Quantitative Biology of Metabolism Models of Metabolism, Metabolic Parameters, Damage to Metabolism, Metabolic Control /

Detalles Bibliográficos
Autor Corporativo: SpringerLink (Online service)
Otros Autores: Locker, Alfred. (Editor )
Formato: eBook
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Berlin, Heidelberg : Springer Berlin Heidelberg : Imprint: Springer, 1968.
Edición:1st ed. 1968.
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Acceso en línea:https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-642-51065-6
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • 1. Models of Metabolism
  • 1.1. Models in General
  • 1 The Epistemological Significance of Models in Science
  • 2 Causality, Complexity and Computers
  • 1.2. Discrete and Continuous Models
  • 3 Discrete and Continuous Representations of Metabolic Models
  • 4 Interaction of a Digital (Genetic) System with a Continuous (Enzymatic) One in the Cell
  • 5 A Model for Sustained Rhythmic Binary Logic in Biochemical Systems
  • 1.3 Stochastic and Deterministic Models
  • 6 Some General Ideas on Deterministic and Stochastic Models in Biological Systems
  • 7 Turnover Compartmentalization. An Approach to Analysis of Whole-body Retention Data
  • 1.4 Computer Models of Cell Metabolism
  • 8 Functioning of a Cell Model
  • 9 A Digital Computer System for the Construction and Analysis of Steady State Models of Enzyme Catalysed Networks
  • 10 Computation of Equilibria and Kinetics of Chemical Systems with Many Species
  • 2. Metabolic Parameters
  • 2.1 Temperature — Season — Adaptation
  • 11 The Relation between Heat Production, Oxygen Consumption and Temperature in Some Poikilotherms
  • 12 On Structure and Metabolic Rate of the Skeletal Muscle of the Eel (Anguilla vulgaris L.)
  • 13 Analysis of Heart Rate Adaptation to Temperature
  • 14 The Heat Production of Goldfinches and Canaries in Summer and Winter
  • 15 Quantitative Thermogenesis of Brown Fat in Hibernation and Cold Adaptation
  • 2.2 Growth — Age
  • 16 Contributions to the Energetics of Animal Growth
  • 17 Models of the Growth of Organisms under Nutrient Limiting Conditions
  • 18 Biomathematical Interpretation of Organismic Growth
  • 19 Relationships between Respiration during Imbibition and Subsequent Growth Rates in Germinating Seeds
  • 20 Quantitative Parameters of Rat Liver Mitochondria in Relation to Age
  • 2.3 Cellular Milieu — Experimental Influences
  • 21 Enzymes as Indicators of Intracellular Reaction Conditions
  • 22 The Influence of Ethanol on Carbohydrate- and Fat-Metabolism of the Liver
  • 3. Damage to Metabolism
  • 3.1 Damage Due to Irradiation
  • 23 Application of Quantitative Models for the Analysis of the Mechanisms of Protection against the Damaging Effects of Ionizing Radiation
  • 24 Intracellular Recovery after Irradiation
  • 3.2 Damage Due to Radio lytic or Toxic Compounds
  • 25 Inhibitory Action of Radiolytic Compounds on Cell Function
  • 26 On the Release and Elimination of Liver Glutamic-Oxalacetic-Transferase
  • 3.3 Damage Due to Oxygen Lack
  • 27 Metabolic Effects of Acute Hypoxia on Rat and Turtle Brain
  • 28 Changes in Metabolite Concentrations in Ischemic Kidneys of Rabbits and in Transplanted Kidneys of Dogs
  • 4. Metabolic Control
  • 4.1 Metabolic Control and Optimisation
  • 29 The Mutual Coaction of two Regulatory Mechanisms Realizing Optimal Autoregulation of Metabolism
  • 30 Optimization of Structure and Metabolism in Cellular Automata
  • 4.2 Metabolic Control at the Cellular Level
  • 31 Oscillatory Control of Glycolysis as a Model for Biological Timing Processes
  • 32 Evaluation of the Coordinated Control of Activated Glycolysis and Respiration by Ortho-phosphate and ADP in Ascites Tumor Cells
  • 33 Profiles of Substrate Levels of the Central Metabolic Pathways in Frog Heart
  • 4.3 Control at the Systemic Level
  • 34 Analysis by Computer of Some Oscillatory Features of the Red Cell System
  • 4.4 Control and CNS
  • 35 Memory and Cellular Control Processes
  • 36 On the Steady State Nature of Evolution, Learning, Perception, Hallucination and Dreaming
  • 37 Circadian Activity Rhythm in the CNS and its Control
  • 4.5 Thermoregulation
  • 38 The Use of Theoretical Models in the Study of Thermoregulation in Man
  • 39 On the Mechanism of the Calorigenic Action of Catecholamines
  • 5. Conclusion
  • 40 Some Epicritical Remarks (Instead of a Summary)
  • Author Index.