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Our Marvelous Bodies offers a unique perspective on the structure, function, and care of the major systems of the human body. Unlike other texts that use a strictly scientific approach, physiologist Gary F. Merrill relays medical facts alongside personal stories that help students relate to and apply the information. Readers learn the basics of feedback control systems, homeostasis, and physiological gradients. These principles apply to an understanding of the body’s functioning under optimal, healthy conditions, and they provide insight into states of acute and chronic illness. Separate chapters are devoted to each of the body’s systems in detail: nervous, endocrine, cardiovascular, respiratory, renal, gastrointestinal, musculoskeletal, reproductive, and immune. Through a series of real-life examples, the book also shows the importance of maintaining careful medical records for health care professionals, scientists, and patients alike.

Physiological Processes. --- Human physiology. --- Human biology --- Medical sciences --- Physiology --- Human body --- Physiological Concepts --- Physiological Phenomenon --- Physiological Process --- Physiological Processes --- Concept, Physiological --- Concepts, Physiological --- Phenomena, Physiological --- Phenomenas, Physiological --- Phenomenon, Physiological --- Physiological Concept --- Process, Physiological --- Processes, Physiological

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Virology --- Virus Physiological Phenomena. --- Virology. --- Agriculture Sciences --- Soil Chemistry, Microbiology, Fertility & Fertilizers --- Physiology, Viral --- Viral Physiological Concepts --- Viral Physiological Phenomena --- Viral Physiological Process --- Virus Physiological Concepts --- Virus Physiological Phenomenon --- Virus Physiological Process --- Virus Physiology --- Viral Physiological Processes --- Viral Physiology --- Virus Physiological Processes --- Concept, Viral Physiological --- Concept, Virus Physiological --- Concepts, Viral Physiological --- Concepts, Virus Physiological --- Phenomena, Viral Physiological --- Phenomena, Virus Physiological --- Phenomenon, Virus Physiological --- Phenomenons, Virus Physiological --- Physiological Process, Viral --- Physiological Process, Virus --- Physiological Processes, Viral --- Physiological Processes, Virus --- Physiology, Virus --- Process, Viral Physiological --- Process, Virus Physiological --- Processes, Viral Physiological --- Processes, Virus Physiological --- Viral Physiological Concept --- Virus Physiological Concept --- Viruses --- physiology --- Microbiology --- Microbiology & Immunology

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Morphogenesis is the set of processes that generate shape and form in the embryo--an important area within developmental biology. An exciting and up-to-the-minute account of the very latest research into the factors that create biological form, Mechanisms of Morphogenesis, second edition is a text reference on the mechanisms of cell and tissue morphogenesis in a diverse array of organisms, including prokaryotes, animals, plants and fungi. By combining hard data with computer modeling, Mechanisms of Morphogenesis, second edition equips readers with a much broader underst

Morphogenesis. --- Morphogenesis --- Growth and Development --- Physiological Processes --- Physiological Phenomena --- Phenomena and Processes --- Biology --- Health & Biological Sciences --- Biophysics --- Morphogeny --- Organogenesis --- Embryology --- Morphology

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Aquaporins (AQPs), a class of integral membrane proteins, form channels facilitating movement of water and many other solutes. In solute transport systems of all living organisms including plants, animals and fungi, AQPs play a vital role. Plants contain a much higher number of AQP genes compared to animals, the likely consequence of genome duplication events and higher ploidy levels. As a result of duplication and subsequent diversification, plant AQPs have evolved several subfamilies with very diverse functions. Plant AQPs are highly selective for specific solutes because of their unique structural features. For instance, ar/R selectivity filters and NPA domains have been found to be key elements in governing solute permeability through the AQP channels. Combination of conserved motifs and specific amino acids influencing pore morphology appears to regulate the permeability of specific solutes such as water, urea, CO2, H2O2, boric acid, silicic acid and many more. The discovery of novel AQPs has been accelerated over the last few years with the increasing availability of genomic and transcriptomic data. The expanding number of well characterised AQPs provides opportunities to understand factors influencing water transport, nutritional uptake, and elemental balance. Homology-based search tools and phylogenetic analyses offer efficient strategies for AQP identification. Subsequent characterization can be based on different approaches involving proteomics, genomics, and transcriptomic tools. The combination of these technological advances make it possible to efficiently study the inter-dependency of AQPs, regulation through phosphorylation and reversible phosphorylation, networking with other transporters, structural features, pH gating systems, trafficking and degradation. Several studies have supported the role of AQPs in differential phenotypic responses to abiotic and biotic stress in plants. Crop improvement programs aiming for the development of cultivars with higher tolerance against stresses like drought, flooding, salinity and many biotic diseases, can explore and exploit the finely tuned AQP-regulated transport system. For instance, a promising approach in crop breeding programs is the utilization of genetic variation in AQPs for the development of stress tolerant cultivars. Similarly, transgenic and mutagenesis approaches provide an opportunity to better understand the AQP transport system with subsequent applications for the development of climate-smart drought-tolerant cultivars. The contributions to this Frontiers in Plant Science Research Topic have highlighted the evolution and phylogenetic distribution of AQPs in several plant species. Numerous aspects of regulation that seek to explain AQP-mediated transport system have been addressed. These contributions will help to improve our understanding of AQPs and their role in important physiological aspects and will bring AQP research closer to practical applications.

protein interactions --- advanced tools --- Aquaporin evolution --- conserved motifs --- phylogeny --- solute specificity --- omics approaches --- transport system --- physiological processes --- biotic and abiotic stresses

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Eye-movement recording has become the method of choice in a wide variety of disciplines investigating how the mind and brain work. This volume brings together recent, high-quality eye-movement research from many different disciplines and, in doing so, presents a comprehensive overview of the state-of-the-art in eye-movement research. Sections include the history of eye-movement research, physiological and clinical studies of eye movements, transsaccadic integration, computational modelling of eye movements, reading, spoken language processing, attention and scene perception, and eye-

Eye. --- Movements. --- Eye --- Congresses --- Eye Movements --- Movement --- Publication Formats --- Ocular Physiological Processes --- Publication Characteristics --- Musculoskeletal Physiological Processes --- Ocular Physiological Phenomena --- Musculoskeletal Physiological Phenomena --- Phenomena and Processes --- Musculoskeletal and Neural Physiological Phenomena --- Neuroscience --- Human Anatomy & Physiology --- Health & Biological Sciences --- Movements --- Eye movements --- Ocular motility --- Oculomotor system --- Biomechanics --- Rapid eye movement sleep