© Springer International Publishing Switzerland 2016Celestino Pio Lombardi and Rocco Bellantone (eds.)Minimally Invasive Therapies for Endocrine Neck Diseases10.1007/978-3-319-20065-1_8 8. High-Intensity Focused Ultrasound Ablation (HI-FU) in Endocrine Neck Diseases Fabrice Menegaux1 , Laurence Leenhardt2 and Olivier Esnault3 (1) Department of…
Fig. 8.1 Catecholamine-induced biofilm formation in Staphylococcus epidermidis. The image panels show scanning electron micrographs of biofilms of S. epidermidis adhering to polystyrene after overnight growth in freshly prepared plasma-SAPI…
Fig. 13.1 (a) There is a symbiotic relationship between the microbiome and the host, as the host provides a habitat and resources including nutrients for the microbiome. In turn, the…
Neurotransmitter In microorganisms In plants In animals Acetylcholine Identified independently by Ewins (1914) and Dale (1914) in preparations of ergot spur fungus Claviceps purpurea in Great Britain and in bacteria….
and Nicholas J. Walton1 (1) Institute of Food Research, Norwich Research Park, Colney, Norwich, NR4 7UA, UK Abstract This chapter examines the evidence that the ability of neuroendocrine hormones, notably norepinephrine…
Fig. 16.1 Comparison of proteins from the cytosol fractions of E2-treated P. brasiliensis undergoing M to Y transition with M and Y controls. Proteins were resolved through 9 % SDS-PAGE…
Fig. 12.1 (a) The locus of enterocyte effacement (LEE) pathogenicity Island found in EHEC, which encodes factors responsible for type III secretion and pedestal formation. LEE1 encodes for ler, the…
Fig. 11.1 Aerobically grown lactobacilli were enumerated from coprocultures before and for 1 week following maternal separation. Results are mean (S.E.) number of colony forming units (CFU) per gram of…
Fig. 9.1 Structures involved in adrenergic signaling. (a) Host hormones epinephrine and norepinephrine. (b) The structure of AI-3 has not been solved, but may resemble epinephrine and norepinephrine. (c) The…
Fig. 1.1 Social conflict in mice is conducted by the simple placement of a group-housed mouse also known as an “intruder” (in picture, black) into the cage of a singly-housed…
