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Title The Cardiovascular system. Morphology, control and function / [editors] A. Kurt Gamperl, Todd E. Gillis, Anthony P. Farrell, Colin J. Brauner
Edition First edition
Published Cambridge, MA : Elsevier, Academic Press, 2017
©2017

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Description 1 online resource (xxv, 452 pages) : illustrations (some color), charts
Series Fish physiology ; v. 36A.
Contents 3.1.2. The Na+-Ca2+ Exchanger3.2. Intracellular Ca2+ Cycling and the SR; 3.2.1. Ultrastructure Studies of the SR; 3.2.2. Ryanodine Receptors; 3.2.3. SR Ca2+ Content, SERCA, and Phospholamban; 3.2.4. Ca2+-Induced Ca2+ Release; 3.3. The Ca2+ Transient ([delta][Ca2+]i) and Myocardial Relaxation; 4. [beta]-Adrenergic Receptors; 5. The Myofilaments; 5.1. Myosin ATPase Activity; 5.2. Ca2+ and Myofilament Contraction; 5.3. The Frank Starling and Cellular Length-Tension Relationships; 5.4. Myofilament Ca2+ Sensitivity and Length-Dependent Activation; 6. Conclusions; References
Contributors -- Abbreviations -- Preface -- Heart morphology and anatomy / José M. Icardo -- 1. Introduction -- 2. Fish heart chambers: a reassessment -- 3. Sequential analysis of the heart: a comparative approach -- 3.1. The sinus venosus -- 3.2. The atrium -- 3.3. The AV segment -- 3.4. The ventricle -- 3.5. The outflow tract -- 3.5.1. Basal gnathostomata -- 3.5.2. More advanced teleosts -- 3.5.2.1. The conus arteriosus and the conus calves -- 3.5.2.2. The bulbus arteriosus -- 4. Blood supply to the heart chambers -- 5. Cardiac nerves -- 6. The heart's pacemaker and conduction system -- 7. Lungfish heart: a special case -- 7.1. The sinus venosus -- 7.2. The atrium, the AV region and the ventricle -- 7.3. The outflow tract -- 8. Summary and future directions -- Acknowledgments -- References -- Cardiomyocyte morphology and physiology / Holly A. Shiels -- 1. Introduction -- 2. Gross myocyte morphology -- 2.1. Sarcolemmal and cell-cell interactions -- 2.1.1. Mechanical connections between cells -- 2.1.2. Electrical Connections Between Cells -- 2.2. Mitochondria -- 3. Excitation-contraction coupling -- 3.1. Extracellular Ca2+ influx -- 3.1.1. The L-Type Ca2+ channel -- 4. ß-Adrenergic receptors -- 5. The myofilaments -- 6. Conclusions -- References -- Electrical excitability of the fish heart and its autonomic regulation / Matt Vornanen -- 1. Introduction -- 2. Electrical excitability of the fish heart -- 3. Cardiac action potential -- 4. Rhythm of the heartbeat and impulse conduction -- 5. Ion currents of the fish heart -- 5.1. Inward currents -- 5.1.1. Sodium current (INa) -- 5.1.2. Calcium currents (ICa) -- 5.1.2.1. L-type Ca2+ current (ICaL) -- 5.1.2.2. T-type Ca2+ current (ICaT) -- 5.1.2.3. The hyperpolarization-activated funny current (If) -- 5.2. Outward potassium currents -- 5.2.1. Voltage-gated K+ currents (IK) -- 5.2.1.1. The rapid component of the delayed rectifier (IKr) -- 5.2.1.2. The slow component of the delayed rectifier (IKs) -- 5.2.2. Inward rectifier K+ currents (IKir) -- 5.2.2.1. The background inward rectifier current (IK1) -- 5.2.2.2. Acetylcholine-activated inward rectifier current (IKACH) -- 5.2.2.3. ATP-sensitive potassium current (IKATP) -- 6. Effects of autonomic nervous control on cardiac excitability -- 6.1. Cholinergic regulation of nodal tissues and the atrium -- 6.2. Adrenergic regulation -- 7. Significance of ion channel function in thermal tolerance of fish hearts -- 7.1. Thermal tolerance limits of the fish heart in comparison with other vertebrates -- 8. Summary -- References -- Cardiac form, function and physiology / Anthony P. Farrell and Frank Smith -- 1. Introduction -- 2. Cardiac form and function -- 3. Cardiac physiology -- 4. Heart rate and its control -- 5. Cardiac stroke volume and its control -- 6. Coronary blood flow and its control -- 7. Summary -- References -- Hormonal and autacoid control of cardiac function / Sandra Imbrogno and Maria C. Cerra -- 1. Introduction -- 2. Catecholamines: basal control, stress, and cardiotoxicity -- 3. Angiotensin II -- 4. Natriuretic peptides: interface between myocardial performance and ion/fluid balance -- 5. Chromogranin A-derived peptides as cardiac stabilizers -- 6. Gasotransmitters as cardiac modulators -- 7. Integrated cardiac humoral signaling: the "Knot" of the NOS-NO system -- 8. Conclusions -- References -- Cardiac energy metabolism / Kenneth J. Rodnick and Hans Gesser -- 1. Introduction -- 2. Cardiac energy state and fundamentals of cellular energy metabolism -- 3. Coupling between cellular production and consumption of ATP -- 4. Energy demands of cardiac performance and homeostasis -- 5. Energy substrates and systems used to regenerate ATP -- 6. Hypoxia -- 7. Cold temperature -- 8. Body size and sex differences in cardiac energy metabolism -- 9. Remaining questions, challenges, and future directions -- References -- Form, function and control of the vasculature / Erik Sandblom and Albin Gräns -- 1. Introduction -- 2. Gross anatomy of the vascular system -- 3. The arterial vasculature -- 4. The branchial vasculature -- 5. The venous vasculature -- Acknowledgments -- References -- Index -- Other volumes in the Fish physiology series
Summary "Volume 36A ... summarizes our current understanding of the fish heart and vasculature, and how they work"--Back cover
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references and index
Notes Text in English
Online resource; title from HTML homepage (ScienceDirect, viewed October 4, 2018)
Subject Fishes -- Cardiovascular system.
Fishes -- Physiology.
Fishes.
Fishes -- physiology
Fishes
SCIENCE -- Life Sciences -- Anatomy & Physiology.
Fishes.
Fishes -- Cardiovascular system.
Fishes -- Physiology.
Genre/Form Textbooks.
Textbooks.
Form Electronic book
Author Gamperl, A. Kurt (Anthony Kurt), editor.
Gillis, Todd E., editor.
Farrell, Anthony Peter, 1952- contributor, editor.
Brauner, Colin J., editor.
ISBN 9780128041635
0128041633
9780128041666
0128041668