The Structure and Function of Muscle V4

List of ContributorsPrefacePreface to the First EditionContents of Other Volumes1. Effect of Drugs on Smooth and Striated Muscles I. Introduction II. Effects of Drugs on Nerve Terminals III. Postsynaptic Drug Actions IV. Drug Effects on Muscle Contraction References2. Effects of Nutritional Deficiency on Muscle I. Introduction II. Skeletal Muscle III. Cardiac Muscle IV. Smooth Muscle V. General Considerations References3. Virus Infections I. Introduction II. Effects of Direct Intramuscular Inoculations III. Adenoviruses IV. Herpesviruses V. Poxviruses VI. Picornaviruses VII. Reoviruses VIII. Arboviruses IX. Other Viruses X. Mycocarditis References4. Parasitic Infections I. Introduction II. Protozoal Infections III. Helminthic Parasites References5. Histochemistry of Skeletal Muscle and Changes in Some Muscle Diseases I. Introduction II. Oxidative Enzymes III. Esterases IV. Phosphatases V. 5-Nucleotidase VI. Other Phosphatases VII. ATPases VIII. Sulfhydryl and Disulfide Groups IX. Protein-Bound Primary Amino Groups X. Oxidative-Schiff Procedures XI. Fat in Skeletal MuscleReferences6. Myopathy, The Pathological Changes in Intrinsic Diseases of Muscles I. Introduction II. Varieties of Change in Pathological Muscle III. Distinction between Neuropathic and Myopathic Changes in Muscle IV. The Muscular Dystrophies V. Myopathies of Infants VI. Polymyositis and Related Conditions VII. Muscle Diseases Associated with Systemic and Metabolic Disorders VIII. Myasthenia Gravis IX. Myoglobinuria X. Nemaline Myopathy XL Myopathy from Local Trauma XII. Myopathy in Animals References7. Clinical Aspects of Some Diseases of Muscle I. Introduction II. Some General Clinical Features III. The Muscular Dystrophies IV. Muscular Disorders in Infancy and Early Childhood V. Inflammatory Diseases of Muscle VI. Metabolic Myopathies VII. Muscular Disorders Associated with Malignant Disease VIII. Myasthenia Gravis References8. Genetic Aspects of Muscular and Neuromuscular Diseases I. Basis for the Selection of 139 Genetically Determined Disorders of the Nervous and Neuromuscular Systems II. Genetic Terminology and the Risk of Affection in Relatives According to Pattern of Transmission III. Linkage IV. Incidence V. Brief Descriptions of Genetically Determined Disorders of the Nervous and Neuromuscular System VI. Summary and Conclusions ReferencesAuthor IndexSubject Index