Adaptation Biology and Medicine

New Frontiers, Volume III
1. Auflage 2002
ISBN: 978-0-8493-2427-7
Verlag: Taylor & Francis

Buch, Englisch, 378 Seiten, Format (B × H): 152 mm x 229 mm, Gewicht: 1052 g

Taking a science-based look at an emerging area of medicine, Adaptive Biology and Medicine: New Frontiers, Volume 3 discusses the biology of adaptation at the molecular, cellular, and system levels in response to a variety of stressful conditions. Leading international experts present a total of 37 chapters that cover a common continuum of adaptations. For easy reading, the information has been grouped under the sub-headings: Cardiovasular Adaptation, Adaptations to Changes in Altitude and Microgravity, and Environmental Stresses. Examples of cross adaptations are included where repeated exposure to one stimulus may have applications in the treatment and prophylaxis of different diseases.Understanding disease and the mechanisms involved can help us fight disease. When you look at illness through the lens of adaptive biology you can sometimes see medical problems in a new and thought-provoking light. Offering promise for therapeutic strategies in both experimental and clinical pathology, Adaptive Biology and Medicine: New Frontiers explores a new way of thinking about physiological adaptations and their link to disease development.

Zielgruppe

Biologists, Cardiologists, Neurologists, Pharmacologists, Physiologists, and Physicians.

Autoren/Hrsg.

Moravec, J.

Fachgebiete

• Naturwissenschaften Biowissenschaften Zellbiologie
• Naturwissenschaften Biowissenschaften Molekularbiologie
• Medizin | Veterinärmedizin Medizin | Public Health | Pharmazie | Zahnmedizin Vorklinische Medizin: Grundlagenfächer Anatomie

Inhaltsverzeichnis

CARDIOVASCULAR ADAPTATIONSPrevention of Hemorrhagic Shock-Induced Disturbabances with Adaptation to Stress or Hypoxia, Y.V. Arkhipenko, A.G. Zhukova, N.V. Kizichenko, and T.G. SazontovaImmediate Cardiac Preconditioning with Mild Oxidant Sresses, F.R. Boucher, M.-C. Toufektsian, S. Tanguy, S. Morel, and J.G. de LeirisOmega-3 Fatty Acids and Resistance of the Myocardium to Ischemia-Induced Ventricular Arrhythmias, M. de Lorgeril, P. Salen, and F. PaillardMechanisms of Action of Dietary n-3 Polyunsaturated Fatty Acid During Myocardial Stunning: Reference to Mitochondrial Energy Metabolism, E. Sentex and L. DemaisonErythropoietin and Vascular Endothelial Growth Factor in Humans Under Normobaric and Hypobaric-Hypoxic Conditions, H.C. Gunga, K. Kirsch, L. Rocker, C. Behn, E. Koralewski, E.H. Davila, M.I. Estrada, B. Johannes, P. Wittels, and W. JelkmanMyocardial Cell Engineering, S. Tomita, T.M. Yau, D.A.G. Mickle, R.D. Weisel, and R.-K. LiSaturated, n-3 and n-6 Polyunsaturated Fatty Acids and Cardiac Arrhythmias, D. MoreauCell-Cell Interactions in Cardiomyopathy, S. Onishi, N. Kawaguchi, N. Tani, E. Oiki, and N. MatsuuraMitochondrial Membrane Alterations by Aging and Diet: Impact on Recovery of Myocardial Function after Stress, S. Pepe, F.L. Rosenfeldt, E.G. Lakatta, and S.L. SollottProtective Effects of Cytoplasmic Factors on the Membrane System of Ca2+ Transport of Myocardial and Skeletal Muscle Sarcoplasmic Reticulum, T.G. Sazontova, A.A. Matskevich, and Y.V. ArkhipenkoOxidative Stress and Myocyte Cell Death in the Failing Human Heart, D. Kumar, J. Narula, A. Kaushal, and P.K. SingalEffects of Diabetes on Cation and Contraction in the Isolated Rat Heart, F.C. Howarth, M.A. Qureshi, W. Winlow, J. Singh, and N.K. BrackenAdaptation of the Isolated Rat Heart to Osmotic Shock, J. Singh, F.C. Howarth, N. Bracken, A.M. Qureshi, and B.I. HustlerADAPTATIONS TO CHANGES IN ALTITUDE AND MICROGRAVITYNitrogen at Raised Pressure Produces Narcosis Through an Activation of the GABAA, but not the GABAB, Receptor, J.H. Abraini and H.N. DavidA Potential Adaptation Strategy to Enable the Toothed Whales to Reach Extreme Depths, S. Daniels and M.L. DunstanMicrogravity-Induced Orthostatic Intolerance: An Arterial Microvascular Mechanism, M.D. DelpDimensions of Brachiosaurus brancai, Dicraeosaurus hansemanni, and Diplodocus carnegii and their Implecations for Gravitational Physiology, H.-C. Gunga, K. Kirsch, J. Rittweger, A. Clarke, J. Albertz, A. Wiedemann, A. Wehr, W.-D. Heinrich, and H.-P. SchultzeMicrogravity-Induced Vascular Hyporesponsiveness: Nitric Oxide Dependent-Mechanisms Identified in a Ground-Based Simulation Model, R.E. PurdyStructural and Functional Adaptations of Vessels to Microgravity, L.-F. Zhang and L.-N. ZhangBlood Volume Changes During Altitude Acclimitization: Implications for Aerobic Performance, A.J. Young and M.N. SawkaGravitational Environment and Bone Tissue: Lessons from Space Studies, E. ZérathENVIRONMENTAL STRESSESHeatstroke, Susceptibility to Heat and Stress, L. Bourdon, F. Canini, and A. BuguetNO a Cornerstone in Sleeping Sickness: Voltammetric Assessment in Animal and Man, A. Buguet, S. Banzet, B. Bouteille, P. Vincendeau, P. Tapie, F. Doua, P. Bogui, and R. CespuglioBrain Nitric Oxide in Heatstroke, F. Canini, L. Bourdon, R. Cespuglio, and A. BaguetBrain Excitotoxic Networks in Heatstroke, F. Canini and L. BourdonHypoxitherapy Today and in the Future, A.Y. Chizhov and A.A. BludovCNS Regulation of BAT Function and Arousal from Hibernation in Hamsters, M. Hashimoto, A. Kuroshima, and M. ShibataHuman Colorectal Carcinoma is a Direct Target Tissue for Growth Hormone: Evidence of Receptor Adaptation, D.T. Lincoln, L. Temmim, M.A. Al-Jarahallah, H.T. Abul, F. Clarke, and M.J. WatersCellular Mechanism Responsible for Beneficial Effects of Hypoxic Therapy, L.D. LukyanovaOxygen-Dependent Processes in Tissues Under Adaptation to Intermittent Hypoxia and Their Clinical Significance, I. Mankovskaya, Z. Serebrovskaya, R.J. Swanson, V. Nosar, T. Serebrovskaya, and K. LyabakhRole of Nitric Oxide in Protective Effects of Adaptation, E.B. Manukhina and I.Y. MalyshevAn Ultrastructural Observation of Lungs Treated by the Hypoxic Therapy: An Assessment of its Therapeutic Efficacy as one of the Impulse Therapy, K. Okuyama, J. Jiang, and K. AiharaComparison between Neurochemical and Behavioural Effects of High Pressure and Inert Narcotic Gases: Is There any Adaptive Mechanism? J.J Risso, B. Lego, A. Saget, E. Carre, A. Moulins, and O. DarbinNervous System in Hyperbaric Conditions, J.-C. Rostain and R. BalonEffect of Ageing on Morphology and Protein Secretion and Synthesis in the Isolated Rat Lacrimal Gland, E. Adeghate, J. Singh, and C. DraperMechanisms of Fatigue During Exercise-Heat Stress, A. Strachan and R. MaughanCellular Mechanisms of Right Ventricular Hypertrophy in Rats Adapted to Low Pressure Hypoxia, M. Moravec, Z. Turek, and J. Moravec