Life Sciences: General Issues

Transcranial brain stimulation has received an increased interest among the scientific community due its capability to modulate cortical excitabili...

The Deepwater Horizon oil spill was one of the worst man-made environmental disasters our country has ever experienced. The oil spill dramatically ...

Shot-gun marriages between evolution and faith have never worked, despite the tradition of pointing the barrel at evolution''s head. The truth is t...

Mild cognitive impairment (MCI) is a brain function syndrome involving the onset and evolution of cognitive impairments beyond those expected based...

This current book reviews and analyzes forest ecosystems. Chapter One begins with a discussion of radioactivity in forest ecosystems. Chapter Two d...

This compilation presents original study results on the leading edge of neuroscience research. Each article has been carefully selected in an attem...

This book is a compilation of surgical techniques and pearls for the management of cervical, thoracic, and lumbar spinal pathology from some of the...

Estuaries are minor geographical features at the global scale, but have major importance for society and the world''s economies. This book, with ca...

Food chains are representations of the predator-prey relationships between species within an ecosystem or habitat. Organisms in a food chain are gr...

This book presents the latest developments in medicine and biology. Chapters include research on trends in the birth prevalence of boys with isolat...

The chapters in this volume present the latest developments in medicine and biology. Chapters One reviews the epidemiology and molecular mechanisms...

In this book, the authors present topical research in the study of aquatic ecosystems of which there are two main types: marine ecosystems and fres...

Neuronal apoptosis is a normal physiological process that is an essential and integral part of neurogenesis. The massive overproduction of neurons ...

The default mode network (DMN) typically comprises the posterior cingulate cortex (PCC), precurnus, inferior parietal, hippocampus and medial prefr...

Searching for an objective and specific in vivo biomarker for normal physiology and early disease diagnosis has always been a major goal, but also ...

The need for germplasm banks that safeguard the vegetable genetic resources is more than justified by the genetic erosion aggravated in the last fe...

The endocannabinoid system (ECS) was discovered when CB1 and CB2 receptors were found, the first of them in the central nervous system of pigs, and...

Advances in Genetics Research presents original research results on the leading edge of genetics discovery. Each article has been carefully select...

In this book, the authors present topical research in the study of the ecosystems, economic importance and environmental threats to the Mediterrane...

From infancy, by being in contact with the world, we acquire information regarding living beings and objects that surround us; we use objects and t...

Astrocytes are the main glial cell type in the central nervous system. These cells were originally regarded as supportive cells of the brain, but i...