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Comprehensive Human Physiology

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    Book Overview
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    Chapter 1 Physiology Past and Future
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    Chapter 2 Regulatory Principles in Physiology
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    Chapter 3 Physiological Synergetics: A Holistic Concept Concerning Phase Jumps in the Behavior of Driven Nonlinear Systems
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    Chapter 4 Concepts of Control and Information: A Language for Physiology
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    Chapter 5 The Cell and Its Membranes
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    Chapter 6 Cellular Transduction Processes
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    Chapter 7 Cell Communication by Autacoids and Paracrine Hormones
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    Chapter 8 Cell-to-Cell Communication by Gap Junctions
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    Chapter 9 Cellular Membrane Transport Mechanisms
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    Chapter 10 Connective Tissue: More Than Just a Matrix for Cells
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    Chapter 11 Nonmuscle Motility and the Actin-Based Cytoskeleton
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    Chapter 12 Membrane Voltage and Preservation of the Ionic Distribution Across the Cell Membrane
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    Chapter 13 Ion Channels in Excitable Membranes
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    Chapter 14 Excitation and Nerve Conduction
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    Chapter 15 Sensory Transduction and Neural Coding
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    Chapter 16 Innervation of Muscle and Neuromuscular Transmission
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    Chapter 17 Synaptic Transmission
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    Chapter 18 The Autonomic Nervous System: Peripheral and Central Integrative Aspects
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    Chapter 19 The Functions of the Limbic System
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    Chapter 20 The Role of the Hypothalamus in Neuroendocrinology
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    Chapter 21 Metabolism of Cortical Steroid Hormones and Their General Mode of Action
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    Chapter 22 Growth Factors
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    Chapter 23 The Thyroid Gland. Thyroid Hormones, Their Origin and Their Mechanism of Action
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    Chapter 24 Hormones Modulate Environmental Control of a Changing Brain
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    Chapter 25 Synaptic Circuits and Physiological Operations in the Central Nervous System
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    Chapter 26 The Generation of Electric and Magnetic Signals of the Brain by Local Networks
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    Chapter 27 Neuron-Glia Interactions in Homeostasis and Degeneration
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    Chapter 28 Blood-Brain Barrier and the Production of Cerebrospinal Fluid
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    Chapter 29 Circulation in the Central Nervous System
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    Chapter 30 Cerebral Metabolism and Visualization of Cerebral Activity
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    Chapter 31 Establishment of Neural Cell Populations and Interneuronal Connections
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    Chapter 32 Central Projections of Cutaneous and Enteroceptive Senses
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    Chapter 33 Tactile Senses
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    Chapter 34 Temperature Perception and Pain
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    Chapter 35 The Vestibular System
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    Chapter 36 Hearing
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    Chapter 37 Central Processing of Auditory Information
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    Chapter 38 Introduction to Vision
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    Chapter 39 Retinal Processing of Vision
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    Chapter 40 Central Processing of Vision
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    Chapter 41 Eye Movements and the Mechanisms of Accommodation and the Pupil
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    Chapter 42 Auditory-Visual Interaction in the Superior Colliculus
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    Chapter 43 Olfaction and Taste
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    Chapter 44 From Neuron to Gestalt: Mechanisms of Visual Perception
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    Chapter 45 Smooth Muscle
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    Chapter 46 Physiology of Skeletal Muscle
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    Chapter 47 Muscle Contraction: Molecular and Cellular Physiology
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    Chapter 48 Genetic Control of Muscle Function and Molecular Basis of Muscle Diseases
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    Chapter 49 The Peripheral Motor Apparatus and Its Nervous System: General Problems to Be Solved and General Problem Solvers
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    Chapter 50 Spinal Cord and Brainstem: Motor Output, Sensors and Basic Circuits
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    Chapter 51 Spinal Cord and Brainstem: Pattern Generators and Reflexes
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    Chapter 52 Cerebral Cortex, Basal Ganglia, and Cerebellum: Parallel Circuits
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    Chapter 53 Higher Psychomotor Functions
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    Chapter 54 The Human Voice
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    Chapter 55 Specific Networks of the Cerebral Cortex: Functional Organization and Plasticity
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    Chapter 56 Bilateral Organization of the Brain
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    Chapter 57 Memory and Learning
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    Chapter 58 Sleep
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    Chapter 59 Biological Rhythms and the Pineal Gland
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    Chapter 60 Epithelial Transport
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    Chapter 61 Mastication and Swallowing
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    Chapter 62 Gastric Function
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    Chapter 63 Function of the Intestine
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    Chapter 64 Gastrointestinal Motility and Defecation
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    Chapter 65 The Major Salivary Glands
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    Chapter 66 Function of the Exocrine Pancreas
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    Chapter 67 Endocrine Pancreas
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    Chapter 68 Physiological Functions of the Liver
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    Chapter 69 Zonal Metabolism in the Liver
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    Chapter 70 Circulation of the Alimentary Canal
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    Chapter 71 The Enteric Nervous System
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    Chapter 72 Energy Metabolism and Nutrition
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    Chapter 73 Internal Control of Food Intake: Hunger and Satiety
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    Chapter 74 Introduction to Renal Function, Renal Blood Flow and the Formation of Filtrate
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    Chapter 75 Principles of Renal Transport; Concentration and Dilution of Urine
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    Chapter 76 Renal Handling of the Individual Solutes of Glomerular Filtrate
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    Chapter 77 The Body Compartments and Dynamics of Water and Electrolytes
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    Chapter 78 Na + Cl - and Water Metabolism
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    Chapter 79 Acid-Base Metabolism
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    Chapter 80 K + Metabolism
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    Chapter 81 Ca 2+ , Mg 2+ , and Phosphate Metabolism
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    Chapter 82 Regulation of the Lower Urinary Tract
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    Chapter 83 Central Control of Water and Salt Metabolism
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    Chapter 84 Blood, Plasma Proteins, Coagulation, Fibrinolysis, and Thrombocyte Function
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    Chapter 85 Hematopoiesis and the Red Blood Cell
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    Chapter 86 Nonerythroid and Immune Competent Cells of the Blood
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    Chapter 87 Neuroendocrine Modulation of the Immune System
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    Chapter 88 Psychoneuroimmunology
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    Chapter 89 Hemorheology
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    Chapter 90 The Cardiac Function Cycle
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    Chapter 91 Functional Properties of the Heart
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    Chapter 92 Electrophysiology of the Heart at the Single Cell Level and Cardiac Rhythmogenesis
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    Chapter 93 Electrocardiography
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    Chapter 94 Calcium-Mediated Control of Cardiac Contractility at the Cellular Level
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    Chapter 95 Peripheral Circulation: Fundamental Concepts, Comparative Aspects of Control in Specific Vascular Sections, and Lymph Flow
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    Chapter 96 Hemodynamics in Regional Circulatory Beds and Local Vascular Reactivity
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    Chapter 97 Vascular Smooth Muscle
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    Chapter 98 Microcirculation and Capillary Exchange
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    Chapter 99 Biology of the Vascular Wall and Its Interaction with Migratory and Blood Cells
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    Chapter 100 Control of the Circulation: An Integrated View
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    Chapter 101 Pulmonary Ventilation
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    Chapter 102 Pulmonary Gas Exchange
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    Chapter 103 Respiratory Gas Transport and Acid-Base Equilibrium in Blood
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    Chapter 104 Oxygen Supply and Energy Metabolism
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    Chapter 105 Pulmonary and Bronchial Circulation
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    Chapter 106 Neural Regulation of Respiration: Rhythmogenesis and Afferent Control
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    Chapter 107 A Systems View of Respiratory Regulation
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    Chapter 108 Central Nervous Integration of Cardiorespiratory Control
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    Chapter 109 Coordination of Circulation and Respiration During Exercise
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    Chapter 110 Gravitational and Hyper- and Hypobaric Stress
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    Chapter 111 Basic Thermoregulation
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    Chapter 112 Body Temperature Control and Its Disorders
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    Chapter 113 The Formation of Sweat
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    Chapter 114 Hormonal Regulation of Reproductive Organs
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    Chapter 115 Behavioral And Neurovegetative Components of Reproductive Functions
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    Chapter 116 Fertilization
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    Chapter 117 Endocrinology of Pregnancy
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    Chapter 118 Functions of the Placenta
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    Chapter 119 Cardiovascular and Respiratory Systems of the Fetus
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    Chapter 120 Fetal Endocrinology
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    Chapter 121 The Birth Process
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    Chapter 122 Lactation
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    Chapter 123 Normal Development and Growth
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    Chapter 124 Physiology of Aging: Standards for Age-Related Functional Competence
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    Chapter 125 Death
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    Chapter 126 Units Used in Physiology and Their Definitions
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    Chapter 127 Normal Values for Physiological Parameters
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Title
Comprehensive Human Physiology
Published by
Springer Berlin Heidelberg, November 2013
DOI 10.1007/978-3-642-60946-6
ISBNs
978-3-64-264619-5, 978-3-64-260946-6
Editors

Greger, Rainer, Windhorst, Uwe

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Researcher 5 26%
Student > Bachelor 4 21%
Student > Ph. D. Student 3 16%
Professor > Associate Professor 1 5%
Unknown 6 32%
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Neuroscience 3 16%
Engineering 2 11%
Medicine and Dentistry 2 11%
Agricultural and Biological Sciences 1 5%
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Other 4 21%
Unknown 6 32%