Airway chemoreceptors in the vertebrates: structure, evolution and function

✍ Scribed by Adriaensen, Dirk; Cutz, Ernest; Mauceri, Angela; Nurse, Colin A.; Zaccone, Giacomo

• Publisher: CRC Press
• Year: 2019
• Tongue: English
• Leaves: 442
• Category: Library

✦ Synopsis

The book provides a comprehensive and up-to-date account of the information available on the morphological, physiological and evolutionary aspects of specialized cells distributed within the epithelia of the airways in the vertebrates. A lot of work has been done on the cell and molecular biology of these cells which are regarded as as oxygen recep

Abstract: The book provides a comprehensive and up-to-date account of the information available on the morphological, physiological and evolutionary aspects of specialized cells distributed within the epithelia of the airways in the vertebrates. A lot of work has been done on the cell and molecular biology of these cells which are regarded as as oxygen recep

✦ Table of Contents

Content: NEUROSECRETORY EPITHELIAL CELLS (NECS) IN THE AIRWAYS AND CAROTID LABYRINTH OF AQUATIC VERTEBRATES: MORPHOLOGY, DISTRIBUTION, INNERVATION AND FUNCTION: Oxygen-sensitive Neuroepithelial Cells in the Gills of Aquatic Vertebrates
Carotid Labyrinth and Associated Pseudobranchial Neurosecretory Cells in Indian Catfishes
Serotonergic Neuroepithelial Cells in Fish Gills: Cytology and InnervationNEUROSECRETORY CELLS (NECS) IN THE LUNG OF AMPHIBIANS AND ACCESSORY RESPIRATORY ORGANS OF THE AIR-BREATHING FISHES AND IN AMPHIBIAN CAROTID LABYRINTH: STRUCTURAL MORPHOLOGY AND FUNCTION: Neuroendocrine Cells in the Lungs of Amphibians and Air-breathing Fishes
The Amphibian Carotid Labyrinth
Neuroendocrine System of the Amphibian Extrapulmonary Airways
Chemoreceptive Control of Ventilation in Amphibians and Air-Breathing FishesNEUROEPITHELIAL BODIES (NEBS) IN THE LUNG OF REPTILES: STRUCTURAL MORPHOLOGY, IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY AND FUNCTION: Neuroendocrine System of the Reptilian Respiratory Tract
Airway Receptors in Birds
Mechanisms of CO2 Sensing in Avian Intrapulmonary ChemoreceptorsPULMONARY NEUROEPITHELIAL CELLS IN MAMMALS: STRUCTURE, MOLECULAR MARKERS, ONTOGENY AND FUNCTIONS: Diverse and Complex Airway Receptors in Rodent Lungs
Oxygen Sensing in Mammalian Pulmonary Neuroepithelial Bodies
Precursors and Stem Cells of the Pulmonary Neuroendocrine Cell System in the Developing Mammalian Lung
Pulmonary Neuroepithelial Bodies as Hypothetical Immunomodulators: Some New Findings and a Review of the Literature
Neuroepithelial Bodies and Carotid Bodies: A Comparative Discussion of Pulmonary and Arterial ChemoreceptorsSOLITARY CHEMOSENSORY CELLS IN THE AIRWAYS OF MAMMALS: DISTRIBUTION, IMMUNOCYTOCHEMISTRY, FINE STRUCTURE AND FUNCTION: Solitary Chemosensory Cells in the Airways of Mammals
Solitary Chemosensory Cells: Phylogeny and Ontogeny
Functional Importance of Pulmonary Neuroendocrine Cells
CO2/H+ Chemoreceptors in the Respiratory Passages of Vertebrates

✦ Subjects

Airway (Medicine);Chemoreceptors;MEDICAL / Physiology;SCIENCE / Life Sciences / Human Anatomy & Physiology;SCIENCE / Life Sciences / Botany;TECHNOLOGY / Agriculture / General