Книги автора Gregory R. Bock

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. …

Nicotine is considered to be the main agent in the maintenance of the tobacco smoking habit and is largely responsible for the behavioral an…

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

Many common human diseases have a multifactorial origin: they are influenced by a person's genetic predisposition as well as by factors in t…

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

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

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

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