Invited Lectures

Exogenous and Endogenous Influences on Metabolic and Neural Control, Volume 1: Invited Lectures covers the proceedings of the Third Congress of the European Society for Comparative Physiology and Biochemistry. The book presents 35 papers that cover various aspects in the control of physiological activities in animals.
The text first details the origin of physiology and comparative physiology. Next, the book covers papers that deal with different physiological systems, which include feeding, respiration, reproduction, osmoregulation, and perception.
The text will be of great use to students, researchers, and practitioners of biology, biochemistry, medicine.

Contenu

Introduction: The Origin of Physiology
Reflections on Comparative Physiology
Section Feeding
Regulation of Food Intake by Phytophagous Insects
Food Intake Regulation in The Rat
Drinking as a Factor of Hydromineral Regulation
Comparative Aspects of Digestion in Nonruminant Herbivores
Applied Aspects of Food Intake and its Regulation
Section Respiration
A Respiration Physiologists Approach to Comparative Physiology
Intraspecific Adaptation of Hemoglobin Function in Fish to Oxygen Availability
Respiration During Flight and Diving in Birds
Diffusion in Gas Exchange of Vertebrates
Neural Control of Respiration in Fishes And Mammals
Lung Function in Active Smokers
Section Reproduction
The Role of Hormones in Control of Reproduction in Vertebrates: Case Stories and Generalizations
New Concepts In Endocrine Control of Vitellogenesis and in Functioning of the Ovary in Insects
Vitellogenesis and Hepatic Metabolism in Flounder
Extrinsic Control of Endocrines in the Regulation of Reproductive Functions of Insects
Embryo in Vitro in Animal Husbandry
Section Activity and Energy Supply in Muscles
Activity and Energy Supply in Muscles: Introduction
Metabolic Regulation of Energy Metabolism
Resources and Substrate Transport
Energy Production in the Muscle Tissues of Different Kinds of Molluscs
Intrinsic and Extrinsic Factors in the Differentiation of Vertebrate Skeletal Muscles
Short-Term and Persistent Metabolic Changes as Induced by Exercise
Section Ion and Osmoregulation
Cell Volume Maintenance and Regulation in Eukaryotes: Overview and Perspectives
Goals of Ionic Regulation
On the Functional Significance of Ion Circulation Induced by Electrogenic Transport
Cell Volume Regulatory Processes in Lower Vertebrates
Hormones and Osmoregulation: Endocrine Involvement in Calcium Regulation in Teleosts
Osmotic Aspects in Artificial Kidney Dialysis
Section Perception and Orientation
Perception and Orientation: Introduction
Environmental Features and Orientation
He Interplay of Substrate, Gravity and Optokinetic Orientation in Spiny Lobsters (Palinurus Vulgaris)
The Orientation and Evasive Behavior of Insects to Bat Cries
Disorders in Space Orientation
Author Index
Subject Index