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Description
Current Topics in Membranes provides a systematic, comprehensive, and rigorous approach to specific topics relevant to the study of cellular membranes. Each volume is a guest edited compendium of membrane biology.
Key Features
*Guest edited by cell membrane experts
*Dynamic and thorough coverage of all aspects of the aqueous humor from inflow to outflow
*Provides the latest teachings on genomics and glaucoma
*Highlights new therapeutic strategies for the control of intraocular pressure
Readership
Basic scientists and clinicians studying biochemistry, cell biology, molecular biology, and biotechnology
Table of Contents
Chapter 1: Ion Transport
Mortimer M. Civan
2. Ocular Aquaporins and Aqueous Humor Dynamics
W. Daniel Stamer, Nicholas W. Baetz and Andrea J. Yool
3. The Role of Gap Junction Channels in the Ciliary Body Secretory Epithelium
Richard T. Matthias, Thomas W. White and Peter R. Brink
Chapter 4: Regional Dependence of Inflow
Anthony D.C. Macknight and Mortimer M. Civan
5. Functional Modulators Linking Inflow with Outflow of Aqueous Humor
Miguel Coca-Prados and Sikha Ghosh
6. Aqueous Humor Outflow Resistance
Thomas F. Freddo and Mark Johnson
7. Aqueous Humor Dynamics I: Measurement methods and animal studies
Carol B. Toris
8. Aqueous Humor Dynamics II: Clinical Studies
Carol B. Toris and Carl B. Camras
9. Effects of Circulatory Events on Aqueous Humor Inflow and Intraocular Pressure
Herbert A. Reitsamer and Jeffrey W. Kiel
10. Retinal Ganglion Cells and Glaucoma: Traditional Patterns and New Possibilities
Claire H. Mitchell and Wennan Lu
Chapter 11: What is Functional Genomics teaching us about Intraocular Pressure Regulation and Glaucoma?
Teresa Borrás
Chapter 12: Molecular Approaches to Glaucoma: Intriguing Clues for Pathology
Ernst R. Tamm
Chapter 13: Outflow Signaling Mechanisms and New Therapeutic Strategies for the Control of Intraocular Pressure
Iok-Hou Pang and Abbot F. Clark
Details
- No. of pages:
- 512
- Language:
- English
- Copyright:
- © 2008
- Published:
- 25th September 2008
- Imprint:
- Academic Press
- eBook ISBN:
- 9780080920511
- Print ISBN:
- 9780123738943
About the serial-volume-editor
Mortimer Civan
Affiliations and Expertise
University of Pennsylvania Medical School, Philadelphia, USA
Professor of Physiology
Reviews
Current Topics in Membranes provides a systematic, comprehensive, and rigorous approach to specific topics relevant to the study of cellular membranes. Each volume is a guest edited compendium of membrane biology.