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Encyclopedia of Endocrine Diseases, Second Edition, Five Volume Set comprehensively reviews the extensive spectrum of diseases and disorders that can occur within the endocrine system. It serves as a useful and comprehensive source of information spanning the many and varied aspects of the endocrine end metabolic system. Students will find a concise description of the physiology and pathophysiology of endocrine and metabolic functions, as well as their diseases. Each article provides a comprehensive overview of the selected topic to inform a broad spectrum of readers, from advanced undergraduate students, to research professionals. Chapters explore the latest advances and hot topics that hav...
Women's healthcare regarding polycystic ovarian syndrome remains challenging. Patients often go from one specialist to another trying to fully understand and management the disorder. Women often go years before a diagnosis, seeing three or more doctors before a confirmed diagnosis. Polycystic Ovarian Syndrome: Challenging Issues in the Modern Era of Individualized Medicine brings together multiple medical disciplines to improve the care of women with PCOS. Such a multidisciplinary clinical and scientific approach integrates obstetrics and gynecology, pediatric and medical endocrinology, internal medicine, genetics, psychology and laboratory medicine into relevant translational clinical and s...
Наблюдая за холощеными самцами домашних животных, евнухами при императорских гаремах Древнего Китая и певцами-кастратами в Италии XVIII века, люди понимали, что типично мужские особенности физиологии и поведения определяются наличием семенников, иначе известных как яички. Со временем наука выяснила, что именно эти железы — основной источник тестостерона, главного мужского гормо...
〈타임스〉 최고의 책 선정! 〈월스트리트저널〉 필독서 10선 선정! “테스토스테론을 성, 스포츠, 정치와 관련해 논하려면 이 남성호르몬이 우리 사회에 미치는 영향을 과학적으로 제대로 설명해야 한다. 우리는 바로 그 탁월한 책을 만났다.” _스티븐 핑커(하버드 대학교 심리학과 교수. 《우리 본성의 선한 천사》, 《마음은 어떻게 작동하는가》, 《지금 다시 계몽》의 저자) 하버드 대학교 인간 진화 생물학자 캐롤 후븐이 밝혀낸 남성호르몬 테스토스테론의 진실과 거짓! 테스토스테론은 우리 사회를 어떻게 지배해왔을까? ...
Explores the literary texts produced during Byzantine Iconoclasm and their use as ideological tools by the main political circles.
The Bio-bibliographical Index by Profession is a unique index of visual artists from all over the world and throughout all ages. It provides the user with access to the Allgemeines Ku nstlerlexikon (AKL), which, on completion, will contain more than 500,000 biographies on artists and provide an overview of artistic activity. Several hundred artistic professions are included here, from architects to etchers, from sculptors to body-arts. The basis for the biographical entries are over 200 major international encyclopedia of artists with a total of some 500 volumes, whose data, including source references, are indexed by the Bio-bibliographical Index by Profession in a clearly structured manner...
A single volume of 41 articles, Hormone/Behavior Relations of Clinical Importance is an authoritative selection of relevant chapters from the Hormones Brain and Behavior 2e MRW, the most comprehensive source of neuroendocrinological information assembled to date (AP July 2009). The study of hormones as they impact the brain and, subsequently, behavior is a central topic in neuroscience, endocrinology and psychiatry. This volume offers an overview of neuroendocrinological topics, approaching the subject from the perspective of hormone-brain function, hormone-behavior relations, sex differences, and the impact on various diseases/pathologies. Many basic human behavioral functions are subject t...