Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Front Cover; Regulation of Organ and Tissue Growth; Copyright Page; Table of Contents; LIST OF CONTRIBUTORS; PREFACE; CHAPTER 1. THEORIES OF GROWTH REGULATION; I. Introduction; II. Self-Inhibition; III. Exogenous Stimulation; IV. Functional Demands; V. Systemic versus Local Control; VI. Conclusions; ACKNOWLEDGMENTS; References; CHAPTER 2. GROWTH AND RENEWAL; I. Introduction; II. Methods; III. Growth of Static Cell Populations; IV. Growth of Expanding Cell Populations; V. Growth of Renewing Cell Populations; VI. Growth of Intermediate Cell Populations; VII. Summary; References
  • CHAPTER 3. STUDIES ON SOME FACTORS INFLUENCING PRENATAL BRAIN DEVELOPMENTI. Introduction; II. Regulatory Processes; III. Embryonal and Fetal Nutrition; ACKNOWLEDGMENTS; References; CHAPTER 4. REGULATION OF METABOLIC AND FUNCTIONAL PROPERTIES OF MUSCLE; I. Introduction; II. Physiological and Biochemical Correlates in Normal Skeletal Muscle; III. Cross-Reinnervation Studies; IV. Exercise Studies; V. Mechanisms of Cell Regulation; References; CHAPTER 5. THE ROLE OF TENSION IN MUSCLE GROWTH; I. Introduction; II. Relationship between Muscle Weight and Body Weight
  • III. Effect of Work Load on Muscle Growth in the Young AnimalIV. Effect of Passive Tension on Muscle Growth in the Young Animal; V. Effect of Passive Tension on Denervated Muscle in the Growing Animal; VI. Growth of Normal Muscle in the Adult Resulting from Increased Work Loads; VII. Growth of Muscle in the Adult Resulting from Increased Passive Tension; VIII. Comparison of the Effects of Active and Passive Tension; ACKNOWLEDGMENTS; References; CHAPTER 6. HEART GROWTH AND SIZE IN HOMEOTHERMS; I. Introduction; II. Developmental Growth; III. Differential Growth; IV. Mature Heart Size
  • V. Compensatory GrowthVI. Conclusion; ACKNOWLEDGMENTS; References; CHAPTER 7. THE REGULATION OF SKELETAL GROWTH; I. Introduction; II. Intrinsic Regulation; III. Skeletogenic Induction; IV. Hormonal Regulatory Processes; V. Biophysical Factors; VI. Functional Matrices-Direct and Indirect Regulation of Skeletal Growth; VII. Regulation of Long Bone Growth; ACKNOWLEDGMENT; References; CHAPTER 8. ROLE OF ERYTHROPOIETIN IN ERYTHROPOIESIS; I. Introduction; II. Assay of Erythropoietin; III. Physiological Control of Erythropoietin Production; IV. Sites of Production of Erythropoietin
  • V. Chemistry and Purification of ErythropoietinVI. Sites of Action of Erythropoietin; VII. The Role of Erythropoietin in Fetal Erythropoiesis; VIII. Ability of an Erythropoietic Virus to Act like Erythropoietin; IX. Conclusion; References; CHAPTER 9. HUMORAL FACTORS IN THE STIMULATION AND INHIBITION OF LYMPHOPOIESIS; I. Introduction; II. Central Lymphopoiesis; III. Lymphocyte Proliferation in Peripheral Tissues; IV. Summary; ACKNOWLEDGMENT; References; CHAPTER 10. REGULATION OF THE MEGAKARYOCYTE PLATELET SYSTEM; I. Introduction; II. Megakaryocytopoiesis; III. Transit Times