Ontogeny and Phylogeny of the Vertebrate Heart

This collection of reviews will be of considerable interests to biologists and MDs working on any aspect of cardiovascular function. With state-of-the-art reviews written by competent experts in the field, the content is also of interest for MSc and PhD students in most fields of cardiovascular physiology.

List of contents

Comparative evolution and design in non-vertebrate cardiovascular systems.- The teleost heart: A morphological approach.- Fish Heart Growth and Function: From Gross Morphology to Cell Signalling and Back.- A perspective on the evolution of the coronary circulation in fishes and the transition to terrestrial life.- The sarcoplasmatic reticulum in the vertebrate heart.- Evolution of the regulatory control of the vertebrate heart: the role of the contractile proteins.- Ontogenesis of myocardial function.- Basic Cardiac Development: The heart and its electrical components.- The Functional Significance of the Reptilian Heart: New Insights into an Old Question.

Summary

This collection of reviews will be of considerable interests to biologists and MDs working on any aspect of cardiovascular function. With state-of-the-art reviews written by competent experts in the field, the content is also of interest for MSc and PhD students in most fields of cardiovascular physiology.

Product details

• Assisted by: Davi Sedmera (Editor), David Sedmera (Editor), Wang (Editor), Wang (Editor), Tobias Wang (Editor)
• Publisher: Springer, Berlin
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 01.01.2014
• EAN: 9781493902002
• ISBN: 978-1-4939-0200-2
• No. of pages: 234
• Dimensions: 155 mm x 13 mm x 235 mm
• Weight: 377 g
• Illustrations: X, 234 p.
• Subjects: Natural sciences, medicine, IT, technology > Biology > Zoology; B, Medicine, Medical research, Evolution, Life Sciences, HUMAN PHYSIOLOGY, Cardiology, PHYSIOLOGY, INTERNAL MEDICINE, Evolutionary Biology, Biomedical and Life Sciences, Animal Physiology, Biomedicine, general, Biomedical Research, Cardiovascular medicine, Developmental biology