Microcirculation

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Ronald F. Tuma, Walter N. Duran, Klaus Ley
Academic Press, Apr 28, 2011 - Science - 1000 pages
This reference is a volume in the Handbook of Physiology, co-published with The American Physiological Society. Growth in knowledge about the microcirculation has been explosive with the field becoming fragmented into numerous subdisciplines and subspecialties. This volume pulls all of the critical information into one volume. - Meticulously edited and reviewed. Benefit: Provides investigators a unique tool to explore the significance of their findings in the context of other aspects of the microcirculation. In this way, the updated edition has a direct role in helping to develop new pathways of research and scholarship - Highlights the explosive growth in knowledge about the microcirculation including the biology of nitric oxide synthase (NOS), endothelial cell signaling, angiogenesis, cell adhesion molecules, lymphocyte trafficking, ion channels and receptors, and propagated vasomotor responses. Benefit: Microcirculatory biology has become fragmented into numerous sub-disciplines and subspecialties, and these reference reintegrates the information in one volume
 

Contents

Principles of Microvascular Structure and Function
1
Regulation of the Microvascular Blood Flow
159
Adaptation of the Vascular System
349
Inflammatory and Immune Functions
385
Microcirculatory Specialization in Individual Organs
483
Microcirculation in Health and Disease
767
Index
931
Color Plates
951
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Walter N. Duran, PhDDept. of Pharmacology & Physiology,University of Medicine & Dentistry, New Jersey Medical School, Medical Science Building, 185 South Orange Ave.Neward, NJ 07103-2714