Overview
- Covers all aspects of the morphofunctional organization of the mammalian carotid body
- Deepens readers’ comprehension of the role of the carotid body in physiological and pathophysiological conditions
- Provides quick and reliable knowledge to students, academics and professionals
Part of the book series: Advances in Anatomy, Embryology and Cell Biology (ADVSANAT, volume 237)
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Table of contents (11 chapters)
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Front Matter
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Back Matter
Keywords
- carotid body
- chemoreception
- dopamine
- gasotransmitters
- glomus cells
- histamine
- hypertension
- hypoxia
- neurochemical plasticity
- neuropeptides
- neurotrophic factors
- oxygen sensing
- petrosal ganglion
- spontaneously hypertensive rat
- stem cell niche
- structural plasticity
- superior cervical ganglion
- sustentacular cells
- sympathetically-mediated diseases
About this book
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 review the state of the art of the neurochemical anatomy of carotid body´s cell populations with a special reference to their structural and neurochemical plasticity. The essential role of this organ in the generation, progression and maintenance of cardiorespiratory and metabolic diseases in humans and other mammals is presented. Finally, the book summarizes current knowledge on the stem cell niche in the mammalian carotid body and discusses its contribution to replacement cell therapy and other potential applications in translational research.
This book represents an essential reading for physiologists, anatomists, cell, and developmental biologists, as wellas physicians, veterinarians, and biomedical researchers.
Authors and Affiliations
About the authors
Dr. Dimitrinka Y. Atanasova is a research associate professor at the Department of Synaptic Signaling and Communications at the Institute of Neurobiology of the Bulgarian Academy of Sciences. She received a master's degree in Biology at Sofia University “St. Kliment Ohridski” in 2000 and a Ph.D. degree in Morphology at the Institute of Experimental Morphology, Pathology, and Anthropology with a Museum, Bulgarian Academy of Sciences in 2015. Dr. Atanasova was appointed Assistant Professor in the Department of Anatomy at the Medical Faculty of Trakia University - Stara Zagora in 2016, and in 2020 she was elected Associate Professor at the same Department. She has been a visiting scholar at the Max Planck Institute for Biophysical Chemistry,Göttingen, Germany and at the Institute of Anatomy, University Medical Center, Rostock University, Germany. Her scientific interests are in the field of experimental morphology and, in particular, the carotid body morphology and neurochemistry.
Bibliographic Information
Book Title: Morphofunctional and Neurochemical Aspects of the Mammalian Carotid Body
Authors: Nikolai E. Lazarov, Dimitrinka Y. Atanasova
Series Title: Advances in Anatomy, Embryology and Cell Biology
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-031-44757-0
Publisher: Springer Cham
eBook Packages: Biomedical and Life Sciences, Biomedical and Life Sciences (R0)
Copyright Information: The Editor(s) (if applicable) and The Author(s), under exclusive license to Springer Nature Switzerland AG 2023
Softcover ISBN: 978-3-031-44756-3Published: 10 November 2023
eBook ISBN: 978-3-031-44757-0Published: 09 November 2023
Series ISSN: 0301-5556
Series E-ISSN: 2192-7065
Edition Number: 1
Number of Pages: XIV, 165
Number of Illustrations: 5 b/w illustrations, 42 illustrations in colour
Topics: Life Sciences, general, Anatomy, Developmental Biology