Book[edited by] Livio Luzi.
Contents:
1. Human Evolution and Physical Exercise: The Concept of Being "Born to Run" / Livio Luzi
2. Cell Morphology and Function: The Specificities of Muscle Cells / Anna Maestroni
3. The Cell Membrane of the Contractile Unit / Gianpaolo Zerbini
4. Gene Polymorphisms and Athletic Performance / Ileana Terruzzi
5. Nutrients and Whole-Body Energy Metabolism: The Impact of Physical Exercise / Stefano Benedini
6. Mitochondrial and Non-mitochondrial Studies of ATP Synthesis / Roberto Codella
7. Excessive Nutrients and Regional Energy Metabolism / Gianluca Perseghin
8. Muscle Biopsy To Investigate Mitochondrial Turnover / Rocco Barazzoni
9. Introduction to the Tracer-Based Study of Metabolism In Vivo / Andrea Caumo and Livio Luzi
10. Physical Activity and Inflammation / Raffaele Di Fenza and Paolo Fiorina
11. The HPA Axis and the Regulation of Energy Balance / Francesca Frigerio
12. Physical Exercise in Obesity and Anorexia Nervosa / Alberto Battezzati and Simona Bertoli
13. Physical Exercise and Transplantation / Valentina Delmonte, Vincenzo Lauriola, Rodolfo Alejandro and Camillo Ricordi
14. The Baboon as a Primate Model To Study the Physiology and Metabolic Effects of Exercise / Francesca Casiraghi, Alberto Omar Chavez, Nicholas Musi and Franco Folli.