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Effects of High Pressure on Biological Systems

Provided here is an up to date account of how high pressures affect cellularprocesses in microorganisms and in eukaryotic cells. Topics include membranetransport, cell activation, the excitable properties of cells, muscular contraction, with particular emphasis on cardiac muscle, and the role of pre...

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Bibliographic Details
Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: Berlin, Heidelberg Springer Berlin Heidelberg 1993, 1993
Edition:1st ed. 1993
Series:Advances in Comparative and Environmental Physiology
Subjects:
Cell Biology
Cytology
Biochemistry
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Collection: Springer Book Archives -2004 - Collection details see MPG.ReNa
Table of Contents:
  • 1 Bacteria
  • 1 Introduction
  • 2 Examples of Pressure Effects on Specific Microbial Systems
  • 3 Effects of High-Pressure Gases on Microbes
  • References
  • 2 Aspects of Eukaryotic Cells
  • 1 Introduction
  • 2 Eggs: Genetic Manipulations Using High Pressure
  • 3 Cartilage: Effects of Hydrostatic Pressure in Articulating Joints
  • 4 Platelets: Receptors and Cell Activation
  • 5 Erythrocytes: Membrane Transport
  • References
  • 3 Ion Channels and Nerve Cell Function
  • 1 Introduction
  • 2 Ion Channels in Excitable Cells
  • 3 Transmitter Release at Synapses
  • 4 Excitable Cell Behavior
  • 5 Conclusion
  • References
  • 4 Vertebrate Skeletal and Cardiac Muscle
  • I Introduction
  • 2 High-Pressure Inotropy in Vertebrate Skeletal Muscle
  • 3. Mechanisms of High-Pressure Inotropy in Skeletal Muscle
  • 4 High-Pressure Inotropy in Vertebrate Cardiac Muscle
  • 5 Mechanisms of High-Pressure Inotropy in Cardiac Muscle
  • 6 Conclusions
  • References
  • 5 Fish
  • 1 Introduction
  • 2 Shallow Water Fish: Effects of Pressure Applied for a Short Period
  • 3 Shallow Water Fish: Effects of Pressure Applied for Days
  • 4 Deep Water Fish
  • 5 Conclusions
  • References
  • 6 The Nervous System: Man and Laboratory Mammals
  • 1 Introduction
  • 2 The High-Pressure Nervous Syndrome
  • 3 Role of Environmental Parameters
  • 4 HPNS and Individual Susceptibility
  • 5 Electrophysiological Studies in Whole Animals
  • 6 In Vivo Neuropharmacological and Neurochemical Studies
  • 7 In Vitro Neurobiological Studies on Synaptic Neurotransmission in Isolated, Integrated Systems
  • 8 Conclusions: Origins and Mechanisms of the High-Pressure Nervous Syndrome
  • References

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