Formation of the Heart and its Regulation

The `Formation of the Heart and its Regulation` reviews in considerabledetail the major events in heart development and their control viagenes, cell-cell interactions, growth factors and other contributingelements. In addition, there is an extensive and useful overview of thefield of heart development taken as a whole.The book will appeal to all students and researchers working oncardiovascular development and to pediatric cardiologists.

List of contents

1. Overview of Heart Development.- 2. Myofibrillogenesis in the Heart.- 3. Cardiac Looping and the Left-Right Axis: Integrating Morphologic, Molecular, and Genetic Analyses ofVertebrate Left-Right Asymmetry.- 4. Differentially Expressed Genes and Cardiac Morphogenesis.- 5. Molecular Mechanisms of Cardiac Diversification.- 6. Neural Crest and Heart Development.- 7. Cardiac Conduction System Development.- 8. The Epicardium and the Formation of the Coronary Vasculature.- 9. The Role of the Extracellular Matrix and Its Receptors in Modulating Cardiac Development.- 10. Growth Factor Regulation of Embryonic, Fetal and Neonatal Cardiac Development.- 11. Transforming Growth Factor-13 Signal Transduction in the Atrioventricular Canal During Heart Development.- 12. Homocysteine and the N-Methyl-D-Aspartate (NMDA) Receptor: Are They Keys to Conotruncal Abnormalities?.- 13. Function and Biomechanics of Developing Cardiovascular Systems.

Summary

The `Formation of the Heart and its Regulation` reviews in considerable
detail the major events in heart development and their control via
genes, cell-cell interactions, growth factors and other contributing
elements. In addition, there is an extensive and useful overview of the
field of heart development taken as a whole.
The book will appeal to all students and researchers working on
cardiovascular development and to pediatric cardiologists.

Product details

• Assisted by: B Runyan (Editor), B Runyan (Editor), Rober J Tomanek (Editor), Robert J Tomanek (Editor), Robert B. Runyan (Editor), Robert J. Tomanek (Editor)
• Publisher: Springer, Basel
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 14.04.2009
• EAN: 9780817642167
• ISBN: 978-0-8176-4216-7
• No. of pages: 276
• Weight: 760 g
• Illustrations: XV, 276 p.
• Series: Cardiovascular Molecular Morphogenesis; Cardiovascular Molecular Morphogenesis
• Subjects: Natural sciences, medicine, IT, technology > Biology > Zoology; B, Anatomy, HUMAN ANATOMY, Cardiology, Biomedical and Life Sciences, Cellular biology (cytology), Cell Biology, Cardiovascular medicine, Animal Anatomy / Morphology / Histology, Animal anatomy