Creatine and creatine phosphate : scientific and clinical perspectives /

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Imprint:San Diego, CA : Academic Press, c1996.
Description:xii, 242 p. : ill. ; 24 cm.
Language:English
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Format: Print Book
URL for this record:http://pi.lib.uchicago.edu/1001/cat/bib/2539547
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Other authors / contributors:Conway, Michael A.
Clark, Joseph F.
ISBN:0121863409
Notes:Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of Contents:
  • List of Contributors
  • A Brief Review of the Sections
  • Preface
  • Acknowledgements
  • Basic Biochemistry of Creatine and Creatine Phosphate: Old and New Ideas on the Roles of Phoshagens and their Kinases
  • Creatine Phosphate Shuttle Pathway in Tissues with Dynamic Energy Demand
  • Experimental Observations of Creatine and Creatine Phosphate Metabolism
  • An Introduction to the Cellular Creatine Kinase System in Contractile Tissue
  • Cardiac Energetics: Compartmentation of Creatine Kinase and Regulation of Oxidative Phosphorylation
  • The Role of the Creatine Kinase/Creatine Phosphate System Studied by Molecular Biology
  • Biochemical Basis for a Therapeutic Role of Creatine and Creatine Phosphate
  • Molecular and Cellular Mechanisms of Action for the Cardioprotective and Therapeutic Role of Creatine Phosphate
  • Effects of Creatine Phosphate on Cultured Cardiac Cells
  • Magnetic Resonance Spectroscopy of Creatine Phosphate in the Cardiovascular System: Creatine Phosphate: in vivo Human Cardiac Metabolism Studied by Magnetic Resonance Spectroscopy
  • Skeletal Muscle Metabolism in Heart Failure
  • Therapeutic Aspects of Creatine and Creatine Phosphate Metabolism: Clinical Experience with Creatine Phosphate Therapy
  • Creatine Phosphate Added to St. Thomas' Cardioplegia
  • Uses of Creatine Phosphate and Creatine Supplementation for the Athlete
  • Creatine and Creatine Phosphate: Future Perspectives
  • Appendix. Assay for Creatine and Creatine Phosphate
  • Glossary
  • Index