Overview
Most up-to-date information in the field of mechanobiology
Cutting-edge advancements in research into locomotor and circulatory diseases
Includes an exploration of mechanosensor nanoscience, gravity and tissues, and mechanobiology in space
Includes supplementary material: sn.pub/extras
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Table of contents (14 chapters)
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Front Matter
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Bone Signaling
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Front Matter
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Back Matter
About this book
Mechanical stress is vital to the functioning of the body, especially for tissues such as bone, muscle, heart, and vessels. It is well known that astronauts and bedridden patients suffer muscle and bone loss from lack of use. Even the heart, in pumping blood, causes mechanical stress to itself and to vascular tissue. With the loss of mechanical stress, homeostasis becomes impaired and leads to pathological conditions such as osteopenia, muscle atrophy, and vascular tissue dysfunction. In elderly populations, such mechanical pathophysiology, as well as the mechanical activities of locomotor and cardiovascular systems, is important because skeletal and heart functions decline and cause diseases in other organs. In this monograph, mechanical stress is discussed by experts in the field with respect to molecular, cellular, and tissue aspects in relation to medicine. Covering topics such as gravity and tissues and disuse osteoporosis, the book provides the most up-to-date information on cutting-edge advancements in the field of mechanobiology and is a timely contribution to research into locomotor and circulatory diseases that are major problems in contemporary society.
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Bibliographic Information
Book Title: Mechanosensing Biology
Editors: Masaki Noda
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-4-431-89757-6
Publisher: Springer Tokyo
eBook Packages: Biomedical and Life Sciences, Biomedical and Life Sciences (R0)
Copyright Information: Springer 2011
Hardcover ISBN: 978-4-431-89756-9Published: 03 February 2011
Softcover ISBN: 978-4-431-54646-7Published: 12 October 2014
eBook ISBN: 978-4-431-89757-6Published: 28 December 2010
Edition Number: 1
Number of Pages: XIII, 219
Topics: Cell Biology, Human Physiology, Animal Physiology, Biological and Medical Physics, Biophysics, Biomedical Engineering and Bioengineering