Gregory R. Bock

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

Sensory Guidance of Movement Chairman: Mitchell Glickstein, 1998 In the past few years there has been an increasing recognition of the multiplicity of…

A panel of internationally renowned experts present papers on cell signalling–an area in which there has been recent important advances. Coverage incl…

Contributors to this volume explore the role of carbohydrates in communication between cells of multicellular organisms. Topics covered include the th…

This book offers a fresh perspective on the controversial topic of criminal and antisocial behavior. It synthesizes findings from behavioral and popul…

There is an urgent need to uncover new therapies that will protect against malaria, as the parasite becomes increasingly resistant to available drugs …

This title provides an extremely helpful analysis of genes that may be associated with autoimmunity, and answers questions such as how these genes can…

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

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

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

There is an urgent need to uncover new therapies that will protect against malaria, as the parasite becomes increasingly resistant to available drugs …

Parkinson's disease, Alzheimer's disease, and motor neuron disease share a significant common feature: selective death of neurons in restricted region…

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

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

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

This book explores existing and potential strategies for using the genome sequences of human, mouse, other vertebrates and human pathogens to solve ke…

The astounding diversity of the immune system and the complexity of its regulatory pathways makes immunology a combinatorial science. Computational an…

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

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

The potential lipotoxic effect of accumulation of fatty acids in non-adipose tissues is thought to be a major component in the development of insulin …

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

Discusses the various theories of consciousness from different perspectives: psychological, neurophysiological and philosophical. Theories regarding t…

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

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…

Degeneration of sensory receptors or of the nerves innervating them leads to a sensory deficit. Various strategies have been tried for promoting regro…

The term «unconventional virus» refers to virus-like agents that differ from conventional viruses in significant respects–resistance to agents that in…

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…

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

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…

The term «unconventional virus» refers to virus-like agents that differ from conventional viruses in significant respects–resistance to agents that in…

Written for psychologists, educational psychologists and developmental biologists, this volume explores the concept of giftedness, including its defin…

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

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

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…

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

Amyloid fibrils are associated with a range of pathological disorders including Alzheimer's Disease, Down's syndrome, diabetes, cardiomyopathies, and …

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

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

'Homology' as a concept became increasingly elusive during the course of the 20th century. The central debates and controversies concern both fundamen…

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…

Ciba Foundation Symposium 123 Antidepressants and Receptor Function Chairman: Dennis Murphy, 1986 Depression is a common and often debilitating affect…

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

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…

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…

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