Mechanosensing Biology

• Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Other Authors: Noda, Masaki (Editor)
• Format: Electronic eBook
• Language: English
• Published: Tokyo : Springer Japan : Imprint: Springer, 2011.
• Subjects: Life sciences.; Human physiology.; Cell biology.; Animal physiology.; Biophysics.; Biological physics.; Biomedical engineering.; Life Sciences.; Cell Biology.; Human Physiology.; Animal Physiology.; Biophysics and Biological Physics.; Biomedical Engineering.

Mechanical stress is vital to the functioning of the body, especially for tissues such as bone, muscle, heart, and vessels. It is well known that astronauts and bedridden patients suffer muscle and bone loss from lack of use. Even the heart, in pumping blood, causes mechanical stress to itself and t...