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Bibliographic Details
Corporate Author: American Physiological Society (1887- )
Other Authors: Tuma, Ronald F. (Ronald Franklin), Durán, Walter N., Ley, Klaus, 1957-
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: Amsterdam ; Boston : [published for the American Physiological Society by] Elsevier/Academic Press, 2008.
Edition:Second edition.
Series:Handbook of physiology (Bethesda, Md.). Cardiovascular system.
Subjects:
Microcirculation.
Table of Contents:
  • Overview of the microcirculation
  • Pt. I. Principles of microvascular structure and function
  • Blood flow in microvascular network
  • Physiology and pathobiology of microvascular endothelium
  • Biology of nitric oxide synthases
  • Microcirculatory exchange function
  • Microlymphatic biology
  • Pt. II. Regulation of the microvascular blood flow.
  • Local regulation of microvascular perfusion
  • Receptor-mediated events in the microcirculation
  • Pt. III. Adaption of the vascular system
  • Angiogenesis
  • Pt. IV. Inflammatory and immune functions
  • The microcirculation in inflammation
  • Lymphocyte trafficking
  • Pt. V. Microcirculatory specialization in individual organs
  • The cerebral microcirculation
  • Regulation of coronary microvascular resistance in health and disease
  • The renal microcirculation
  • Gastrointestinal and liver microcirculations : roles in inflammation and immunity
  • The pulmonary microcirculation
  • Microcirculation of the ocular fundus
  • Pt. VI. Microcirculation in health and disease
  • Sickle cell disease
  • Pathophysiology of primary hypertension
  • Microvascular consequences of obesity and diabetes