Cellular Aspects of Smooth Muscle Function

This book provides an up-to-date review of our understanding of smooth muscle and integrates molecular, cellular and physiological information with tissue and anatomical studies. Well-known researchers have written chapters giving detailed reviews of our current knowledge of the biochemistry, pharmacology, physiology, and anatomy of smooth muscle. In particular, they cover the seven most important areas of smooth muscle function including morphology, electrophysiology, mechanisms of electromechanical and pharmacomechanical coupling, calcium homeostasis, signal transduction, mechanics of contraction, and the contractile proteins.

List of contents

Preface; List of abbreviations; 1. Morphology of smooth muscle Giorgio Gabella; 2. Calcium homeostasis in smooth muscles Jonathan D. Miller and Mary E. Carsten; 3. Ionic currents in visceral smooth muscles C. Y. Kao; 4. Excitatory muscarinic regulation of ion channels smooth muscle Luke J. Janssen and Steven M. Sims; 5. Mechanics of smooth muscle contraction Richard A. Meiss; 6. Regulation of smooth muscle contraction by myosin phosphorylation R. Ann Word and Kristine Kamm; 7. Structure and function of the thin filament proteins of smooth muscle Joseph M. Chalovich and Gabriele Pfitzer; Index.

Summary

This 1997 book provides a review of our understanding of smooth muscle and integrates molecular, cellular and physiological information with tissue and anatomical studies. Well-known researchers have written chapters giving detailed reviews of our current knowledge of the biochemistry, pharmacology, physiology, and anatomy of smooth muscle.

Product details

• Assisted by: Mary E. Carsten (Editor), Carsten Mary E. (Editor), C. Y. Kao (Editor)
• Publisher: Cambridge Academic
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 28.08.1997
• EAN: 9780521482103
• ISBN: 978-0-521-48210-3
• Dimensions: 178 mm x 254 mm x 19 mm
• Weight: 760 g
• Illustrations: 50 b/w illus. 6 tables, Zeichnungen, nicht spezifiziert, Raster, nicht spezifiziert, Tabellen, nicht spezifiziert
• Subjects: Natural sciences, medicine, IT, technology > Biology > General, dictionaries; SCIENCE / Life Sciences / Zoology / General, SCIENCE / Life Sciences / Biochemistry, SCIENCE / Life Sciences / Biophysics, biochemistry, Cellular biology (cytology), Zoology and animal sciences