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Effects of high pressure on biological systems
Bacteria / R.E. Marquis -- Examples of pressure effects on specific microbial systems -- Effects of high-pressure gases on microbes -- Aspects of eukaryotic cells / A.C. Hall, D.M. Pickles and A.G. Macdonald -- Eggs: genetic manipulations using high pressure -- Cartilage: effects of hysrostatic pressure in articulating joints -- Platelets: receptors and cell activation -- Erythrocytes: membrane transport -- Ion channels and nerve cell function / J.J. Kendig, Y. Grossman and S.H. Heinemann -- Ion channels in excitable cells -- Transmitter release at synapses -- Excitable cell behavior -- Vertebrate skeletal and cardiac muscle / P.M. Hogan and S.R. Besch -- High-pressure inotropy in vertebrate skeletal muscle -- Mechanisms of high-pressure inotrophy in skeletal muscle -- High-pressure inotropy in vertebrate cardiac muscle -- Mechanisms of high-pressure inotropy in cardiac muscle -- Fish / P. Sebert and A.G. Macdonald -- Shallow water fish: effects of pressure applied for a short period -- Shallow water fish: effects of pressure applied for days -- Deep water fish.
(cont) Nervous system: man and laboratory mammals / J.-C. Rostain -- High-pressure nervous system -- Role of environmental parameters -- HPNS and individual susceptibility -- Electrophysiological studies in whole animals -- In vivo neuropharmacological and neurochemical studies -- In vitro neurobiological studies on synaptic neurotransmission in isolated, integrated systems -- Conclusions: origins and mechanisms of the high-pressure nervous system.
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Advances in comparative and environmental physiology ; 17