Research Catalog

Title

Textbook of fetal physiology / edited by Geoffrey D. Thorburn and Richard Harding.

Publication

Oxford ; New York : Oxford University Press, 1994.

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Details

Additional Authors

• Harding, Richard, 1944-
• Thorburn, Geoffrey D.

Description

xxv, 468 pages : illustrations; 26 cm

Subject

• Fetal Development
• Fetus > Physiology
• Fetus > physiology

Bibliography (note)

• Includes bibliographical references and index.

Contents

• 1. Fetal physiology : historical perspectives / Geoffrey S. Dawes -- 2. Transport functions of the placenta and fetal membranes / Richard Boyd and Yoshiki Kudo -- 3. Endocrine function of the placenta / Alan J. Conley and J. Ian Mason -- 4. Metabolic activity of the placenta / William W. Hay, Jr. and Randall B. Wilkening -- 5. Growth factors in fetal growth / Victor K. M. Han and David J. Hill -- 6. Fetal metabolism and energy balance / Abigail L. Fowden -- 7. Fetal growth and fetal growth retardation / Jeffrey S. Robinson, Julie A. Owens and Philip C. Owens -- 8. Development of the cardiovascular system / Kent L. Thornburg and Mark J. Morton -- 9. Fetal oxygenation, carbon dioxide homeostasis, and acid-base balance / Daniel W. Rurak -- 10. Development of the respiratory system / Richard Harding -- 11. Fetal lung maturation / Deborah K. Froh and Philip L. Ballard -- 12. Assessment of fetal health / Alan D. Bocking and Robert Gagnon.
• 13. Renal function in the fetus / Jean E. Robillard, Francine G. Smith, Jeffrey L. Segar, Edward N. Guillery and Pedro A. Jose -- 14. Fetal fluid balance / Robert A. Brace -- 15. Development of the gastrointestinal tract / Jeffrey F. Trahair and Richard Harding -- 16. Ontogeny of gastrointestinal regulatory peptides and their function / Arthur Shulkes -- 17. The development of the immune system in the fetus / Wayne G. Kimpton, Elizabeth A. Washington and Ross N. P. Cahill -- 18. The structural development of the nervous system / Sandra M. Rees -- 19. Development of somatosensory systems in the fetus / Maria Fitzgerald -- 20. Development of auditory and visual systems in the fetus / David R. Moore and Glen Jeffery -- 21. Development of the autonomic nervous system, including adreno-chromaffin tissue / David W. Walker -- 22. Development of motor functions in the fetus / Iain C. Bruce and John A. Rawson -- 23. Development of skeletal muscle and its innervation / Uwe Proske.
• 24. Ontogeny of behavioural states in the fetus / Bryan S. Richardson -- 25. Ontogenesis of biological rhythms / I. Caroline McMillen -- 26. Neuroendocrinology of the fetus / Peter Gluckman -- 27. The ontogeny of the pituitary-gonadal axis and sexual differentiation in the human fetus / Jeremy S. D. Winter -- 28. The function of the fetal pituitary-adrenal system / Charles E. Wood -- 29. Development of the fetal thyroid system / Delbert A. Fisher and Daniel H. Polk -- 30. Calcium and mineral metabolism in the fetus / Oussama Itani and Reginald C. Tsang -- 31. Development of thermogenesis in the fetus / Barbara Cannon and Jan Nedergaard -- 32. Maternal adaptation to pregnancy / Alan D. Bocking -- 33. Myometrial activity during pregnancy and parturition / Graham Jenkin and Peter W. Nathanielsz -- 34. Regulation of contraction in uterine smooth muscle / Helena C. Parkington and Harold A. Coleman -- 35. Eicosanoid biosynthesis and its regulation during human pregnancy and parturition / Murray D. Mitchell.
• 36. The maternal endocrine system during pregnancy and parturition / Graham C. Liggins.

ISBN

0198577486 (hb.) :

LCCN

93028855

Owning Institutions

Columbia University Libraries