Cerebral vascular smooth muscle and its control

• Pubblicazione: Amsterdam ; ; New York : , : Elsevier, , 1978
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (410 pages) : illustrations
• Disciplina: 612/.824
• Soggetto topico: Brain - Blood-vessels; Vascular smooth muscle
• Note generali: Description based upon print version of record.
• Nota di bibliografia: Includes bibliographical references and indexes.
• Nota di contenuto: Cerebral Vascular Smooth Muscle and its Control; Contents; Participants; Chairman's opening remarks; Introduction: a multiple factor theory for control of cerebral vascular smooth muscle?; How vascular smooth muscle works; Discussion; Capillary flow in the brain cortex during changes in oxygen supply and state of activation; Discussion; Cellular microenvironment in relation to local bIood flow; Discussion; Influence of the cerebrovascular sympathetic innervation on regional flow, autoregulation, and blood-brain barrier function; Discussion ; Experimental attempts to unmask effects of neural stimuli on cerebral blood flow; Discussion; General Discussion; Cerebral energy consumption and provision: the predominance of neuronal oxidative metabolic processes; Discussion; Behaviour of the mitochondria1 respiratory chain in vivo; Discussion; Local cerebral energy metabolism: its relationships to local functional activity and blood flow; Discussion; Coupling of cerebral metabolism and blood flow in epileptic seizures, hypoxia and hypoglycaemia; Discussion; Central neuroendocrine regulation of brain water permeability; Discussion ; Osmotic opening of the blood-brain barrier; Discussion; Control of cerebral vascular smooth muscle during general anaesthesia; Discussion; Histochemical and pharmacological approach to the investigation of neurotransmitters, with particular regard to the cerebrovascular bed; Discussion; Evidence against H+ and K+ as main factors for the control of cerebral blood flow: a microelectrode study; Discussion; The significance of cortical extracellular H+, K+ and Ca2+ activities for regulation of local cerebral blood flow under conditions of enhanced neuronal activity; Discussion ; Production, metabolism and possible functions of adenosine in brain tissue in situ; Discussion; Final General Discussion; Closing remarks; Index of contributors; Subject index
• Titolo autorizzato: Cerebral vascular smooth muscle and its control
• ISBN: 1-280-78370-2; 9786613694096; 0-470-72037-9; 0-470-71806-4
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Record Nr.: 996202075803316
• Lo trovi qui: Univ. di Salerno
• Serie: Ciba Foundation symposium ; ; new ser. 56.