Gasotransmitters: Physiology and Pathophysiology

• Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Other Authors: Hermann, Anton (Editor), Sitdikova, Guzel F. (Editor), Weiger, Thomas M. (Editor)
• Format: Electronic eBook
• Language: English
• Published: Berlin, Heidelberg : Springer Berlin Heidelberg : Imprint: Springer, 2012.
• Subjects: Medicine.; Human physiology.; Neurosciences.; Biochemistry.; Cell physiology.; Cell membranes.; Biomedicine.; Human Physiology.; Cell Physiology.; Animal Biochemistry.; Membrane Biology.

Since the epochal discovery of the radical and highly toxic gas nitric oxide (NO) as a signaling molecule, two other no less toxic gases – carbon monoxide (CO) and hydrogen sulfide (H2S) – have been found to also be involved in a plethora of physiological and pathophysiological functions. The gases...

Table of Contents:

• Nitric Oxide: Biological Synthesis and Functions
• The Role of Carbon Monoxide as a Gasotransmitter in Cardiovascular and Metabolic Regulation
• Physiological and Pathophysiological Functions of Hydrogen Sulfide
• Methods for the Detection of Gasotransmitters
• Gasotransmitters in Regulation of Neuromuscular Transmission
• Modulated by Gasotransmitters - BK Channels.