Provides contemporary insights into how the genetic revolution is influencing medical thinking and practice. The title includes advanced changes in personalized medicine, growth in omics and direct-to-consumer DNA testing, while focusing on advances in the Human Genome project and implications of the advances in clinical medicine.

Offers an introduction to Matlab[registered], the standard for scientific computing, written specifically for students and researchers in neuroscience and related fields. This book serves as the comprehensive study manual and teaching resource for the use of Matlab in the neurosciences and psychology.

Offers a comprehensive presentation of the discipline of neuroscience, from molecules to cognition. This book builds from an introductory section that includes fundamental neuroanatomy and covers cellular and molecular neuroscience, development, sensory systems, motor systems, regulatory systems, and behavioral and cognitive neuroscience.

Enables nonstatisticians to better understand research processes and statistics' role in these processes. This title offers real-life case studies and provides a practical, 'how to' guide to biomedical R&D. It delineates the statistical building blocks and concepts of clinical trials.

Provides an overview of the supply and use of nutrients in the human body and how the body regulates intake. This book features chapters that details the principles determining digestion and absorption of food ingredients and how these compounds and their metabolites get into the brain, cross the placenta and pass through the kidneys.

Offers reviews of the metabolic and nutritional disorders that are prevalent in patients with renal disease. This book provides a common language for nephrologists, nutritionists, and other interested physicians to discuss the underlying research and translation of practices for the nutritional management and prevention of renal disease.