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Calcium and Contractility

Smooth Muscle

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  • © 1985

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Editors:
  1. A. K. Grover

    1. McMaster University, Hamilton, Canada

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  2. E. E. Daniel

    1. McMaster University, Hamilton, Canada

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Part of the book series: Contemporary Biomedicine (CB, volume 5)

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Table of contents (17 chapters)

  1. Front Matter

    Pages i-xx
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  2. Structure of Smooth Muscle

    • R. E. Garfield, A. P. Somlyo
    Pages 1-36

  3. Calcium Antagonists and Ionophores

    • D. J. Triggle, R. A. Janis
    Pages 37-60

  4. Calcium Compartments and Mobilization During Contraction of Smooth Muscle

    • Rodger Loutzenhiser, Paul Leyten, Kooichi Saida, Cornelis van Breemen
    Pages 61-92

  5. Mechanisms of Smooth Muscle Relaxation

    • T. Godfraind, R. C. Miller
    Pages 93-117

  6. Smooth Muscle Relaxants

    • Charles V. Jackson, John H. McNeill
    Pages 119-141

  7. Cell-to-Cell Communication in Smooth Muscle

    • R. E. Garfield
    Pages 143-173

  8. Calcium Regulation of Smooth Muscle Actomyosin

    • Samuel Chacko, Arline Rosenfeld, George Thomas
    Pages 175-190

  9. Studies on Skinned Fiber Preparations

    • Kaushik D. Meisheri, J. Casper Rüegg, Richard J. Paul
    Pages 191-224

  10. Smooth Muscle Subcellular Fractionation

    • A. M. Kidwai
    Pages 225-244

  11. Calcium-Handling Studies Using Isolated Smooth Muscle Membranes

    • A. K. Grover
    Pages 245-269

  12. Receptor Binding Studies on Smooth Muscle Subcellular Fractions

    • D. J. Crankshaw
    Pages 271-298

  13. Calcium-Handling Defects and Smooth Muscle Pathophysiology

    • C. Y. Kwan
    Pages 299-325

  14. Adrenergic Interactions in Smooth Muscle Contractility

    • C. R. Triggle
    Pages 327-350

  15. Cholinergic Interactions and Vascular Smooth Muscle Tone

    • Tony J-F. Lee
    Pages 351-383

  16. Nonadrenergic, Noncholinergic (NANC) Neuronal Inhibitory Interactions with Smooth Muscle

    • E. E. Daniel
    Pages 385-426

  17. Nonadrenergic, Noncholinergic (NANC) Neuronal Excitatory Interactions with Smooth Muscle

    • E. E. Daniel
    Pages 427-455

  18. Peptide Calcium Interactions in Smooth Muscle

    • J. E. T. Fox
    Pages 457-477

  19. Back Matter

    Pages 479-487
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About this book

In organizing the present volume, we had two intentions. The first was to present the best current understanding of the mechanisms of calcium mobilization during excitation­ contraction coupling of smooth muscle at a level suited to the needs of professionals interested in smooth muscle pharmacology and pathophysiology, while remaining appreciable by graduate and medical students. The second intention was to provide in­ sight into present-day controversies, as well as the latest ad­ vances achieved by researchers in this field. Thus, we have thor­ oughly discussed both the techniques and the concepts derived from their application. An attempt has also been made here to answer a number of profoundly important questions: What are the mechanisms and agents responsible for the control of contractility? What are the accompanying changes in the state of intracellular calcium ions and the mechanisms responsible for them? How does the regula­ tion of contractility occur directly at the level of the actomyosin activity? What role do gap junctions play in cell-to-cell coupling? What are the roles of cholinergic, adrenergic, peptidergic, and nonadrenergic noncholinergic interactions in calcium mobiliza­ tion in smooth muscle? What changes occur in hypertension? The impact of these recent techniques on future research is also reflected upon.

Editors and Affiliations

  • McMaster University, Hamilton, Canada

    A. K. Grover, E. E. Daniel

Bibliographic Information

  • Book Title: Calcium and Contractility

  • Book Subtitle: Smooth Muscle

  • Editors: A. K. Grover, E. E. Daniel

  • Series Title: Contemporary Biomedicine

  • DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4612-5172-9

  • Publisher: Humana Totowa, NJ

  • eBook Packages: Springer Book Archive

  • Copyright Information: The Humana Press Inc. 1985

  • Hardcover ISBN: 978-0-89603-066-4Published: 18 April 1985

  • Softcover ISBN: 978-1-4612-9596-9Published: 07 October 2011

  • eBook ISBN: 978-1-4612-5172-9Published: 06 December 2012

  • Edition Number: 1

  • Number of Pages: XX, 488

  • Topics: Biochemistry, general

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