Airway chemoreceptors in the vertebrates : structure, evolution and function

This book provides a comprehensive and up-to-date account of the information available on the morphological, physiological and evolutionary aspects of specialized cells distributed within the epithelia of the airways in the vertebrates. A lot of work has been done on the cell and molecular biology of these cells which are regarded as as oxygen receptor neuroepithelial cells. These chemoreceptors which were conserved throughout evolution have neuroendocrine functions carrying their signals to the central nervous system. The chemoreceptor cells are sensors which detect the signal changes in the external and internal environments, and play a key role in the survival of various species. Studies addressed to the chemoreceptor cell systems in the airways are of great importance for investigating their response to changes in the oxygen and carbon dioxide concentrations in the environment since the future of the planet earth is being threatened by global warming and climate change. Praise for the book: ...This volume would be of special interest to researchers who are curious about the evolution of vertebrate respiratory control in general and the regulation of ventilation in nonmammalian vertebrates in particular. ―Wayne L. Silver, Wake Forest University, in The Quarterly Review of Biology, Volume 85, Number 2 Neurosecretory Epithelial Cells (nec's) In The Airways And Carotid Labyrinth Of Aquatic Vertebrates : Morphology, Distribution, Innervation And Function -- Neurosecretory Cells (nec's) In The Lung Of Amphibians And Accessory Respiratory Organs Of The Air-breathing Fishes And In Amphibian Carotid Labyrinth : Structural Morphology And Function -- Neuroepithelial Bodies (neb's) In The Lung Of Reptiles : Structural Morphology, Immunohistochemistry And Function -- Pulmonary Neuroepithelial Cells In Mammals : Structure, Molecular Markers, Ontogeny And Functions -- Solitary Chemosensory Cells In The Airways Of Mammals : Distribution, Immunocytochemistry, Fine Structure And Function. Editors, Giacomo Zaccone ... [et Al.]. Includes Bibliographical References And Index. "The book provides a comprehensive and up-to-date account of the information available on the morphological, physiological and evolutionary aspects of specialized cells distributed within the epithelia of the airways in the vertebrates." --Book Jacket Offers an account of the information available on the morphological, physiological and evolutionary aspects of specialized cells distributed within the epithelia of the airways in the vertebrates.