Description: This book describes the use of quantitative methods in studies in organized metabolic systems, such as mathematical modeling and Metabolic Control Analysis, for investigation of the problems of bioenergetics of the cell and also presents new experimental results. The following central problems of cellular bioenergetics are the focus of the discussions: the mechanisms of regulation of oxidative phosphorylation in cells in vivo in health and disease, the influence of fine intracellular structural organization on mitochondrial function, the intracellular networks of energy transfer and metabolic feedback signaling, the role of mitochondria in intracellular calciumcycling, and changes in mitochondrial membrane systems and cellular energetics under pathological conditions.

The results of the studies presented in this book, together with physiological and NMR data on the cardiac metabolic and mitochondrial responses to workload changes, confirm the concept of metabolic networks of energy transfer and feedback regulation. The papers, mostly review articles, are written by the leading experts in the field who analyze their experience of research and give insights into the future development of this increasingly important area of biological sciences.

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