Springer Vienna: 483 books
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Release Date: November 14, 2014
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Release Date: November 14, 2014
Gliomas are fatal diseases, but also represent good models for tumor research with the aim to eventually discover new and appropriate therapeutics against this disease. Glioma experimental research models are of help to investigate tumorigenesis (tumor stem cell theory versus "classical"...
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Release Date: April 6, 2013
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Release Date: April 6, 2013
More than 60 papers written by internationally recognized experts cover the broad spectrum of brain edema. The main topics treated are: ischemia & hemorrhage, trauma (experimental and clinical), cerebral hemorrhage, tumor, hydrocephlaus & intracranial pressure (ICP), neuromonitoring & neuroimaging, treatments, blood brain barrier, and miscellaneous.
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Release Date: April 6, 2013
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Release Date: April 6, 2013
Sphingolipids are lipid components of the plasma membrane of eukaryotic cells with an important function in signaling mechanisms in the cell. This book provides insight into the physiological and pathophysiological role of sphingolipids and in particular its derivative ceramide. The function of...
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Release Date: December 6, 2012
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Release Date: December 6, 2012
Many of the questions related to the treatment of drug addiction originate from the confusion that still characterizes this issue, even though biology is irreversibly changing our outlook on the physiology and psychopathology of the mind. In fact, prejudices stemming from the archaic concept of mind-body...
Interdisciplinary Concepts in Cardiovascular Health
Volume I: Primary Risk Factors
Language: English
Release Date: August 15, 2013
This book provides an introduction to the principles of both cardiovascular epidemiology and molecular pathophysiology; as a unique aspect, it also outlines and discusses the molecular concepts underlying epidemiological observations. This first volume is focused on the genetic and molecular basis...
The Metabolic Syndrome
Pharmacology and Clinical Aspects
Language: English
Release Date: March 25, 2013
The metabolic syndrome is a common syndrome affecting about 20 % of the adult population in Europe, and probably the prevalence is of the same magnitude in other industrialised countries worldwide. It is mainly caused by western lifestyle resulting in abdominal obesity, but also a genetic predisposition...
Kinetics of Enzyme-Modifier Interactions
Selected Topics in the Theory and Diagnosis of Inhibition and Activation Mechanisms
Language: English
Release Date: June 24, 2015
The kinetic mechanisms by which enzymes interact with inhibitors and activators, collectively called modifiers, are scrutinized and ranked taxonomically into autonomous species in a way similar to that used in the biological classification of plants and animals. The systematization of the mechanisms...
Current Progress in the Understanding of Secondary Brain Damage from Trauma and Ischemia
Proceedings of the 6th International Symposium: Mechanisms of Secondary Brain Damage-Novel Developments, Mauls/Sterzing, Italy, February 1998
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Release Date: December 6, 2012
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Release Date: September 24, 2013
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Release Date: September 24, 2013
This new volume written by experts in the field of trypanosome research covers every aspect of trypanosome-vector-host biology. It is a must read for basic researchers working with trypanosomes and related organisms, infection and drug development as well as parasitology in a broader sense.
The Holobiont Imperative
Perspectives from Early Emerging Animals
Language: English
Release Date: March 8, 2016
This book examines how the growing knowledge of the huge range of animal-bacterial interactions, whether in shared ecosystems or intimate symbioses, is fundamentally altering our understanding of animal biology. Individuals from simple invertebrates to human are not solitary, homogenous entities but...
Mechanisms of Secondary Brain Damage from Trauma and Ischemia
Recent Advances of our Understanding
Language: English
Release Date: December 6, 2012
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Release Date: July 17, 2014
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Release Date: July 17, 2014
The Middle East and North Africa (MENA) is highly endemic for several neglected tropical diseases (NTDs), including viral, bacterial, protozoan and helminth infections. This new volume covers the most prevalent NTDs found in about 22 MENA countries emphasizing the disease burden, clinical manifestations...
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Release Date: November 29, 2013
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Release Date: November 29, 2013
This new volume on Cryptosporidium and Cryptosporidiosis discusses all relevant aspects of the biology, molecular biology, host-parasite interaction, epidemiology as well as diagnosis and treatment of these widespread parasites. It represents a useful guide for physicians, microbiologists, veterinarians...
Lumbar Spine Syndromes
Evaluation and Treatment
Language: English
Release Date: December 6, 2012
The question facing anyone contemplating a book on low back pain is : Why write another book? It is certainly true that there are many books on this topic addressing a wide variety of audiences. Some books are all inclusive and scholarly in nature, others are personal descriptions of diagnostic and...