Main description:

This reference is a volume in the Handbook of Physiology, co-published with The American Physiological Society. Growth in knowledge about the microcirculation has been explosive with the field becoming fragmented into numerous subdisciplines and subspecialties. This volume pulls all of the critical information into one volume.

Contents:

BLOOD FLOW IN MICROVASCULAR NETWORKS; ENDOTHELIAL CELL BIOLOGY; BIOLOGY OF NITRIC OXIDE SYNTHASE; MICROCIRCULATORY EXCHANGE FUNCTION,REGULATORY MECHANISMS; LYMPHATICS; REGULATION OF PERFUSION; NO-MEDIATED REGULATION; RECEPTOR MEDIATED EVENTs;CONDUCTED VASOMOTOR RESPONSES; ANGIOGENESIS; VASCULOGENESIS; ARTERIOGENESIS AND VASCULAR REMODELING; EXTRACELLULAR MATRIX - CELL ADHESION MOLECULES; INFLAMMATION; LYMPHOCYTE TRAFFICKING; MICROCIRCULATORY SPECIALIZATION IN INDIVIDUAL ORGANS; BRAIN; MYOCARDIUM; KIDNEY; GASTROINTESTINAL/LIVER; LUNG; EYE; AGING ASOCIATED CHANGES; SICKLE CELL DISEASE; HYPERTENSION; DIABETES