Integrative Biology of Womens Health

• Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Other Authors: Spangenburg, Espen E. (Editor)
• Format: Electronic
• Language: English
• Published: New York, NY : Springer New York : Imprint: Springer, 2013.
• Subjects: Medicine.; Human physiology.; Cardiology.; Endocrinology.; Cell receptors.; Cytology.; Developmental biology.; Biomedicine.; Human Physiology.; Cell Biology.; Receptors.; Developmental Biology.
• Online Access: https://ezaccess.library.uitm.edu.my/login?url=http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4614-8630-5

The purpose of Integrative Biology of Womens Health is to discuss and identify perspective areas from basic science to clinical interventions that are critical to the future of womens health.� As of now there are critical knowledge gaps that exist in our understanding of physiological and cellular...

Table of Contents:

• 1. Influence of ovarian hormones on skeletal muscle contractility
• 2. Novel Findings in Bone biology: impact on bone health for women
• 3. Estrogen Effects on Skeletal Muscle
• 4. The contribution of ovarian hormones to the cellular regulation of lipid metabolism
• 5. The role of estrogens in the regulation of peripheral glucose dynamics
• 6. The Impact of Estrogen Receptor a Expression in the Pathogenesis of Metabolic Syndrome- 7. Metabolic Health in the Aging Female: Human Perspective
• 8. Transitions Across a Lifetime: Unique Cardiovascular Physiology of Women and Relationship to Cardiovascular Disease Risk
• 9. Estrogen, Cardiac Protection and Aging
• 10. Diet and Exercise Are Potent Modulators of Cardiovascular Disease in Women. �����������������������.