Physiology category: 1850 books

Qual è la natura della mente? Quando e dove la coscienza penetra nell’embrione umano? I computer potranno mai avere una coscienza? Quanti e quali sono i livelli di conoscenza? L’altruismo e la compassione possono essere oggetto di apprendimento? Ecco alcuni dei numerosi interrogativi discussi...

Il sistema dei chakra è nato in India più di quattromila anni fa. Si parla dei chakra negli antichi testi dei Veda, nelle più tarde Upanishad, negli Yoga Sutra di Patanjali e più diffusamente nel XVI secolo da parte di uno yogi indiano in un testo divenuto poi celebre. Oggi i chakra sono un concetto...

Vision and Goal-Directed Movement: Neurobehavioral Perspectives is also available as an e-book. The e-book is available at a reduced price and allows readers to highlight and take notes throughout the text. When purchased through the Human Kinetics Web site, access to the e-book is immediately granted...

Essay from the year 2002 in the subject Biology - Behaviour, grade: 2.1, Oxford Brookes University, 3 entries in the bibliography, language: English, abstract: The 'good gene' hypothesis is one of the main hypotheses regarding sexual selection by female mate choice. Sexual selection was first defined...

Essay from the year 2003 in the subject Biology - Behaviour, grade: 2.1 (B), Oxford University (New College), 6 entries in the bibliography, language: English, abstract: Conflict is very common in the animal kingdom. In many cases conflict between animals is resolved by displaying and actual fighting...

La motilité est l'une des propriétés les plus caractéristiques de l'animal. Se déplacer, pour un tel organisme, est source d'autonomie et donc préalable indispensable à toute adaptation à l'environnement. Cette propriété est le fait d'un ensemble, bien caractérisé, de molécules, les protéines ...

Human hair is the subject of a remarkably wide range of scientific investigations, and the third edition of this book confirms its position as the definitive monograph on the subject. The chemical and physical properties of hair are of importance to the cosmetics industry, forensic scientists, and...

Regeneration, the homeostatic ability to maintain tissue structure in the face of normal cell turnover or loss of tissue damaged by trauma or disease, is an essential developmental process that continues throughout life. As recently as a decade ago, any serious discussion of the possibility of regeneration...

Human chorionic gonadotropin (hCG) is produced during pregnancy by the embryo. It promotes progesterone production by corpus luteal cells. It also functions in pregnancy to promote angiogenesis in uterine vasculature, it immuno-blands the invading placental tissue so it is not rejected by the maternal...

Ce livre de l'anatomie et la physiologie accompagne les étudiants à comprendre, réviser, explorer et avoir une bonne connaissance générale du corps humain. C'est un bon guide pour tester vos connaissances et vous aider à mieux préparer vos examens ou tout simplement en savoir plus sur votre propre corps.

A FASCINATING INVESTIGATION OF HOW WE NAVIGATE THE PHYSICAL WORLD, INNER NAVIGATION IS A LIVELY, ENGAGING ACCOUNT OF SUBCONSCIOUS MAPMAKING. **Why are we so often disoriented when we come up from the subway? Do we really walk in circles when we lose our bearings in the wilderness? How...

The development of the cardiovascular system is a rapidly advancing area in biomedical research, now coupled with the burgeoning field of cardiac regenerative medicine. A lucid understanding of these fields is paramount to reducing human cardiovascular diseases of both fetal and adult origin. Significant...

Endothelial cell biology has developed into a vibrant discipline and has become a critical instrument to study several disease processes on the cellular and molecular level. It is now widely recognized that dysfunctions of normal endothelial cell homeostasis are involved in some of the most important...

Cardiovascular disease remains a major cause of death and disability in developed countries and, increasingly so, in the developing world. Presented in this volume of Advances in Pharmacology are some of the most promising possibilities for treating large numbers of individuals afflicted with these...