Biology of Vascular Smooth Muscle: Vasoconstriction and Dilatation
This book provides a concise yet comprehensive review of the morphological, biochemical, electrical, mechanical, and metabolic properties of vascular smooth muscle, the regulation of vascular activities and the intracellular signaling involved. It particularly focuses on recently identified vasoacti...
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| Language: | English |
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Singapore :
Springer Singapore : Imprint: Springer,
2017.
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| Edition: | 1st ed. 2017. |
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| Online Access: | https://doi.org/10.1007/978-981-10-4810-4 |
Table of Contents:
- Architecture of the vessel wall
- Ultrastructure of vascular smooth muscle
- Vascular endothelium
- Electrical and mechanical properties of vascular smooth muscle
- Biochemistry of the contractile proteins of smooth muscle
- Metabolism of vascular smooth muscle
- Neurotransmitters
- Endothelium-derived factors
- Local metabolic factors
- Shear stress myogenic response and blood flow autoregulation
- Intracellular Ca2+ regulation
- Regulation of myosin light chain phosphorylation
- Cyclic AMP signalling
- Cyclic GMP signaling
- Coronary vasoreactivity
- Cerebral vasoreactivity
- Pulmonary vasoreactivity
- Hypoxic vasoreactivity
- Ageing and vasoreactivity.