Part of the "Aging, Exercise, and Cognition" series, this text introduces the inter-relational effects of exercise, aging, and cognition. It is useful for exercise science professionals and researchers, cognitive gerontologists, as well as health science and medical researchers or practitioners.
Mary Warnock studies the issues underlying reproductive technologies. She analyses what it means to claim something as a 'right' and discusses the cases of different groups of people. She examines the ethical problems faced by types of assisted reproduction and argues that human cloning may be a viable form of treatment for infertility.
Combines the presentation of a wide range of immigrants' narratives with a psychoanalytically oriented analysis of their meanings. This book is based on original research material collected via in-depth interviews with Israelis who have experienced migration. It also presents the author's personal immigration story.
Intends to review the knowledge concerning basic processes occurring in the most important female reproductive organ - ovary and their regulators. This book describes the most important processes (ovarian cyclic changes and oogenesis), as well as their extracellular (hormones and growth factors) and intracellular regulators.
Examines several of the factors that may be involved in sperm chromatin and DNA anomalies, including intra and extra testicular factors. This book highlights the pivotal role of transmission electron microscopy (TEM) analysis in the diagnosis of human sperm pathologies and the barrier methods to men for regulating their fertility.
Any events that challenge the survival of living organisms may be classified as stressors. These stressors could include, for example, lack of food, increased population pressure, predatory pressure, climatic events or in the case of humans, loss of a loved one, lack of financial security or uncertainty in the future.
Any events that challenge the survival of living organisms may be classified as stressors. These stressors could include, for example, lack of food, increased population pressure, predatory pressure, climatic events or in the case of humans, loss of a loved one, lack of financial security or uncertainty in the future.
The placenta is a fetomaternal organ provided by nature to aid development of the growing embryo by facilitating gas and nutrient exchange between the mother and foetus and by helping to maintain fetomaternal tolerance. This book provides an overview of the clinical applications which have been described for placental tissue.
Growth hormone (GH) or somatotropin (STH) is a protein hormone that stimulates growth and cell reproduction in humans and other animals. It is a 191-amino acid; single chain polypeptide hormone which is synthesised, stored, and secreted by the somatotroph cells within the lateral wings of the anterior pituitary gland. This book covers this field.
Emphasizing the biological and biomedical aspects of human reproduction, this book explains the advances in reproductive science. It also incorporates issues including aging of the reproductive system, and chapters on Conception and Gamete Transport and Fertilization, and Pregnancy.