عنوان

The Mammalian Carotid Body

3642718574

9783642718571

b556549

The Mammalian Carotid Body

[Book]

by David J. Pallot.

Berlin, Heidelberg

Springer Berlin Heidelberg

1987

(35 illustrations)

Advances in anatomy, embryology, and cell biology, 102.

1 Introduction --;2 Ultrastructure of the Carotid Body --;2.1 Type I Cells --;2.2 Sub-types of Type I Cells --;2.3 Type II Cells --;2.4 Ganglion Cells --;2.5 Blood Vessels --;3 Innervation of the Carotid Body --;3.1 Ultrastructure of Nerve Endings --;3.2 Clear-Cored Vesicles --;3.3 Mitochondria --;3.4 Electron Dense-Cored Vesicles --;3.5 Glycogen Granules --;3.6 Varieties of Type I Cell Endings --;4 Catecholamines and the Carotid Body --;4.1 Effects of Natural Stimulion Carotid Body Catecholamines --;4.2 Synthesis of Catecholamines --;4.3 Uptake and Metabolism of Catecholamines --;4.4 Effects of Catecholamines on Carotid Body Activity --;4.5 Sites of Action of Catecholamines --;5 Carotid Body Pathology --;5.1 The Human Carotid Body and Chronic Hypoxaemia --;5.2 Chronic Hypoxaemia in Animals --;5.3 Carotid Body Hyperplasia in Systemic Hypertension --;5.4 Chemodectomas --;5.5 The Carotid Body and Cot Death --;6 Identity of the Chemosensor --;6.1 The Type I Cell --;6.2 Studies of Neuromas --;7 Conclusion --;Acknowledgments --;References.

According to Valentin (1833) and Luschka (1862), the first description of the structure now known as the carotid body must be ascribed to a Swiss physiolo- gist - Albrecht von Haller - who, in 1762, called it the ganglion exiguum.

Human anatomy.

Medicine.

by David J. Pallot.

D J Pallot

[Book]

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