Gerta Vrbová, T. Gordon, Rosie Jones

Nerve-Muscle Interaction

• Gebundenes Buch

Produktbeschreibung

This thorough, advanced review of the interactions between motoneurones and muscles in vertebrates discusses the significance of nerve-muscle interactions for the normal development and maintenance of the vertebrate neuromuscular system and reviews the consequences of their disruption.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Springer / Springer Netherlands
• Artikelnr. des Verlages: 978-0-412-40490-0
• 2nd ed.
• Seitenzahl: 274
• Erscheinungstermin: 31. Dezember 1994
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 241mm x 160mm x 20mm
• Gewicht: 567g
• ISBN-13: 9780412404900
• ISBN-10: 0412404907
• Artikelnr.: 22396120

Inhaltsangabe

Preface to the second edition. Preface to first edition. Acknowledgements.
1. Early development of muscle. 2. Development of motoneurones. 3.
Encounter of motor nerves with muscle fibres. 4. Tonic and phasic mucle
fibres of lower vertebrates and birds. 5. Mammalian muscles and motor
units. 6. Emergence of the mammalian motor unit. 7. Plasticity of muscles
and their motor units. 8. Axotomy: effects on motoneurones, nerves and
muscles. 9. Nerve regeneration and muscle reinnervation. 10. Disturbances
of nerve-muscle interactions and their consequences. Index.

Rezensionen

`A small book, but full with many precise details of the higher interest for the specialists in myology and neurology.'
Cellular and Molecular Biology
`This is an excellent reference source and would be a valuable purchase for libraries and those involved in neuromuscular research.'
Physiotherapy Journal

`A small book, but full with many precise details of the higher interest for the specialists in myology and neurology.'
Cellular and Molecular Biology
`This is an excellent reference source and would be a valuable purchase for libraries and those involved in neuromuscular research.'
Physiotherapy Journal