Mechanosensitivity of the Nervous System Forewords by Nektarios Tavernarakis and Pontus Persson /

• Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Other Authors: Kamkim, Andre (Editor), Kiseleva, Irina (Editor)
• Format: Electronic eBook
• Language: English
• Published: Dordrecht : Springer Netherlands, 2009.
• Series: Mechanosensitivity in Cells and Tissues ; 2
• Subjects: Life sciences.; Neurosciences.; Neuroradiology.; Neurology.; Biochemistry.; Cell biology.; Life Sciences.; Biochemistry, general.; Cell Biology.

This book presents the latest findings in mechanosensitivity of the nervous system. The nervous system stands out from a number of tissues because besides reacting to the mechanical stress it is transmitting its own response to other organs and tissues, which are located downstream of its signaling...

Table of Contents:

• Mechanosensitivity of Nervous Cells
• Mechanosensitive Channels in Neuronal and Astroglial Cells in the Nervous System
• Ion Channels with Mechanosensitivity in the Nervous System
• Mechanosensitive Cation Currents and their Molecular Counterparts in Mammalian Sensory Neurons
• Neurons and Cell Swelling-Induced Peptide Hormone Secretion
• Neuronal Mechanosensitivity in the Gastrointestinal Tract
• Mechanosensitivity of the Receptors
• Mechanosensitivity of the Cochlea
• Osmoreceptors in Cochlear Outer Hair Cells
• Are Stretch-Activated Channels an Ocular Barometer?
• Neuromodulation of Mechanosensory Input to the Insect CNS
• Biomechanic of Nervous System
• Biomechanics of the CNS
• The Neural Representation of Kinematics and Dynamics in Multiple Brain Regions: The Use of Force Field Reaching Paradigms in the Primate and Rat
• Mechanical Properties of Brain Tissue: Characterisation and Constitutive Modelling
• Role of Falx on Brain Stress-Strain Responses
• Exercise and Nervous System
• Mechanosensitivity of Neurovascular System
• Mechanosensitive Calcium Fluxes in the Neurovascular Unit: TRP Channel Regulation of the Blood-Brain Barrier.