Morphofunctional and Neurochemical Aspects of the Mammalian Carotid Body
About this ebook
The authors review the state of the art of the neurochemical anatomy of carotid body ́s cell populations with a special reference to their structural and neurochemical plasticity. The essential role of this organ in the generation, progression and maintenance of cardiorespiratory and metabolic diseases in humans and other mammals is presented. Finally, the book summarizes current knowledge on the stem cell niche in the mammalian carotid body and discusses its contribution to replacement cell therapy and other potential applications in translational research.
This book represents an essential reading for physiologists, anatomists, cell, and developmental biologists, as well as physicians, veterinarians, and biomedical researchers.
About the author
Dr. Dimitrinka Y. Atanasova is a research associate professor at the Department of Synaptic Signaling and Communications at the Institute of Neurobiology of the Bulgarian Academy of Sciences. She received a master's degree in Biology at Sofia University “St. Kliment Ohridski” in 2000 and a Ph.D. degree in Morphology at the Institute of Experimental Morphology, Pathology, and Anthropology with a Museum, Bulgarian Academy of Sciences in 2015. Dr. Atanasova was appointed Assistant Professor in the Department of Anatomy at the Medical Faculty of Trakia University - Stara Zagora in 2016, and in 2020 she was elected Associate Professor at the same Department. She has been a visiting scholar at the Max Planck Institute for Biophysical Chemistry, Göttingen, Germany and at the Institute of Anatomy, University Medical Center, Rostock University, Germany. Her scientific interests are in the field of experimental morphology and, in particular, the carotid body morphology and neurochemistry.
