Product Description: This volume contains detailed studies presented by speakers at the Annual Meeting of the EAACI in Zurich in 1991. The main topics are: regulation of IgE response; allergy and inflammation; mechanisms of autoimmune diseases; lymphocyte activation mechanisms and the role of adhesion molecules; special aspects of the IgE mediated allergic response; prevention of atopy in infancy; the skin as an immune organ; cellular immune mechanisms in asthma; childhood allergy; epidemiology of allergic diseases; cytokines in immunopathology; new diagnostic tests in allergy; new antiallergic and antiasthma drugs; immunological tolerance mechanisms in the respiratory and gastrointestinal tract...read more

Product Description: The cognitive and behavioral complications of epilepsy are recognized as important factors in the management of patients, and a group of specialists presents here the latest information on the relationships among seizures, EEG discharges, and the effects of anticonvulsant drugs on cognition and behavior...read more

Product Description: This seventh volume, divided into four parts, addresses the biological determinates of reinforcement and memory. Covers topics in electrical brain stimulation, drugs and reinforcement, and cellular mechanisms.

Product Description: An interdisciplinary contribution to the study of aging, health, and behavior, this volume clarifies how physical changes in cells, organ systems, and entire bodies are linked to changes in behavior patterns, social structures, and cultural values and mores...read more