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.

Sommario

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.

Riassunto

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.

Dettagli sul prodotto

• Con la collaborazione di: B Runyan (Editore), B Runyan (Editore), Rober J Tomanek (Editore), Robert J Tomanek (Editore), Robert B. Runyan (Editore), Robert J. Tomanek (Editore)
• Editore: Springer, Basel
• Lingue: Inglese
• Formato: Copertina rigida
• Pubblicazione: 14.04.2009
• EAN: 9780817642167
• ISBN: 978-0-8176-4216-7
• Pagine: 276
• Peso: 760 g
• Illustrazioni: XV, 276 p.
• Serie: Cardiovascular Molecular Morphogenesis; Cardiovascular Molecular Morphogenesis
• Categorie: Scienze naturali, medicina, informatica, tecnica > Biologia > Zoologia; B, Anatomy, HUMAN ANATOMY, Cardiology, Biomedical and Life Sciences, Cellular biology (cytology), Cell Biology, Cardiovascular medicine, Animal Anatomy / Morphology / Histology, Animal anatomy