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Endocrine Development eBook Series

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  • Adipose Tissue Development

    From Animal Models to Clinical Conditions. 3rd ESPE Advanced Seminar in Developmental Endocrinology, Paris, March 2009

    Edited by C. Levy-Marchal, L. Pénicaud ...
    Series series Endocrine Development
    Nowadays, adipose tissue is not only regarded as an organ of storage related to fuel metabolism but also as an endocrine organ involved in the regulation of insulin sensitivity, lipids and energy metabolism. These proceedings cover the nervous regulation of both white and brown adipose tissue mass. Different physiological parameters such as metabolism (lipolysis and thermogenesis) and secretory ... Read more

    $151.99 CAD

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  • Inflammation, Advancing Age and Nutrition

    Research and Clinical Interventions

    Edited by Irfan Rahman, Debasis Bagchi ...
    The book provides a comprehensive overview to understanding the integrated impact of the concepts of cellular and molecular aspects, models, environmental factors, and lifestyle involved in premature aging. Additionally, it examines how functional food, dietary nutraceuticals or pharmacological compounds can reverse inflammation and premature aging based on personalized medicine. This book is a ... Read more

    $131.99 CAD

  • Integrative Biology of Women’s Health

    Edited by Espen E. Spangenburg ...
    Series series Biomedical and Life Sciences (R0)
    Defining and understanding cellular and molecular mechanisms that are relevant to women’s health has become a critical area of scientific pursuit. Until recently, very little effort has been place on defining or understanding critical differences between women and men that may be critical to the overall health of the woman. In 1990, the National Institutes of Health recognized this gap in ... Read more

    $128.99 CAD

  • Oxidative Stress and Free Radical Damage in Neurology

    Edited by Natan Gadoth, Hans Hilmar Göbel ...
    Series series Biomedical and Life Sciences (R0)
    The role of free radicals and oxidative stress in neurological disorders has only recently been recognized, leaving clinical neurologists to seek in vain for information on the subject even in major textbooks. What published information there is may consist of brief reminders of the possible association of superoxidase dismutase with familial amyotrophic lateral sclerosis and nitrous oxide with ... Read more

    $256.99 CAD

  • Nerve-Driven Immunity

    Neurotransmitters and Neuropeptides in the Immune System

    Edited by Mia Levite ...
    Series series Biomedical and Life Sciences (R0)
    “Nerve-Driven Immunity: Neurotransmitters and Neuropeptides in the Immune System” summarizes, analyzes and sheds new light on an unrecognized, yet very important role of key neurotransmitters and neuropeptides in the immune system.Each chapter of the book deals with a different neurotransmitter/neuropeptide from the following list: Dopamine, Adrenaline, Noradrenaline, Acetylcholine, Glutamate, ... Read more

    $256.99 CAD

  • Sex and Gender Differences in Pharmacology

    Edited by Vera Regitz-Zagrosek ...
    Series series Biomedical and Life Sciences (R0)
    This is the very first book to deal with sex and gender differences in drug therapy - an increasingly recognized medical need. It starts with an overview on S/G in clinical syndromes and a documentation of the medical and socioeconomic damage caused by gender specific adverse drug effects. Part I covers S/G differences in pharmacokinetics. Researchers will be satisfied by the detailed discussion ... Read more

    $370.19 CAD

  • Autophagy in Health and Disease

    Edited by Roberta A. Gottlieb ...
    Autophagy in Health and Disease offers an overview of the latest research in autophagy with a translational emphasis. This publication takes scientific research in autophagy a step further and offers integrated content with advancements in autophagy from cell biology and biochemical research to clinical treatments. A necessary reference for the bookshelf of medical and scientific researchers and ... Read more

    $176.79 CAD

  • Cellular and Molecular Biology of the Renin-Angiotensin System

    by Mohan K. Raizada ...
    Cellular and Molecular Biology of the Renin-Angiotensin System provides the first review and update of the state-of-the-art cellular and molecular aspects of the renin-angiotensin system. The book presents detailed analyses from world experts on each component of this system, including future directions. Topics range from angiotensin II receptor subtypes to processing of renin to the use of ... Read more

    $604.99 CAD

  • How Gut and Brain Control Metabolism

    by Federica Guaraldi, Giovanni Corona ...
    Obesity is an epidemic problem not limited to Western society, but also in emerging industrial nations with large populations, especially in Asia. The connection between the gut and the brain is probably one of the most promising therapeutic targets for the treatment of obesity and metabolic syndrome. This book brings together reviews on the current understanding of how the gut and brain ... Read more

    $220.79 CAD

  • Methylxanthines

    by Bertil B. Fredholm ...
    Series series Biomedical and Life Sciences (R0)
    In the present volume of the Handbook of Experimental Pharmacology well known experts describe the actions of different xanthines with a focus on caffeine and theophylline. A special chapter is devoted to theobromine, an active component of chocolate, the actions of which are less well characterized. This book also presents the pharmacology of one xanthine derivative, propentofylline, as an ... Read more

    $498.29 CAD

  • The Innate Immune Response to Noninfectious Stressors

    Human and Animal Models

    Edited by Massimo Amadori ...
    The Innate Immune Response to Non-infectious Stressors: Human and Animal Models highlights fundamental mechanisms of stress response and important findings on how the immune system is affected, and in turn affects such a response. In addition, this book covers the crucial link between stress response and energy metabolism, prompts a re-appraisal of some crucial issues, and helps to define research ... Read more

    $110.39 CAD

  • Crossroads between Innate and Adaptive Immunity II

    Edited by Peter D. Katsikis, Bali Pulendran, Stephen P. Schoenberger ...
    Series series Biomedical and Life Sciences (R0)
    Aegean Conferences is an independent, nonprofit, educational organization directed and managed by the scientific community. The board is made up of nine researchers/scientists in various disciplines from Harvard, Brown, University of Pennsylvania, UCSD, Princeton, Biovista and the Foundation for Biomedical Research Academy of Athens. The board both invites and approves unsolicited proposals for ... Read more

    $179.99 CAD