psychology to the practice of counseling and psychotherapy. It also provides a detailed view of how the research can be applied to patients.

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Published July, 2009
By Jean-Claude Dreher and Leon Tremblay
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Includes coverage of approaches to studying reward and decision making, including primate neurophysiology and brain imaging studies in healthy humans and in various disorders, genetic and hormonal influences on the reward system and computational models. This book covers clinical implications of process dysfunction.

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Published July, 2009
By Donald W. Pfaff and Robert H. Rubin
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Offers an overview of neuroendocrinological topics, approaching the subject from the perspective of hormone-brain function, hormone-behavior relations, sex differences, and the impact on various diseases/pathologies. This volume is suitable for researchers, clinicians and graduate students in the area.

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Published July, 2009
By Donald W. Pfaff and Anne M. Etgen
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Offers an overview of neuroendocrinological topics, approaching the subject from the perspective of the mechanisms which control hormone actions on behavior. This volume discusses female, male and stress hormones at the cellular, behavioral and developmental level. It is illustrated with 175 figures.

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