Microcirculation /
edited by Ronald F. Tuma, Walter N. Durán, Klaus Ley.
- 2nd ed.
- Amsterdam ; Boston : Elsevier/Academic Press, 2008.
- 1 online resource (xxiv, 949 pages, [24] pages of plates) : illustrations.
- Handbook of physiology. [Section 2, Cardiovascular system ; v. 4] .
- Handbook of physiology (Bethesda, Md.). Section 2, Cardiovascular system. .
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Overview of the microcirculation / Principles of microvascular structure and function. Blood flow in microvascular networks / Physiology and pathobiology of microvascular endothelium / Biology of nitric oxide synthases / Microcirculatory exchange function / Microlymphatic biology / Regulation of the microvascular blood flow. Local regulation of microvascular perfusion / Receptor-mediated events in the microcirculation / Adaption of the vascular system. Angiogenesis / Inflammatory and immune functions. The microcirculation in inflammation / Lymphocyte trafficking / 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 / Microcirculation in health and disease. Sickle cell disease / Pathophysiology of primary hypertension / Microvascular consequences of obesity and diabetes / Paul C. Johnson -- Axel R. Pries Timothy W. Secomb ; Jordan S. Pober ; Ingrid Fleming ; Walter N. Durán, Fabiola A. Sánchez Jerome W. Breslin -- David C. Zawieja, Pierre-Yves von der Weid Anatoliy A. Gashev -- Michael J. Davis, Michael A. Hill Lih Kuo ; Stephanie W. Watts, Nancy L. Kanagy, Julian H. Lombard -- Mary E. Gerritsen -- Klaus Ley ; Avi N. Kogan Ulrich H. von Andrian -- Ronald F. Tuma ; Cuihua Zhang [and others] ; L. Gabriel Navar [and others]. ; Soichiro Miura, Paul Kubes D. Neil Granger ; Jahar Bhattacharya, Michael Koval Wolfgang M. Kuebler ; Charles E. RIva Leopold Schmetterer -- Dhananjay K. Kaul ; Robert M. Carey ; H. Glenn Bohlen. Preface -- Introduction: pt. I: and and and pt. II: and and pt. III: pt. IV: and pt. V: and and and pt. VI:
Growth in knowledge about the microcirculation has been explosive with the field becoming fragmented into numerous sub-disciplines and subspecialties. This volume pulls all of the critical information into one volume eliminating the need to search through numerous books and journals which can be exhaustive and demanding. It provides cardiovascular physiologists with an integrated, in-depth evaluation of the latest research developments and will aide in developing new pathways of research and scholarship. Key Features 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.