Introduction To Bioinstrumentation: With Biological, Environmental, And Medical Applications (contemporary Instrumentation And Analysis)

The present volume is designed as a practical tutorial survey not only for all those interested in bioinstrumentation and its applications, but also as a text for a one-semester upper-division undergraduate course in instrumentation for bioengineering students. A knowledge of basic physics, basic electronics, and mathematics to elementary linear dif­ ferential equations is assumed. The book is well suited for use as a reference source for all research and clinical workers in the fields of biology, medicine, and the environmental sciences who have an ade­ quate background in the physical sciences. At the University of Wyo­ ming, the text is also used for a course in the interdisciplinary program for graduate study in the neurosciences. The philosophy espoused herein is fundamental system analysis and design, rather than detailed discussion of particular devices produced by commercial manufacturers. Equipment-oriented texts, although initially useful, tend to become obsolete rather rapidly. Basic design and analysis techniques change little with time. Discussion has been limited to devices that have found applications in the biological, environmental, and medical fields. Many transducers used in other disciplines have been omitted. It is not the author's intent to produce a compendium of transducer applications, but rather an introduction to those techniques used in the environmental, biological, and medical sciences.

HIGHLY SELECTIVE NEUROTOXINS: Basic and Clinical Applications
Edited by
Richard M. Kostrzewa, Department of Pharmacology, East Tennessee State University, Johnson City, TN

In Highly Selective Neurotoxins, experienced experimentalists critically review and evaluate the most common and important neurotoxins used today to precisely destroy selected neurons. Each informative chapter thoroughly describes the significant mechanisms of action of a neurotoxin, as well as fully discussing the limits on its use and its clinical applicability. Several clinically oriented chapters are significant for neurologists treating Parkinsonism, for psychiatrists treating drug abuse and neurodegenerative disorders, and for primary care physicians treating patients with appetite suppressants.

Highly Selective Neurotoxins provides all the basic knowledge needed to obtain a predictable experimental outcome with these neurotoxins. Its authoritative coverage of the newest findings on experimentally important neurotoxins makes their proper use and their limitations clear and practical from both experimental and theoretical points of view.