Kategoria BISAC: Medical >> Physiology

Interest in andrology is rapidly growing with issues such as male infertility, erectile dysfunction, late-onset hypogonadism and reproductive cancers getting more and more attention. This is a trend that will continue to grow with the demographics of an ageing population. This book will be based around courses run by the European Academy of Andrology – a collaboration between three European societies: EAU (urology), EFES (endocrinology) and ESHRE (reproductive medicine). It reflects the modern trends of evidence based practice, minimizing interventions, and promoting male reproductive...

This new volume of Current Topics in Developmental Biology covers endocrine gland development and disease, and with contributions from an international board of authors. The chapters provide a comprehensive set of reviews covering such topics as sex determination & gonadogenesis, hypothalamus, paraythyroid and placenta.

• Covers the area of endocrine gland development and disease
• International board of authors
• Provides a comprehensive set of reviews covering such topics as sex determination & gonadogenesis and the adrenal, thyroid and pineal...

Specifically it will cover molecular basis for hematopoietic stem cell commitment and terminal differentiation. Recent discoveries in role of transcription factors and the influence of cytokines will be discussed in the context of human and mouse hematopoietic lineages. In addition signal transduction pathways regulating proliferation, differentiation and apoptosis will be presented in the volume. Finally, the volume will cover recent advances in targeting signal transduction pathways in treatment of hematopoietic disease, including utilization of hematopoietic cells in the clinical...

Nonlinear dynamics has become an important field of research in recent years in many areas of the natural sciences. In particular, it has potential applications in biology and medicine; nonlinear data analysis has helped to detect the progress of cardiac disease, physiological disorders, for example episodes of epilepsy, and others. This book focuses on the current trends of research concerning the prediction of sudden cardiac death and the onset of epileptic seizures, using the nonlinear analysis based on ECG and EEG data. Topics covered include the analysis of cardiac models and neural...

This book surveys research results on the physical and mathematical modeling, as well as the numerical simulation of complex fluid and structural mechanical processes occurring in the human blood circulation system. Topics treated include continuum mechanical description; choice of suitable liquid and wall models; mathematical analysis of coupled models; numerical methods for flow simulation; parameter identification and model calibration; fluid-solid interaction; mathematical analysis of piping systems; particle transport in channels and pipes; artificial boundary conditions, and many...

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This up-to-date and important new work describes the relationship between psychological and hormonal factors found in human sexual behavior across the lifespan. The author's discussion of human sexual behavior is organized according to developmental stage, starting with the fetus and concluding with senescence. Persky proposes that human sexual behavior is determined by a variety of factors, e.g. social, psychological, and endocrine, and ascertains the relative contribution of each of these factors to a range of sexual behaviors, attitudes, and feelings. Furthermore, he provides...