Doves, Diplomats, and Diabetes : A Darwinian Interpretation of Type 2 Diabetes and Related Disorders /

Detalles Bibliográficos
Autor principal: Watve, Milind. (Autor)
Autor Corporativo: SpringerLink (Online service)
Formato: eBook
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: New York, NY : Springer New York : Imprint: Springer, 2013.
Edición:1st ed. 2013.
Materias:
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • 1. A Darwinian Way of Thinking
  • 2. Diabetes in a Textbook
  • 3. Diabetes in an Undergraduate Class
  • 4. The Rise and Fall of Thrift
  • 5. Of Hawks and Doves
  • 6. Of Soldiers and Diplomats
  • 7. The Physiology of Aggression
  • 8. Deploying the Immunological Garrison
  • 9. Why Population Density Matters
  • 10. Time to Give up Stress
  • 11. Fat: Beyond Energy Storage
  • 12. Why Blood Sugar Goes up
  • 13. Beating Around the ‘Wrong’ Bush?
  • 14. Behavioral Deficiencies and Behavioral Supplementation:
  • 15. Where do we Go From Here?
  • Appendix I. Genes/molecules that are associated with aggression and also associated with some component of metabolic syndrome
  • Appendix II. Network model of type 2 diabetes
  • Appendix III. Model for the Effect of population density on aggression
  • Appendix IV. Glucose homeostasis model.