Understanding and optimizing human development : from cells to patients to populations

Author/Creator:

National Institute of Child Health and Human Development (U.S.). 40th Anniversary Scientific Symposium Bethesda, Md.) (2003

Publication/Creation:

New York, N.Y. : New York Academy of Sciences, 2004

Resource Type:

Book

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Full Title:

Understanding and optimizing human development : from cells to patients to populations / edited by Stephen G. Kaler and Owen M. Rennert

Series Titles:

Annals of the New York Academy of Sciences, v. 1038
Annals of the New York Academy of Sciences ; v. 1038.

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Additional Author/Creators:

Kaler, Stephen G.
Rennert, Owen M., 1938-
National Institute of Child Health and Human Development (U.S.)

Subjects/Genre

Genre:

Congresses
Electronic books

Subjects:

National Institute of Child Health and Human Development (U.S.)
Human growth--Congresses
Cytology--Congresses
Molecular biology--Congresses
Developmental neurobiology--Congresses
Human Development
Developmental Biology
Social Sciences

Description/Summary

Table of Contents:

History of intramural clinical research at the National Institute of Child Health and Human Development (NICHD) / by D. Lynn Loriaux -- Mutations in the systhesis and action of estrogen: the critical role of estrogen on pubertal growth, dkeletal maturation, and bone mass / by Melvin M. Grumbach -- An update of congenital adrenal hyperplasia / by Maria I. New -- Genetic causes of mental retardation / by Hugo W. Moser -- Future vaccine development at NICHD / by John B. Robbins and Rachel Schneerson -- Study of translational control of eukaryotic gene expression using yeast / by Alan G. Hinnebusch ... [et al.] -- The formins: connecting embryonic pattern formation and hypofertility in the mouse / by Philip Leder -- Results of a search for the mechanisms of steroid receptor regulation of gene expression / by Bert W. O'Malley -- Developmental biology of zebrafish / by Igor B. Dawid -- Developmental genetics of drosophila / by Edward B. Lewis -- Origins of growth factors: NGF and EGF / by Stanley Cohen -- Insights into the biogenesis of lysosome-related organelles from the study of the Hermansky-Pudlak syndrome / by Juan S. Bonifacino -- Dynamics of secretory membrane trafficking / by Jennifer Lippincott-Schwartz -- Structure and function of glutamate receptors / by Mark Mayer -- Neuroendocrine basis of human disease / by Roger Guillemin -- Role of growth factors in the nervous system / by Ira B. Black -- Activins and inhibins and their signaling / by Wylie Vale ... [et al.].
Neurobiology of rehabilitation / by Bruce H. Dobkin -- Temperament and early experience form social behavior / by Nathan A. Fox -- Lessons from the technology of skill formation / by James J. Heckman -- Economic approaches to understanding families / by Gary S. Becker -- Social and economic aspects of immigration / by Douglas S. Massey -- Social change and the American family / by Larry L. Bumpass -- Development of the home pregnancy test / by Judith L. Vaitukaitis -- Development of the pill / by Celso-Ramón García -- Factors influencing perinatal outcomes / by Robert L. Goldenberg.

Language:

English

Physical Type/Description:

xvi, 235 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm

Technical Note:

Mode of access: World Wide Web.

Additional Physical Form:

Also available via the World Wide Web.

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Additional Identifiers

Catalog ID (MMSID):

990022410750302486

ISBN:

9781573315203 (cloth : alk. paper)
9781573315210 (pbk. : alk. paper)
1573315206 (cloth : alk. paper)
1573315214 (pbk. : alk. paper)

OCLC Number:

57251030

Barcode:

010001019314