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Handbook of physiology : microcirculation /

Bibliographic Details
Other Authors: Tuma, Ronald F. (Ronald Franklin), Durán, Walter N., Ley, Klaus, 1957-
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: Amsterdam ; Boston : Elsevier/Academic Press, 2008.
Edition:2nd ed.
Subjects:
Microcirculation.
Table of Contents:
  • Preface
  • Introduction: Overview of the microcirculation / Paul C. Johnson
  • Pt. I: Principles of microvascular structure and function. Blood flow in microvascular networks / Axel R. Pries and Timothy W. Secomb ; Physiology and pathobiology of microvascular endothelium / Jordan S. Pober ; Biology of nitric oxide synthases / Ingrid Fleming ; Microcirculatory exchange function / Walter N. Durán, Fabiola A. Sánchez and Jerome W. Breslin
  • Microlymphatic biology / David C. Zawieja, Pierre-Yves von der Weid and Anatoliy A. Gashev
  • Pt. II: Regulation of the microvascular blood flow. Local regulation of microvascular perfusion / Michael J. Davis, Michael A. Hill and Lih Kuo ; Receptor-mediated events in the microcirculation / Stephanie W. Watts, Nancy L. Kanagy, and Julian H. Lombard
  • Pt. III: Adaption of the vascular system. Angiogenesis / Mary E. Gerritsen
  • Pt. IV: Inflammatory and immune functions. The microcirculation in inflammation / Klaus Ley ; Lymphocyte trafficking / Avi N. Kogan and Ulrich H. von Andrian
  • Pt. V: Microcirculatory specialization in individual organs. The cerebral microcirculation / Ronald F. Tuma ; Regulation of coronary microvascular resistance in health and disease / Cuihua Zhang... [et al.] ; The renal microcirculation / L. Gabriel Navar... [et al.]. ; Gastrointestinal and liver microcirculations: roles in inflammation and immunity / Soichiro Miura, Paul Kubes and D. Neil Granger ; The pulmonary microcirculation / Jahar Bhattacharya, Michael Koval and Wolfgang M. Kuebler ; Microcirculation of the ocular fundus / Charles E. RIva and Leopold Schmetterer
  • Pt. VI: Microcirculation in health and disease. Sickle cell disease / Dhananjay K. Kaul ; Pathophysiology of primary hypertension / Robert M. Carey ; Microvascular consequences of obesity and diabetes / H. Glenn Bohlen.