Evolutionary forces drive beneficial adaptations in response to a complex array of
environmental conditions. In contrast, over several millennia, humans have been so …

The O2 requirements of contracting skeletal muscle may increase 100‐fold above rest. In
1919, August Krogh's brilliant insights recognized the capillary as the principal site for this …

Early in the last century August Krogh embarked on a series of seminal studies to
understand the connection between tissue metabolism and mechanisms by which the …

Vasomotion refers to spontaneous oscillation of small vessels observed in many
microvascular beds. It is an intrinsic phenomenon unrelated to cardiac rhythm or neural and …

A two-dimensional model to simulate the mass transfer of a permeable, deformable, and
adhesive capsule flowing in a binary solution of a vessel is proposed using the immersed …

This monograph evolved from years of research into the auditory pathway and hearing of
many species of marsupials. Its function is to give biologists, in particular neurobiologists, a …

Perfusion of the microcirculation depends on the arterio-venous pressure gradient,
rheological properties of the blood, and vasomotor tone. Vasomotor tone, in turn, depends …