InhaltsangabeForeword by Nektarios Tavernarakis Foreword by Pontus Persson Editorial Contributors Part I Mechanosensitivity of Nervous Cells 1. Mechanosensitive Channels in Neuronal and Astroglial Cells in the Nervous System Sergei Kirischuk 2. Ion Channels with Mechanosensitivity in the Nervous System Gehoon Chung and Seog Bae Oh 3. Mechanosensitive Cation Currents and their Molecular Counterparts in Mammalian Sensory Neurons Jizhe Hao, Matthieu Raoux, Nathalie Azorin, Lise Rodat-Despoix, Aurélie Giamarchi, François Maingret, Marcel Crest, Bertrand Coste, and Patrick Delmas 4. Neurons and Cell Swelling-Induced Peptide Hormone Secretion Vladimir Strbák 5. Neuronal Mechanosensitivity in the Gastrointestinal Tract Scott D. Smid Part II Mechanosensitivity of the Receptors 6. Mechanosensitivity of the Cochlea Keiji Tabuchi and Akira Hara 7. Osmoreceptors in cochlear outer hair cells Narinobu Harada 8. Are Stretch-Activated Channels an Ocular Barometer? James C. H. Tan and Minas T. Coroneo 9. Neuromodulation of mechanosensory input to the insect CNS. Beulah Leitch and Robert M. Pitman Part III Biomechanic of Nervous System 10. Biomechanics of the CNS Kristian Franze, Andreas Reichenbach, and Josef Käs 11. The neural representation of Kinematics and Dynamics in multiple brain regions: The use of force field reaching paradigms in the Primate and Rat Joseph T. Francis 12. Mechanical properties of brain tissue: Characterisation and constitutive modelling Hans A.W. van Dommelen, Matej Hrapko, and Gerrit W.M. Peters 13. Role of falx on brain stress-strain responses Narayan Yoganandan, Jianrong Li, Jiangyue Zhang, and Frank A. Pintar 14. Exercise and Nervous System Kazuhiro Imai, Hiroyuki Nakajima Part IV Mechanosensitivity of Neurovascular System 15. Mechanosensitive Calcium Fluxes in the Neurovascular Unit: TRP Channel Regulation of the Blood-Brain Barrier Rachel C. Brown and Roger G. O'Neil Index

Foreword by Nektarios Tavernarakis Foreword by Pontus Persson Editorial Contributors Part I Mechanosensitivity of Nervous Cells 1. Mechanosensitive Channels in Neuronal and Astroglial Cells in the Nervous System Sergei Kirischuk 2. Ion Channels with Mechanosensitivity in the Nervous System Gehoon Chung and Seog Bae Oh 3. Mechanosensitive Cation Currents and their Molecular Counterparts in Mammalian Sensory Neurons Jizhe Hao, Matthieu Raoux, Nathalie Azorin, Lise Rodat-Despoix, Aurelie Giamarchi, Francois Maingret, Marcel Crest, Bertrand Coste, and Patrick Delmas 4. Neurons and Cell Swelling-Induced Peptide Hormone Secretion Vladimir Å trbak 5. Neuronal Mechanosensitivity in the Gastrointestinal Tract Scott D. Smid Part II Mechanosensitivity of the Receptors 6. Mechanosensitivity of the Cochlea Keiji Tabuchi and Akira Hara 7. Osmoreceptors in cochlear outer hair cells Narinobu Harada 8. Are Stretch-Activated Channels an Ocular Barometer? James C. H. Tan and Minas T. Coroneo 9. Neuromodulation of mechanosensory input to the insect CNS. Beulah Leitch and Robert M. Pitman Part III Biomechanic of Nervous System 10. Biomechanics of the CNS Kristian Franze, Andreas Reichenbach, and Josef Käs 11. The neural representation of Kinematics and Dynamics in multiple brain regions: The use of force field reaching paradigms in the Primate and Rat Joseph T. Francis 12. Mechanical properties of brain tissue: Characterisation and constitutive modelling Hans A.W. van Dommelen, Matej Hrapko, and Gerrit W.M. Peters 13. Role of falx on brain stress-strain responses Narayan Yoganandan, Jianrong Li, Jiangyue Zhang, and Frank A. Pintar 14. Exercise and Nervous System Kazuhiro Imai, Hiroyuki Nakajima Part IV Mechanosensitivity of Neurovascular System 15. Mechanosensitive Calcium Fluxes in the Neurovascular Unit: TRP Channel Regulation of the Blood-Brain Barrier Rachel C. Brown and Roger G. O¿Neil Index