Gregory R. Bock

Renowned contributors provide comprehensive coverage of calcium gradients, waves and oscillations in diverse systems. Discusses the mechanisms initiat…

Cigarette smoking is estimated to lead to 4.9 million premature deaths per year worldwide. This is predicted to rise to 10 million by 2020. In western…

This book draws together contributions from some of the leading investigators in the field of autism to consider specific problem areas in current res…

Dietary supplements can contain a wide variety of ingredients, either singly or in combination, including nutrients, botanicals and 'bioactive compone…

Modern technology has made possible epidemiological studies that relate aspects of neonatal health to disease in adult life. This symposium is the fir…

Much recent research in evolutionary developmental biology has focused on the origin of new body plans. However, most evolutionary change at the popul…

This book features contributions from experts in cell biology, genetics, neurobiology, immunology and structural biology. The unifying element is that…

TGF-beta, originally identified as a transforming growth factor with similar properties, is now known to exist as a family of factors with similar pro…

A comprehensive review of recent work on chromatin and non-histone proteins, this book arises from the interactions of a multidisciplinary group of sc…

Examines the progress of leading scientists working on various aspects of handedness in order to consider the occurrence of handedness in the biologic…

Anaphylaxis is an immediate-type allergic reaction involving the whole organism. It is the most life-threatening allergic condition. Although there ar…

This work deals with basic plant physiology and cytology, and addresses the practical exploitation of plants, both as crops and as sources of useful c…

An international group of leading investigators discuss recent progress of sensory structures in lower and higher vertebrates. Experts in two relevant…

Heart failure is the main cause of death and disability in the industrialized world. There is a major need for novel therapeutics for prevention and r…

A timely volume dealing with the evolutionary and structural links between the clotting and fibrinolytic proteins and plasminogen-related growth facto…

Experts from a variety of areas compare and discuss IL-6 and LIF in order to provide a new understanding of their modes of action, the significance of…

Comprises the proceedings of a symposium held at the Ciba Foundation, London, February 1987. Addresses main issues and new techniques in the study of …

An invaluable book containing a series of interdisciplinary discussions between clinical and basic scientists. Biology of IGF-1: Its interaction with …

Certain organic compounds can become toxic to biological tissue when activated by light. Many medical applications of this effect have been studied ov…

Neural tube defects are the second most common cause of perinatal death from birth defects in the United Kingdom. In this important book, leading scie…

This book is a comprehensive and up-to-date account of where we stand in immunological strategies for preventing or treating type 1 diabetes (T1D). Br…

Prominent clinicians and researchers from diverse disciplines discuss the basic cell and molecular biology of steroid action and sex steroids' effects…

Understanding stem cells at the molecular level is essential to understanding their behaviour in a physiological context. This volume in our acclaimed…

Dengue virus is a member of the Flaviviridae family, which includes viruses associated with human diseases such as yellow fever, Japanese encephalitis…

Until recently a neglected disease syndrome, diarrhea is responsible for many millions of infant deaths in developing countries. The result of a 1987 …

Many common human diseases have a multifactorial origin: they are influenced by a person's genetic predisposition as well as by factors in the environ…

Regulation of intracellular pH is vital to all living cells. This symposium covers the control of pH in muscle and nerve cells and the different mecha…

Over the last several years, immunologists have re-discovered the importance of regulatory lymphocytes, formerly termed 'suppressor cells'. Many recen…

Myopia, the most common disorder of the eye, affects 80% of the population of some countries. Although its basis remains uncertain, recent development…

To understand the brain and its devastating diseases, we need to reveal the mechanisms that produce it and the ways in which it can constantly change …

This new work contains the first integrated discussion of the role of olfaction in mosquito-host interactions. It covers the practical applications of…

A comprehensive volume examining the fundamental questions raised by reductionists' theory about levels of explanation necessary to understand biologi…

This book features scientists from a broad spectrum of disciplines discussing recent data on aggression in laboratory animals with particular referenc…

This book contains chapters by some of the leading figures in the field of evolutionary psychology. The latest data are presented on evolutionary theo…

Documents the latest results and opinions on the causes and possible cures for this disorder. Coverage includes retroviral involvement, immunity, path…

The many different kinds of blood cells found in the human body are derived from multi-potential stem cells, which are induced to differentiate into o…

Cocaine poses interesting problems for neurophysiologists and neuropharmacologists and there is important new data on the effects of cocaine on the br…

Tissue engineering takes advantages of the combined use of cultured living cells and three-dimensional scaffolds to reconstruct adult tissues that are…

Epithelial cells cover the outer and inner surfaces of the body, forming a selective polarized barrier between the intercellualar space and the 'exter…

Incontinence is a very common and often devastating problem, but one that goes largely unacknowledged. In order to elucidate the underlying mechanisms…

Environmental statistics is a rapidly growing discipline that is important not only as a division of professional and academic statistics, but also in…

An international group of researchers addresses basic mechanism involved in the metastatic spread of tumors and considers new methods of prevention an…

Over recent decades vast amounts of biological data have been accumulated. However, it is becoming increasingly difficult to apply traditional theoret…

Presented here are the most up-to-date research findings of leading international scientists in the field of aging. The collected data explores the bi…

Empathy is the process that allows us to share the feelings and emotions of others, in the absence of any direct emotional stimulation to the self. Hu…