1.

Record Nr.

UNINA9910144659703321

Titolo

Iron metabolism / / editors, Ruth Porter. David W. FitzSimons

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Amsterdam : , : Elsevier/Excerpta Medica/North-Holland

New York : , : Elsevier/North-Holland, , 1977

ISBN

0-444-15273-3

1-280-78365-6

9786613694041

0-470-72032-8

0-470-71801-3

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (viii, 391 pages) : illustrations

Collana

Ciba Foundation symposium (new series) ; ; 51

Disciplina

616.3/99

Soggetti

Iron - Metabolism - Disorders

Iron - Metabolism

Iron proteins

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

"Symposium on Iron Metabolism held at the Ciba Foundation, London, 7-9th December, 1976"--Participants page.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and indexes.

Nota di contenuto

Iron Metabolism; Contents; Some physicochemical aspects of iron metabolism; Discussion; The structure and function of ferritin; Discussion; Ferritin phenotypes: structure and metabolism; Discussion; General discussion I; Haemosiderin; Iron centres and rate-limiting spans in the respiratory chains of mitochondria from adult and fetal rats; Discussion; An intracellular transit iron pool; Discussion; Siderophores: diverse roles in microbial and human physiology; Discussion; Transferrin: physiology and function in iron transport; Discussion; Iron kinetics and erythropoiesis; Discussion

Control of iron delivery to haemoglobin in erythroid cells; Discussion; Biogenic monoamine metabolism and functional activity in iron-deficient rats : 2 behavioural correlates; Discussion; Monoamine metabolism and platelet function in iron-deficiency anaemia; Discussion; Iron status, immune response and susceptibility to infection; Discussion; Haem synthesis in sideroblastic anaemia; Discussion; The liver in thalassaemia major: ultrastructural



observations; Discussion; Lysosomal disruption in the pathogenesis of hepatic damage in primary and secondary haemochromatosis; Discussion

Iron, zinc, free radicals and oxygen in tissue disorders and cancer control; Discussion; General discussion II; Serum ferritin; Control of transferrin synthesis; Transfer of iron through the cell; Chairman's closing comments; Index of contributors; Subject index

2.

Record Nr.

UNINA9910960072803321

Autore

Radden Jennifer

Titolo

On delusion / / Jennifer Radden

Pubbl/distr/stampa

London : , : Routledge, , 2011

ISBN

1-136-93481-2

1-136-93482-0

1-282-78129-4

9786612781292

0-203-84651-6

Edizione

[1st ed.]

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (185 p.)

Collana

Thinking in action

Disciplina

616.89

Soggetti

Delusions

Cognition disorders

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Nota di contenuto

Book Cover; Title; Copyright; Contents; Acknowledgements; Introduction; One: Delusions and Cultural Meaning; Two: Varieties of Clinical Delusion; Three: Research Controversies; Four: Do Delusions Mean Anything?; Five: Delusions as Shared: folies à deux and the Madness of Crowds; Six: Spiritual Delusions - Religious, Metaphysical, Ideological; Seven: Delusions as Vices; Eight: Delusions and Violence; Afterword; Notes; Bibliography; Index

Sommario/riassunto

Delusions play a fundamental role in the history of psychology, philosophy and culture, dividing not only the mad from the sane but reason from unreason. Yet the very nature and extent of delusions are poorly understood. What are delusions? How do they differ from



everyday errors or mistaken beliefs? Are they scientific categories?In this superb, panoramic investigation of delusion Jennifer Radden explores these questions and more, unravelling a fascinating story that ranges from Descartes's demon to famous first-hand accounts of delusion, such as Daniel Schreber's Memoirs of My