UID:
edocfu_9958103975802883
Format:
1 online resource (237 p.)
ISBN:
3-318-00266-6
Series Statement:
Frontiers of oral biology ; vol. 10
Content:
Saliva is essential for oral health and influences all events in the mouth. A deficiency of saliva can have devastating consequences. Therefore, it is important to have a book about the basic tissue mechanisms involved in the secretion of saliva, based on an holistic approach. With such an aim in mind, this book contains chapters covering the histological basis for secretion, electrophysiological events, electrolyte and water secretion, protein synthesis and secretion, bloodflow, capillary dynamics, myoepithelial activity, glandular permeability, hormonal influences, including the effects of diabetes, and the synthesis and secretion of IgA in man. The chapters have been written by international experts in the field, who present balanced accounts of their subjects. The secretory mechanisms described in this book have a far-reaching impact beyond the salivary field and have applicability to all forms of exocrine secretion. Salivary glands offer many advantages for experimental study of these phenomena since they can be tested more precisely than most other glands, having ducts that can readily be cannulated for assessing the secretion. As a single-source of up-to-date data, this book will benefit doctors and dentists, and anyone interested in secretory phenomena, including physiologists, biochemists and cell biologists. It not only brings together all available data on this subject, as it stands at the turn of the century, but also lays down a sound platform of knowledge on which further investigations can be based.
Note:
Description based upon print version of record.
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""Contents""; ""Preface""; ""Historical Introduction to Salivary Secretion""; ""Microstructure of Mammalian Salivary Glands and Its Relationship to Diet""; ""Electrophysiological Correlates of Fluid Secretion by Salivary Acini""; ""Secretion of Electrolytes and Water by Salivary Glands""; ""Secretory Protein Synthesis and Constitutive (Vesicular) Secretion by Salivary Glands""; ""The Dynamics of Exocytosis of Preformed Secretory Granules from Acini in Rat Salivary Glands""; ""Autonomic Control of Salivary Blood Flow""; ""Capillary Dynamics in Salivary Glands""
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""Myoepithelial Activity in Salivary Glands""""Movements of Organic Molecules from Blood to Saliva and from Glands to Blood""; ""Synthesis and Secretion of Human Salivary Immunoglobulins""; ""Hormonal Regulation of Salivary Glands, with Particular Reference to Experimental Diabetes""; ""Subject Index""
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English
Additional Edition:
ISBN 3-8055-6630-1
Language:
English
