Note: Front Cover -- Oxygen Transport to Tissue -- Copyright Page -- Table of Contents -- Preface -- Session I: heterogeneities and O2 transport, model and experimental -- Chapter 1. Tissue oxygen supply and critical oxygen pressure -- Chapter 2. Redox gradients in oxygen delivery to tissue -- Chapter 3. Channels of oxygen transport from blood to mitochondria -- Chapter 4. Oxygen tension profiles and oxygen consumption inhomogeneities in the arterial wall: Implications for atherogenesis -- Chapter 5. Correlation of electrical signals and mitochondrial redox state during spreading depression -- Chapter 6. Rate of O2 consumption and redox state of cytochrome C (+C i) measured in liver in situ by reflectance spectrophotometry: Effect of ethanol ingestion -- Chapter 7. Heterogeneous oxygen transport within malignant tumors -- Chapter 8. Evaluation of ERG as a model of cerebral tissue PO2 changes with environmental stress -- Chapter 9. A theoretical method of analysis of the dynamics of oxygen exchange in the microcirculation of the intestinal tract in the dog that is applicable in the shock state -- Chapter 10. Quantitative analysis of reflection spectra by simulation experiments on tissue -- Chapter 11. Experimental and mathematical studies of oxygen transport in the fetal cerebral microcirculation -- Chapter 12. Effect of diffusion heterogeneity on oxygen tension in tissue -- Chapter 13. Intracellular microheterogeneity of oxygen concentrations -- Chapter 14. Non-invasive PO2 monitoring at the palpebral conjunctiva -- Chapter 15. Microregional oxygen transmissibility following ischemia in the brain -- Chapter 16. Discussion and summary. Session I - Heterogeneities and O2 transport, model and experimental -- Session II: heterogeneities and O2 transport, model and experimental -- Chapter 17. Myocardial flow heterogeneity and diffusional shunting. , Chapter 18. Heterogeneity in tissue oxygenation -- systemic and local factors -- Chapter 19. Probabilistic modeling of oxygen transport in brain tissue -- Chapter 20. Microflow and oxygen supply on the brain during local and generalized activation -- Chapter 21. Oxygen sufficiency in the "working" brain -- Chapter 22. Theophylline induced changes of respiratory chain function in rabbit papillary muscle -- Chapter 23. The use of O2-optode for measuring substances as glucose by using oxidative enzymes for biological applications -- Chapter 24. Continuous measurements of intramuscular oxygen tension during exercise by use of a flexible catheter transducer -- Chapter 25. Oxygen, pH and glucose measurements in cerebral ischaemia -- Chapter 26. O2 -induced intramembrane H+ movements in the mitochondrial membrane -- Chapter 27. Effect of different membranes on a transcutaneous PO2 electrode used in the presence of anesthetic agents -- Chapter 28. Structural basis for the organization of the interstitial space to form a tissue unit -- Chapter 29. Determination of skin blood flow during transcutaneous monitoring -- Chapter 30. Discussion and summary. Session II - Heterogeneities and O2 transport, model and experimental -- Session III: autoregulation of blood flow and O2 delivery -- Chapter 31. Regional regulation of cerebral hemodynamics and metabolism -- Chapter 32. The role of local chemical factors in the adjustment of cerebrovascular resistance during functional hyperemia and autoregulation -- Chapter 33. Redox state and vascular volume changes in the cat brain cortex during CBF autoregulation -- Chapter 34. Local factors affecting regulation of microflow, O2 uptake and energy metabolism -- Chapter 35. pO2 and sodium dependent mechanism regulating liver blood flow. , Chapter 36. Role of the peripheral sympathetic nervous system in the post-anoxic recovery of the brain -- Chapter 37. Influence of chemoreceptors on microcirculation of various organs -- Chapter 38. Oxygen transport in cortex of awake brain -- Chapter 39. Effect of hypoxia on microcirculation and energy supply of the small intestine in cats -- Chapter 40. The influence of capillary blood flow and O2 transport dynamics in brain nervous tissue: Simulation -- Chapter 41. Effect of carbon dioxide on blood flow velocity in the arteriole of cat's cerebral cortex -- Chapter 42. A facility for oxygen transport to the brain -- Chapter 43. Normal oxygen tensions in the canine spinal cord -- Chapter 44. Effect of venous occlusion on skin PO2 of lower extremities with arterial obstructive diseases and sympathectomy -- Chapter 45. Arterial hypotension-induced cytoplasmic NADH fluorescence changes in the cat brain cortex. Effect of dexamethasone -- Chapter 46. Effect of oxygen on arteriolar dilation and blood velocity during and after arterial occlusion in cat sartorius muscle -- Chapter 47. Effect of autonomic blocking agents on the local cerebral circulation of the rat -- Chapter 48. Discussion and summary. Session III - Autoregulation of blood flow and O2 delivery -- Session IV: oxygen transport and organ function -- Chapter 49. Tissue oxygenation and tissue metabolism in the brain cortex during pronounced arterial hypocapnia -- Chapter 50. Control mechanisms involved in the regulation of cerebral tissue pressure in oxygen -- Chapter 51. Tissue oxygenation in normal and hyperthermic conditions -- Chapter 52. NAD-NADH and vascular volume oscillations in the cat brain cortex -- Chapter 53. Resistance to blood flow in denervated canine hindlimb during hypoxia. , Chapter 54. Oxygen consumption by drone photoreceptors in darkness and during repetitive stimulation with light flashes -- Chapter 55. The distribution of RBC velocity in capillaries of resting skeletal muscle -- Chapter 56. Reactivity and regenerability of the cardio-pulmonary system. The arterial pO2 as a diagnostic parameter -- Chapter 57. Physiologic adaption of myocardial contractile strength as determined by direct changes in myocardial metabolism independent of hemodynamic loading -- Chapter 58. Oxygen tension in relation to energy metabolism in exercising human skeletal muscle -- Chapter 59. Opposite changes in the redox state of the brain cortex depending on the length and strength of direct cortical stimulation -- Chapter 60. Oxygen supply of the brain cortex (rat) during severe hypoglycemia -- Chapter 61. Skeletal muscle surface oxygen pressure fields in humans -- Chapter 62. Tissue pH-distribution within malignant tumors as measured with antimony microelectrodes -- Chapter 63. Intra-amniotic injection of an oxygen carrier (perfluorotributylamine) during the last stages of the rat fetal development -- Chapter 64. Effect of calcium and nickel ions on glycolytic and oxidative metabolism and contractility of the rat uterus -- Chapter 65. Blood O2 dissociation curve and O2 transport to the isolated and perfused turtle heart -- Chapter 66. Microcirculation and oxygen availability in the brain cortex at depressed electrical activity -- Chapter 67. Metabolic steady states in the uterus -- Chapter 68. Effect of oxygen on histotoxic hypoxia caused by cyanide -- Chapter 69. The effect of acetazolamide on brain O2 metabolism -- Chapter 70. The influence of traumatic toxaemia on the corticosteroid level and on the activity of mitochondrial enzymes -- Chapter 71. Discussion and summary. Session IV - Oxygen transport and organ functions. , Session V: Rheology and oxygen transport -- Chapter 72. Blood rheology and oxygen transport to tissues -- Chapter 73. Microvascular distribution of blood volume flow and hematocrit as related to oxygen delivery -- Chapter 74. Effects of red cell shape abnormalities, decreased pH and anemia on tissue Po2 -- Chapter 75. Stagnant anoxia on the basis of hemorheological occlusion: Rheological and physiological aspects of the "yield shear stress" of blood -- Chapter 76. Interaction of CO2 and lactic acid upon the O2 -Hb affinity of mammalian blood and the theoretical role of red cell pH -- Chapter 77. Influence of rheology on oxygen transfer into whole blood and hemoglobin solutions flowing in tubes (data-theory) -- Chapter 78. Facilitation of oxygen diffusion in hemoglobin solutions: Measurement of electrical effects -- Chapter 79. A new non-invasive technique for measuring O2 -saturations of hemoglobin using wavelength-distances and its application to human and animal skin transplants -- Chapter 80. A new model for simulating the oxygen pressure field of skin -- Chapter 81. Facilitation of oxygen diffusion in hemoglobin solutions: New theoretical aspects -- Chapter 82. Facilitation of oxygen diffusion in hemoglobin solutions: Influence of various salt concentrations -- Chapter 83. Altered oxygen transport in sickle cell anaemia -- Chapter 84. Hemoglobin-myoglobin teamwork -- Chapter 85. Acute increased oxygen hemoglobin affinity in rats: Hemodynamic consequences -- Chapter 86. Oxygen solubility in normal human blood -- Chapter 87. Assessment of the retinal blood supply - A new method -- Chapter 88. Discussion and summary. Session V - Rheology and oxygen transport -- Index.