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Peripheral arterial chemoreceptors and respiratory-cardiovascular integration / M. de Burgh Daly.

Title
Peripheral arterial chemoreceptors and respiratory-cardiovascular integration / M. de Burgh Daly.
Author
Burgh Daly, M. de (Michael de)
Publication
Oxford ; New York : Clarendon Press, 1997.

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Description
xvi, 739 pages : illustrations (some color); 24 cm.
Series Statement
Monographs of the Physiological Society ; 46
Uniform Title
Monographs of the Physiological Society ; no. 46.
Subject
  • Arteries > physiology
  • Cardiopulmonary system
  • Cardiovascular Physiological Phenomena
  • Chemoreceptor Cells > physiology
  • Chemoreceptors
  • Respiration > physiology
Bibliography (note)
  • Includes bibliographical references and index.
Contents
  • 1. Introduction -- 2. Morphology of the peripheral arterial chemoreceptors -- 3. Nature of chemoreceptor stimuli and chemoreceptor responses -- 4. Methods for eliciting reflexes from the carotid and aortic bodies -- 5. Discovery of the respiratory functions -- 6. Reflex effects on the cardiovascular system: role of changes in respiration -- 7. Effects of respiration on the cardiovascular system -- 8. Central integration of respiratory and autonomic functions -- 9. Carotid bodies: 'primary' cardiovascular responses -- 10. Aortic bodies: 'primary' cardiovascular responses -- 11. Primary reflex effects on the pulmonary and bronchial circulations -- 12. Respiratory mechanisms modulating cardiovascular responses of chemoreceptor origin -- 13. Role of brainstem defence areas -- 14. Peripheral chemoreceptor function in the fetus and neonate -- 15. Interactions between arterial chemoreceptors and other inputs --
  • 16. Examples of integrative control of the respiratory and cardiovascular systems -- 17. Clinical implications of chemoreceptor reflexes -- 18. General conclusions -- App. 1. The analytical use of heart rate and pulse interval -- App. 2. Should vasomotor responses be expressed as changes in resistance or conductance?
ISBN
0198576757 (hbk.)
LCCN
96009435
Owning Institutions
Columbia University Libraries