Muscle

Part 1: Introduction 1. An Introduction to Muscle 2. A History of Muscle Part II: Cardiac Muscle Section A: Basic Physiology 3. Cardiac Myocyte Specification and Differentiation 4. Transcriptional Control of Cardiogenesis 5. Cardiomyocyte Ultrastructure 6. Overview of CArdiac Muscle Physiology 7. Ionic Fluxes and Genesis of the Cardiac Action Potential 8. G-Protein-Coupled Receptors in the Heart 9. Receptor Tyrosine Kinases in Cardiac Muscle 10. Communication in the Heart: Cardiokines as Mediators of a Molecular Social Network 11. Calcium Fluxes and Homeostasis 12. Excitation-Contraction Coupling in the Heart 13. Role of Sarcomeres in Cellular Tension, Shortening, and Signaling in Cardiac Muscle 14. Cardiovascular Mechanotransduction 15. Cardiomyocyte Metabolism: All Is in Flux 16. Transcriptional Control of Striated Muscle Mitochondrial Biogenesis and Function 17. Mitochondrial Morphology and Function 18. Genetics and Genomics in Cardiovascular Gene Discovery 19. Cardiovascular Proteomics: Assessment of Protein Post-Translational Modifications Section B: Adaptations and Response 20. Adaption and Responses: Myocardial Innervations adn Neural Control 21. Regulation of Cardiac Systolic Function and Contractility 22. Intracellular Signaling Pathways in Cardiac Remodeling 23. Oxidative Stress and Cardiac Muscle 24. Physiologic and Molecular Responses of the Heart to Chronic Exercise 25. Epigenetics in Cardiovascular Biology 26. Cardiac MicroRNAs 27. Protein Quality Control in Cardiomyocytes 28. Cardioprotection 29. Cardiac Fibrosis: Cellular and Molecular Determinants 30. Autophagy in Cardiac Physiology and Disease 31. Programmed Cardiomyocyte Death in Heart Disease 32. Wnt and Notch: Potent Regulators of Cardiomyocyte Specification, Proliferation, and Differentiation Section C: Myocardial Disease 33. Congenital Cardiomyopathies 34. Genetics of Congenital Heart Disease 35. Mechanisms of Stress-Induced Cardiac Hypertrophy 36. Ischemic Heart Disease 37. The Pathophysiology of Heart Failure 38. The Right Ventricle: Reemergence of the Forgotten Ventricle 39. Mammalian Myocardial Regeneration 40. The Structural Basis of Arrhythmia 41. Molecular and Cellular Mechanisms of Cardiac Arrhythmias 42. Genetic Mechanisms of Arrhythmia 43. Infiltrative adn Protein Misfolding Myocardial Diseases 44. Cardiac Aging: From Humans to Molecules 45. Adrenergic Receptor Polymorphisms in Heart Failure 46. Cardiac Gene Therapy 47. Protein Kinases in the Heart: Lessons Learned from Targeted Cancer Therapeutics 48. Cell Therapy for Cardiac Disease 49. Chemical Genetics of Cardiac Regeneration 50. Device Therapy for Systolic Ventricular Failure 51. Novel Therapeutic Targets and Strategies against Myocardial Diseases Part III: Skeletal Muscle Section A: Basic Physiology 52. Skeletal Muscle Development 53. Skeletal Muscle: Architecture of Membrane Systems 54. The Vertebrate Neuromuscular Junction 55. Neuromuscular Interactions that Control Muscle Function and Adaptation 56. Control of Resting CA2+ Concentration in Skeletal Muscle 57. Skeletal Muscle Excitation-Contraction Coupling 58. The Contractile Machinery of Skeletal Muscle 59. Skeletal Muscle Metabolism 60. Skeletal Muscle Fiber Types Section B: Adaptations and Response 61. Regulation of Skeletal Muscle Development and Function by microRNAs 62. Musculoskeletal Tissue Injury and Repair: Role of Stem Cells, Their Differentiation, and Paracrine Effects 63. Immunological Responses to Muscle Injury 64. Skeletal Muscle Adaptation to Exercise 65. Skeletal Muscle Regeneration 66. Skeletal Muscle Dystrophin-Glycoprotein Complex and Muscular Dystrophy Section C: Skeletal Muscle Disease 67. Statin-Induced Muscle Toxicity: Clinical and Genetic Determinants of Risk 68. Myotonic Dystrophy 69. Facioscapulohumeral Muscular Dystrophy: Unraveling the Mysteries of a Complex Epigenetic Disease 70. ECM-Related Myopathies and Muscular Dystrophies 71.