Cardiovascular Physiology in the Genetically Engineered Mouse
[Book]
edited by Brian D. Hoit, Richard A. Walsh.
Second edition
Boston, MA
Springer US
2002
(xiv, 403 pages).
Developments in cardiovascular medicine, 238.
One --;1. The Hierarchical Approach to Analysis of Cardiovascular Function in Mice: An Overview --;2. Genetic Alterations and Modeling of Cardiovascular Physiology --;3. Conditional Transgenesis --;4. Array Transcription Profiling: Molecular Phenotyping Of Rodent Cardiovascular Models --;5. Murine Cardiovascular Development --;Two --;6. Isolated Myocyte Mechanics and Calcium Transients --;7. Single Cell Patch-Clamp Analysis of Mouse Cardiac Myocytes --;8. The Isolated Isovolumic (Langendorff) Heart Preparation --;9. The Isolated Work-Performing and Ejecting Mouse Heart Preparation, Comparison and Quantification of Cardiac Performance in Transgenic and Wild-type Mice --;10. 31P NMR Spectroscopy of the Mouse Heart --;11. Electrophysiological Characterization of the Mouse Heart Using Voltage-Sensitive Dyes --;12. Echocardiographic Assessment of the Mouse Heart and Aorta --;13. In Vivo Invasive Hemodynamic Studies in Mice --;14. Pressure-Volume Relations --;15. Assessment of Left Ventricular Diastolic Function in Mice --;16. In Vivo Electrophysiologic Studies in Mice --;17. Cardiovascular Physiology in Mice: Conscious Function Measurements and Effects of Anesthesia --;18. Exercise and Oxygen Consumption in the Mouse --;19. Clinical Laboratory Analysis of the Genetically Manipulated Mouse --;Three --;20. Smooth Muscle Studies Using Gene-Altered Mouse Models: A Users' Guide --;21. Models of Cardiac Disease in the Mouse, Cardiac Hypertrophy and Heart Failure --;22. Analysis of Murine Embryonic Cardiovascular Phenotype --;23. Newer In Vivo Imaging Modalities.
The need for a second edition of Cardiovascular Physiology in the Genetically Engineered Mouse is underscored not only by these rapid advances, but by the increasing numbers of scientists who have focussed their research on genetically engineered mice.