The field of muscle biophysics has changed dramatically over the past years and new studies are reshaping the way we think muscles contract. Rapidly evolving techniques and advances are allowing us to understand the mechanics of individual molecules and cells as we could never do so before. This book, a contributed volume of the work of several current opinion leaders and well-known scientists in the field, will be unique for its rich list of authors as well as its updated, comprehensive inclusion of techniques in both cell and molecular biophysiology. 1. Chapters contributed by world leaders in their field 2. Material covers an updated, comprehensive inclusion of techniques in both cell and molecular biophysiology 3. Represents an excellent source of information for readers intending to understand the mechanics of muscle contraction INDICE: Striated Muscles: From Molecules To Cells.- Contractile Performance Of Striated Muscle.- Energy Economy In The Actomyosin Interaction: Lessons From Simple Models.- A Strain-Dependency Of Myosin Off-Rate Must Be Sensitive To Frequency To Predict The B-Process Of Sinusoidal Analysis.- Electron Microscopic Visualization Of The Cross-Bridge Movement Coupled With Atp Hydrolysis InMuscle Thick Filaments In Aqueous Solution, Reminiscences And Future Prospects.- Role Of Titin In Skeletal Muscle Function And Disease.- Contractile Characteristics Of Sarcomeres Arranged In Series Or Mechanically Isolated From Myofibrils.- The Force-Length Relationship Of Mechanically Isolated Sarcomeres.- Extraction And Replacement Of The Tropomyosin-Troponin Complex In Isolated Myofibrils.- Stretch And Shortening Of Skeletal Muscles Activated Along The Ascending Limb Of The Force-Length Relation.- Cross-Bridge Properties In Single Intact Frog Fibers Studied By Fast Stretches.- Crossbridge And Non-Crossbridge Contributions To Force In Shortening And Lengthening Muscle.- Short-Range Mechanical Properties Of Skeletal And Cardiac Muscles.- Crossbridge Mechanism(S) Examined By Temperature Perturbation Studies On Muscle.- Efficiency Of Cross-Bridges And Mitochondria In Mouse Cardiac Muscle.- Mechanisms Of Skeletal Muscle Weakness.- Stretch-Induced Membrane Damage In Muscle: Comparison Of Wild-Type AndMdx Mice.- Cellular And Whole Muscle Studies Of Activity Dependent Potentiation.
- ISBN: 978-1-4419-6365-9
- Editorial: Springer
- Encuadernacion: Cartoné
- Páginas: 300
- Fecha Publicación: 29/09/2010
- Nº Volúmenes: 1
- Idioma: Inglés