Title:
Textbook of fetal physiology / edited by Geoffrey D. Thorburn and Richard Harding.
Main Entry:
Thorburn, Geoffrey D.
Harding, Richard, Dr.
Publisher:
Oxford University Press,
Publication Date:
c1994.
Publication Place:
Oxford ; New York :
ISBN:
0198577486 (hb.) :
9780198577485 (hb.)
Subject:
Fetus -- Physiology.
Embryonic Development.
Fetal Development.
Fetus -- physiology.
Foetussen.
Fysiologie.
Humans Foetuses Physiology
Contents:
Fetal physiology: historical perspectives / Geoffrey S. Dawes -- Transport functions of the placenta and fetal membranes / Richard Boyd, Yoshiki Kudo -- Endocrine function of the placenta / Alan J. Conley, J. Ian Mason -- Metabolic activity of the placenta / William W. Hay, Jr., Randall B. Wilkening -- Growth factors in fetal growth / Victor K.M. Han, David J. Hill -- Fetal metabolism and energy balance / Abigail L. Fowden -- Fetal growth and fetal growth retardation / Jeffrey S. Robinson, Julie A. Owens, Philip C. Owens.
Development of the cardiovascular system / Kent L. Thornburg, Mark J. Morton -- Fetal oxygenation, carbon dioxide homeostasis, and acid-base balance / Daniel W. Rurak -- Development of the respiratory system / Richard Harding -- Fetal lung maturation / Deborah K. Froh, Philip L. Ballard -- Assessment of fetal health / Alan D. Bocking, Robert Gagnon -- Renal function in the fetus / Jean E. Robillard ... [et al.] -- Fetal fluid balance / Robert A. Brace -- Development of the gastrointestinal tract / Jeffrey F. Trahair, Richard Harding.
Ontogeny of gastrointestinal regulatory peptides and their function / Arthur Shulkes -- Development of the immune system in the fetus / Wayne G. Kimpton, Elizabeth A. Washington, Ross N.P. Cahill -- Structural development of the nervous system / Sandra M. Rees -- Development of somatosensory systems in the fetus / Maria Fitzgerald -- Development of auditory and visual systems in the fetus / David R. Moore, Glen Jeffery -- Development of the autonomic nervous system, including adreno-chromaffin tissue / David W. Walker.
Development of motor functions in the fetus / Iain C. Bruce, John A. Rawson -- Development of skeletal muscle and its innervation / Uwe Proske -- Ontogeny of behavioural states in the fetus / Bryan S. Richardson -- Ontogenesis of biological rhythms / I. Caroline McMillen -- Neuroendocrinology of the fetus / Peter Gluckman -- Ontogeny of the pituitary-gonadal axis and sexual differentiation in the human fetus / Jeremy S.D. Winter -- Function of the fetal pituitary-adrenal system / Charles E. Wood.
Development of the fetal thyroid system / Delbert A. Fisher, Daniel H. Polk -- Calcium and mineral metabolism in the fetus / Oussama Itani, Reginald C. Tsang -- Development of thermogenesis in the fetus / Barbara Cannon, Jan Nedergaard -- Maternal adaptation to pregnancy / Alan D. Bocking -- Myometrial activity during pregnancy and parturition / Graham Jenkin, Peter W. Nathanielsz -- Regulation of contraction in uterine smooth muscle / Helena C. Parkington, Harold A. Coleman.
Eicosanoid biosynthesis and its regulation during human pregnancy and parturition / Murray D. Mitchell -- Maternal endocrine system during pregnancy and parturition / Graham C. Liggins.
Related Records:
Online version: Textbook of fetal physiology. Oxford ; New York : Oxford University Press, c1994 (OCoLC)607733393
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