Skeletal Muscle Plasticity in Health and Disease (eBook)
VIII, 368 Seiten
Springer Netherlands (Verlag)
978-1-4020-5177-7 (ISBN)
The ability of striated muscle tissue to adapt to changes in activity or in working conditions is extremely high. In some ways it is comparable to the ability of the brain to learn. The interest in muscle adaptation is increasing in relation to the idea that physical fitness helps in the prevention of disease, may counteract the loss of physical performance and generally improves wellbeing. Plasticity is the word used since the late 1970's to indicate collectively all the processes and mechanisms which form the background of muscle adaptation. This book aims to provide a systematic updating of the available knowledge on molecular and cellular mechanisms, as well as on changes at whole muscle level. The book means to be a guide and a help for people who enter the field as PhD or medical students, but is also a tool for refreshing and updating knowledge for people already active in the field in basic sciences as well as in applied disciplines such as neurology, sports science and rehabilitation.
The ability of striated muscle tissue to adapt to changes in activity or in working conditions is extremely high. In some ways it is comparable to the ability of the brain to learn. The interest in muscle adaptation is increasing in relation to the idea that physical fitness helps in the prevention of disease, may counteract the loss of physical performance and generally improves wellbeing. Plasticity is the word used since the late 1970's to indicate collectively all the processes and mechanisms which form the background of muscle adaptation. This book aims to provide a systematic updating of the available knowledge on molecular and cellular mechanisms, as well as on changes at whole muscle level. The book means to be a guide and a help for people who enter the field as PhD or medical students, but is also a tool for refreshing and updating knowledge for people already active in the field in basic sciences as well as in applied disciplines such as neurology, sports science and rehabilitation.
Preface.- 1. Skeletal Muscle Plasticity - History, Facts and Concepts.- 2. Large Scale Gene Expression Profiles as Tools to Study Skeletal Muscle Adaptation.- 3. Striated Muscle Plasticity: Regulation of the Myosin Heavy Chain Genes.- 4. Signals in Muscle Atrophy and Hypertrophy.- 5. Activity Dependent Control of the Transcriptional Regulators NFAT and HDAC in Adult Skeletal Muscle.- 6. The Regulation of Satellite Cell Function in Skeletal Muscle Regeneration and Plasticity.- 7. Plasticity of Excitation-Contraction Coupling in Skeletal Muscle.- 8. Variations in Contractile Protein Composition and Function of Muscles and Single Fibres in Relation with Muscle Plasticity.- 9. Muscle Architecture and Adaptations to Functional Requirements.- 10. Responses and Adaptations of Skeletal Muscle to Hormones and Drugs.- 11. Skeletal Muscle Adaptation to Disease States.
| Erscheint lt. Verlag | 8.5.2007 |
|---|---|
| Reihe/Serie | Advances in Muscle Research |
| Zusatzinfo | VIII, 368 p. |
| Verlagsort | Dordrecht |
| Sprache | englisch |
| Themenwelt | Studium ► 1. Studienabschnitt (Vorklinik) ► Physiologie |
| Naturwissenschaften ► Biologie ► Genetik / Molekularbiologie | |
| Naturwissenschaften ► Biologie ► Humanbiologie | |
| Naturwissenschaften ► Biologie ► Zellbiologie | |
| Naturwissenschaften ► Biologie ► Zoologie | |
| Technik | |
| Schlagworte | Adaptation • cellular mechanisms • gene expression • genes • muscle development • myosin heavy chain • Neurology • Regeneration • Regulation • Rehabilitation • Skeletal muscle • tissue • transcription |
| ISBN-10 | 1-4020-5177-8 / 1402051778 |
| ISBN-13 | 978-1-4020-5177-7 / 9781402051777 |
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