Morphofunctional and Neurochemical Aspects of the Mammalian Carotid Body
This new volume of the book series Advances in Anatomy, Embryology and Cell Biology provides a complete and exhaustive overview of the morphofunctional organization of the mammalian carotid body, a polymodal chemosensory organ responsible for the maintenance of blood gas homeostasis. The authors rev...
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| Format: | Electronic eBook |
| Language: | English |
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Springer Nature Switzerland : Imprint: Springer,
2023.
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| Edition: | 1st ed. 2023. |
| Series: | Advances in Anatomy, Embryology and Cell Biology,
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| Online Access: | https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-031-44757-0 |
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Table of Contents:
- 1 Carotid Body: The Primary Peripheral Arterial Chemoreceptor
- 2 History and Recent Progress in Carotid Body Studies
- 3 General Morphology of the Mammalian Carotid Body
- 4 Structural Plasticity of Carotid Bodies
- 5 Mechanisms of Chemosensory Transduction at the Carotid Body
- 6 Neurochemical Anatomy of the Mammalian Carotid Body
- 7 Neurochemical Plasticity of Carotid Bodies
- 8 Carotid Body Dysfunction and Mechanisms of Disease
- 9 Stem Cell Niche in the Mammalian Carotid Body
- 10 Carotid Body and Cell Therapy
- 11 The Carotid Body: a Tiny Structure with Many Roles.