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Adrenaline /
Famous as the catalyst of the fight or flight response, adrenaline has also received forensic attention as a perfect, untraceable poison - and rumors persist of its power to revive the dead. True to the spirit of its topic, 'Adrenaline' is a stimulating journey that reveals the truth behin...
| Clasificación: | Libro Electrónico |
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| Formato: | Electrónico eBook |
| Idioma: | Inglés |
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Cambridge, Mass. :
Harvard University Press,
2013.
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| Acceso en línea: | Texto completo |
Tabla de Contenidos:
- Intro
- Contents
- Prologue
- 1. The Goldilocks principle
- 2. Ruled by glands
- 3. A country doctor's remarkable discovery
- 4. Finding a needle in a haystack
- 5. Adrenaline zips from bench to bedside
- 6. Mind the gap : Chemical transmission from sympathetic nerves to organs
- 7. How adrenaline stimulates cells
- 8. Lock and key : Receptors for adrenaline
- 9. New drugs from old molecules
- 10. Adrenaline junkies
- Appendix. Adrenaline's Nobel connections : An extended cast of characters
- Notes
- Glossary
- Further reading
- Acknowledgments
- Credits
- Index.