Integration in Respiratory Control From Genes to Systems /

• Συγγραφή απο Οργανισμό/Αρχή: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Άλλοι συγγραφείς: Poulin, Marc J. (Επιμελητής έκδοσης), Wilson, Richard J. A. (Επιμελητής έκδοσης)
• Μορφή: Ηλεκτρονική πηγή Ηλ. βιβλίο
• Γλώσσα: English
• Έκδοση: New York, NY : Springer New York, 2008.
• Σειρά: Advances in Experimental Medicine and Biology, 605
• Θέματα: Medicine.; Molecular biology.; Neurosciences.; Genetic engineering.; Respiratory organs > Diseases.; Pathology.; Neurobiology.; Medicine & Public Health.; Pneumology/Respiratory System.; Molecular Medicine.; Genetic Engineering.

Like the geological treasures that surely must lie below the Athabasca glacier, some of the answers to key questions about the control of respiration remain buried. But bit by bit, year by year the ice is melting and perhaps in some areas the rocks are starting to be revealed. With a mission to adva...

Πίνακας περιεχομένων:

• Historical and Future Perspectives of the Control of Breathing
• Oxygen Sensing and the Carotid Body
• Respiratory Rhythm Generation
• Genes and Development
• Models of Gas Exchange
• Plasticity and Adaptation
• Neuromodulation
• Comparative Aspects
• Central Chemosensitivity
• Brainstem Mechanisms Underlying Cardio-Respiratory Control
• Multifunctional and Reconfiguring Networks
• Clinical Perspectives: Modeling and Control of Breathing (i.e., Sleep Apnea).