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Author Symposium on the Control of Cerebral Vascular Smooth Muscle (1977 : London, England)

Title Cerebral Vascular Smooth Muscle and its Control
Published Amsterdam ; Oxford ; New York : Elsevier, 1978

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Description 1 online resource (410 pages)
Series Ciba Foundation symposium ; 56 (new ser.)
Novartis Foundation Symposia ; v. 920
Ciba Foundation symposium ; new ser. 56.
Novartis Foundation Symposia
Contents 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 flowDiscussion; 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 barrierDiscussion; 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 situDiscussion; Final General Discussion; Closing remarks; Index of contributors; Subject index
Notes Proceedings of the Symposium on the Control of Cerebral Vascular Smooth Muscle held at the Ciba Foundation, London, 11th-13th July, 1977
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references and indexes
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Subject Brain -- Blood-vessels -- Congresses
Vascular smooth muscle -- Congresses
MEDICAL -- Neuroscience.
PSYCHOLOGY -- Neuropsychology.
Brain -- Blood-vessels.
Vascular smooth muscle.
Genre/Form Conference papers and proceedings.
Form Electronic book
ISBN 9780470718063
0470718064