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. INDICE: Chapter 1. Comparative evolution and design in non-vertebrate cardiovascular systems .B.R. McMahon.Chapter 2. The teleost heart: A morphologicalapproach.José M. Icardo.Chapter 3. Fish Heart Growth and Function: From GrossMorphology to Cell Signalling and Back.B. Tota and F. Garofalo.Chapter 4. A perspective on the evolution of the coronary circulation in fishes and the transition to terrestrial life.A.P. Farrell, N.D. Farrell, H. Jourdan and G. Cox.Chapter 5. The sarcoplasmatic reticulum in the vertebrate heart.Gina L J Galli and Holly A Shiels.Chapter 6. Evolution of the regulatory control of the vertebrate heart: the role of the contractile proteins.Todd E. Gillis.Chapter 7. Ontogenesis of myocardial function.David Sedmera, and Bohuslav Ostadal .Chapter 8. Basic Cardiac Development: The heart and its electrical components.L.Y.E. Wong, A.F. Moorman, and P. Barnett.Chapter 9. The Functional Significance of the Reptilian Heart: New Insights into an Old Question.James W. Hicks, and Tobias Wang.
- ISBN: 978-1-4614-3386-6
- Editorial: Springer
- Encuadernacion: Cartoné
- Fecha Publicación: 31/05/2012
- Nº Volúmenes: 1
- Idioma: Inglés