ControlandRegulationofTransportPhenomenaintheCardiacSystem

Leadingresearchersinthelifesciencesandengineersinvolvedinresearchoftransportphenomenainbiologicalsystemshavecontributedchaptersthatidentify,analyze,andmodifythecontrolandregulationmechanismsoftransportphenomenainbiologicalsystems,withparticularemphasisonthecardiacsystem.Includedinthecontributionstothisvolumearethefollowingtopics:signalingmechanismsandtransportphenomena;blood-tissueexchangeandinter-tissuetransport;cellularmembranetransportandendocytosisofionsandmetabolites;intracellulartransport,energetics,andmolecularmotors;systembiology,uni-andmulti-scaletransportmodels,andhierarchicalanalysis;andclinicalconsiderations--cardiacprotection,metabolicandpharmaceuticalaugmentation,andinterferences.NOTE:Annalsvolumesareavailableforsaleasindividualbooksorasajournal.Forinformationoninstitutionaljournalsubscriptions,pleasevisitwww.blackwellpublishing.com/nyas.ACADEMYMEMBERS:PleasecontacttheNewYorkAcademyofSciencesdirectlytoplaceyourorder(www.nyas.org).MembersoftheNewYorkAcademyofSciencereceivefull-textaccesstotheAnnalsonlineanddiscountsonprintvolumes.Pleasevisithttp://www.nyas.org/MemberCenter/Join.aspxformoreinformationaboutbecomingamember