Frontiers in Modeling and Control of Breathing
Subtitle: Integration at Molecular, Cellular, and Systems Levels
By: edited by Chi-Sang Poon, Homayoun Kazemi
Contributors: Kazemi, Homayoun
Series: Advances in Experimental Medicine and Biology, 0065-2598 -- 499; Advances in experimental medicine and biology -- 499.
Publisher: Springer US
Published: 2001
Place of publication: Boston, MA
Language: eng
Format: [electronic resource] :
Number of pages: 522
ISBN-13: 9781461513759
Description: The field of neural control of breathing has advanced rapidly in the past two decades, with the emergence of many new and promising research directions of increasing sophistication. The complexity and diversity of the current methodologies signify its remarkable vivacity, albeit at the price of much confusion. Captured in this book are the broad and intricate nature of the field and its multifaceted frontiers, including aspects of genetics, cell and molecular biology, comparative biology, neurophysiology, neurochemistry, neuroanatomy, imaging, human physiology in health and disease, and influence of environmental factors. Major topics include chemosensitivity, respiratory sensation, respiratory neurons, rhythmogenesis, plasticity, development, chemoreflex and exercise, respiratory instability and variability with behavioral and sleep states, etc., which are systematically laid out in the book for easy referencing.