Advances in Biological and Medical Physics
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Advances in Biological and Medical Physics, Volume VII, provides an overview of the state of knowledge in biological and medical physics. The book opens with a study on genetic and physiological effects of the decay of incorporated radioactive phosphorus in bacterial viruses and bacteria. This is followed by separate chapters on micro x-ray diffraction on biological materials; autoradiography with tritium-labeled substances; mechanisms of activity transfer between receptor cell and nerve cell in the Limulus lateral eye; and the effects of radiation on the central nervous system. Subsequent chapters deal with isotopic studies on the distribution and metabolism of plasma proteins and radiation carcinogenesis.
Table of Contents
Contributors to Volume VII
Genetic and Physiological Effects of the Decay of Incorporated Radioactive Phosphorus in Bacterial Viruses and Bacteria
I. Introduction
II. Inactivation of Bacterial Viruses
III. Cross Reactivation of Bacterial Viruses
IV. Studies on the Multiplication of Bacterial Viruses
V. Inactivation of Bacteria
VI. Synthetic Capacities of Bacteria
VII. Bacterial Conjugation and Recombination
VIII. Lysogeny
IX. Summary and Conclusion
References
Micro X-Ray Diffraction on Biological Materials
I. Introduction
II. General Aspects of Micro X-Ray Diffraction
IIL X-Ray Sources
IV. CoUimation and Camera Geometry
V. Specimen
VI. Recording of Micro X-Ray Diffraction Patterns
VII. Different Types of Microcameras
VIII. Biological Applications
IX. General Discussion
References
Autoradiography with Tritium-Labeled Substances
I. Introduction
II. Tritium—Properties and Methods for Labeling
III. Autoradiographic Methods
IV. Studies with Tritium-Labeled Compounds
V. Radiation Damage and Tritium Autoradiography
VI. Prospects for the Future
References
The Limulus Eye as an Information Converter: Mechanisms for the Transfer of Information from the Light Image to the Optic Nerve Discharge
I. Introduction
II. Proposed Sequence of Processes for the Transfer of Information from the Light Image into a Pattern of Optic Nerve Impulses
III. Application of the Proposed Sequence to the Limulus Lateral Eye
IV. Testing the Proposed Sequence of Activity Transfer Mechanisms in the Limulus Lateral Eye
V. Comparison with the Vertebrate Eye
VI. Recapitulation
References
Physiological Effects of Nuclear Radiations on the Central Nervous System
I. Introduction
II. Effects of Irradiation upon the Functions of the Cerebral Cortex
III. Effects of Radiation upon the Functions of the Brain Stem
IV. Effects of Radiation upon the Functions of the Spinal Cord
V. Effects of Radiation upon the Afferent Systems
VI. General Observations of the Effects of Ionizing Irradiation upon the Central Nervous System
VII. Effects of Irradiation during the Embryonic and Early Postnatal Life upon the Functions of the Central Nervous System
VIII. Ionizing Radiation as a Stimulus of the Central Nervous System
IX. Effects of Irradiation upon Nervous Regulation of the Vegetative Functions and Tissue Trophics
X. Effects of Radiation upon the Permeability of the Hematoencephalic Barrier and the Metabolic Processes in the Brain
XI. Conclusions
References (Additional References)
Some Isotopic Studies on the Distribution and Metabolism of Plasma Proteins
I. Introduction
II. The Plasma Protein Pool
III. Calculation of the Distribution, Total Body Pool, and Turnover of a Plasma Protein
IV. Some Studies of Plasma Protein Metabolism in Selected Pathological Conditions
References
Radiation Carcinogenesis
I. Introduction
II. Radiation Carcinogenesis in Man
III. Neoplasms in Experimental Animals Following Radiation
IV. Conclusions and Summary
References
Addendum to Chapter
Author Index
Subject Index
Product details
- No. of pages: 372
- Language: English
- Copyright: © Academic Press 1960
- Published: January 1, 1960
- Imprint: Academic Press
- eBook ISBN: 9781483281803
About the Editors
Cornelius A. Tobias
John H. Lawrence
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