Advances in medicine and biology Volume 46 / Leon V. Berhardt, editor.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Berhardt, Leon V.

Series:

Advances in Medicine and Biology

Advances in medicine and biology ; 46

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Medicine--Research.

Medicine.

Biology.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (316 p.)

Place of Publication:

New York : Nova Science Publishers, 2012.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

This continuing series gathers and presents original research results on the leading edge of medicine and biology. Each article has been carefully selected in an attempt to present substantial topical data across a broad spectrum. Topics discussed include sexual dimorphism in corticosteroid signaling; hepatic encephalopathy; guidelines for the collection and submission of necropsy samples; functions of dietary valine; challenges in vaccination against mastitis and hepatocyte cytotoxic activity and it physiological and pathological relevance.

Contents:

""ADVANCES IN MEDICINE AND BIOLOGY VOLUME 46 ""; ""ADVANCES IN MEDICINE AND BIOLOGY VOLUME 46 ""; ""CONTENTS ""; ""PREFACE ""; ""SEXUAL DIMORPHISM IN CORTICOSTEROID SIGNALING � UNDERNEATH VULNERABILITY TO STRESS-RELATED DISORDERS AND SENSITIVITY TO ANTIDEPRESSANTS ""; ""ABSTRACT ""; ""INTRODUCTION ""; ""HOW DOES CORTICOSTEROID RECEPTORS PROTEIN LEVEL DIFFER BETWEEN GENDERS? ""; ""Influence of Stress ""; ""Response to Antidepressant Drugs ""; ""THE IMPORTANCE OF THE CORTICOSTEROID RECEPTOR HORMONE-BINDING CAPACITY � UNDER THE SPOTLIGHT ""; ""The MR/GR Ratio ""; ""The Binding Potency ""

""DO ANTIDEPRESSANTS COOPERATE WITH THE RECEPTOR�S CHAPERONES? """"THE RECEPTOR�S BINDING TO THE NUCLEI AND DNA ""; ""GENDER DIFFERENCES IN THE ANTIDEPRESSANT DRUG METABOLISM""; ""OTHER MECHANISMS CONTRIBUTING TO SEXUALLY DIMORPHIC RESPONSE TO STRESS AND TO ANTIDEPRESSANT DRUGS ""; ""The Hormone Availability ""; ""Transport through Membrane ""; ""CONCLUDING REMARKS AND FUTURE PERSPECTIVES""; ""REFERENCES ""; ""CELL MATRIX INTERACTIONS AND ROLE OF INTEGRINS IN LIVER DEVELOPMENT ""; ""INTRODUCTION ""; ""1. FOCAL ADHESIONS ""; ""1.1. Composition of Focal Adhesions ""

""1.1.1. Tyrosine Phosphorylation at Focal Adhesions""""1.1.2. Adaptor Proteins/ Binding Proteins ""; ""1.2. Regulation of Focal Adhesions ""; ""2. LIVER DEVELOPMENT ""; ""2.1. Hepatic Endoderm Specification ""; ""2.2. Formation of the Hepatic Bud `from Hepatic Endoderm ""; ""2.2.1. Proliferation and Migration ""; ""2.2.2. Liver Bud Growth ""; ""2.3. Hepatocyte Specification ""; ""2.4. Hepatocyte Maturation ""; ""3. LIVER ARCHITECTURE ""; ""4. DISRUPTED LIVER ARCHITECTURE ""; ""4.1. Fibrosis""; ""4.2. Integrins and Liver Disease""; ""CONCLUSIONS ""; ""ACKNOWLEDGMENTS ""; ""REFERENCES ""

""HEPATIC ENCEPHALOPATHY """"ABSTRACT ""; ""INTRODUCTION ""; ""CLINICAL DEFINITION OF HE ""; ""CLINICAL SCALES FOR HE GRADING ""; ""A) Scaling System ""; ""B) Neuropsychometric Tests ""; ""C) Critical Flicker Frequency (CFF) Test [13, 14] ""; ""PROGNOSIS OF HE""; ""PATHOGENESIS""; ""AMMONIA AND ITS METABOLITES ""; ""ROLE OF GLUTAMINE ""; ""MANGANESE ""; ""GABA HYPOTHESIS ""; ""NEUROSTEROIDS ""; ""INFLAMMATION ""; ""OXIDATIVE STRESS ""; ""TREATMENT ""; ""1. Nutritional Management ""; ""Branched-Chain Amino Acids ""; ""Implementation ""; ""Acute Encephalopathy ""

""2. Reduction in the Nitrogenous Load Arising From the Gut """"A) Bowel Cleansing ""; ""Implementation ""; ""B) Nonabsorbable Disaccharides ""; ""Implementation ""; ""C) Antibiotics ""; ""Implementation ""; ""D) Acceleration of Urea Cycle ""; ""3. Drugs that Affect Neurotransmission ""; ""A) Dopaminergic System""; ""B) GABA-benzodiazepine System ""; ""Implementation ""; ""CONCLUSION ""; ""REFERENCES ""; ""BASIC GUIDELINES FOR THE COLLECTION AND SUBMISSION OF NECROPSY SAMPLES ""; ""ABSTRACT ""; ""INTRODUCTION""; ""EQUIPMENT ""; ""SAFETY PRECAUTIONS ""; ""NECROPSY REQUISITION FORM ""

""THE NECROPSY REPORT ""

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

1-61942-015-5