Jamie A. Goode

Although normally thought of as a sex hormone, recent research has highlighted the numerous and significant effects that oestrogen has on the CNS, ext…

Oxygen sensing is a key physiological function of many tissues, but the identity of the sensor, the signalling pathways linking the sensor to the effe…

With the recent renaissance in mitochondrial biology and increasing recognition of their role in many diseases, this book provides a timely summary of…

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…

The pacemaking and conduction system (PCS) is vital for generating and synchronizing the heart beat. Dysfunction of this system can be a direct cause …

Chronic inflammation predisposes to some forms of cancer and the host response to malignant disease shows several parallels with inflammation and woun…

This book draws together contributions from cell and developmental biologists, structural biologists, geneticists and clinical scientists aimed at a b…

This book brings together material on all aspects of immunological tolerance. Basic mechanisms of tolerance are examined in detail, including mechanis…

Many different pathological conditions are currently under investigation as therapeutic targets of purines including cancer, cardiovascular conditions…

The book presents recent advances relating to the factors and mechanisms that regulate the growth, differentiation and function of mast cells and baso…

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

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

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

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

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…

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

Rice is the most important food crop for half the world's population. Over the last three decades, the imporvement in human nutrition and health in As…

This book brings together contributions from key investigators in the area of Transient Receptor Potential (TRP) channel structure and function. It co…

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

Brings together key new results of interdisciplinary collaborations among various research fields on rhodopsin including the photoreceptive mechanism …

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

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

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

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

The ability at the molecular level to keep track of time is a property shared by organisms ranging from the simplest unicells to humans. The primary f…

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

Retinal dystrophies are the major causes of incurable blindness in the Western world. Our insight into their aetiology has improved remarkably over th…

Connects classical cellular descriptive studies with more recent work on the molecular and genetic aspects regarding germline development. Prominent s…

Insect-Plant Interactions and Induced Plant Defence Chair: John A. Pickett, 1999 This book examines the sophisticated mechanisms that plants use to de…

The heat shock, or cell stress, response was first identified in the polytene chromosomes of Drosophila. This was later related to the appearance of n…

This book brings together contributions from key investigators in the area of pathological pain. It covers the molecular basis of receptors and channe…

This book draws together contributions from basic, pharmaceutical and clinical sciences aimed at a better understanding of the structure and function …

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

Smooth muscle contraction is a vital component of the functioning of blood vessels, the uterus, airways and the bladder. Its malfunction can lead to s…

A number of chronic respiratory diseases including chronic bronchitis, asthma, cystic fibrosis and bronchiectasis are characterized by mucus hypersecr…

The field of lymphokine research has grown in parallel to the exciting developments around the two sets of cells which defend the body. While lymphoki…

Osteoarthritis is a chronic degenerative disease associated with joint pain and loss of joint function. It has an estimated incidence of 4 out of ever…

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 …

Part of the prestigious Novartis Foundation, this is the first book to review the pathology associated with acetaldehyde, a known toxic agent found in…

Drawing together contributions from a diverse group of international experts in the field, this collection of papers examines the biology and patholog…

ATP, the intracellular energy source, is also an extremely important cell–cell signalling molecule for a wide variety of cells across evolutionarily d…

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

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

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

This book explores the possibility that life exists on Mars. It provides an interdisciplinary overview of the early evolution of life in hydrothermal …