Handbook of the Autonomic Nervous System in Health and Disease

Liana Bolis, Julio Licinio, Stefano Govoni (Autoren)

Buch | Hardcover

696 Seiten

2002
Crc Press Inc (Verlag)
978-0-8247-0842-9 (ISBN)

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Examines the role of the ANS in the maintenance and control of bodily homeostasis, as well as in the pathogenesis, pathophysiology, and treatment of disorders such as cardiovascular disease, hypertension, asthma, arrhythmia, diabetes, ischemia, myocardial infarction, urinary retention, and depression.

C. Liana Bolis, University of Milan, Italy and AIREN WHO Collaborating Centre for Research and Training in Neuroscience Geneva, Switzerland. Julio Licinio, David Geffen School of Medicine at UCLA,Los Angeles, California, USA. Stefano Govoni, University of Pavia, Italy.

Preface 1. Structural and Chemical Organization of the Autonomic Neuroeffector System 2. Immune Function and Regulation of the Autonomic Nervous System: A Molecular Point of View 3. Organ Specificity of Autonomic Nervous System Responses 4. Plasticity in the Autonomic Nervous System: Responses of Adult Sympathetic Neurons to Injury 5. The Adrenal Medulla: Physiology and Pathophysiology 6. Autonomic Nervous System–Leptin Interactions: Impact on Metabolic Rate and Body Weight Regulation 7. The Autonomic Nervous System and Thermoregulation 8. Phylogenesis of the Autonomic Nervous System from Fish to Mammals 9. Clinical Studies of the Sympathetic Nervous System 10. Autonomic Regulation and Dysregulation of the Heart: Insights from Spectral Analysis of Cardiovascular Oscillations 11. Cardiovascular Autonomic Dysregulation 12. Uremic Cardiac Autonomic Neuropathy: Clinical Evaluation with Heart Rate Variability and Metaiodobenzylguanidine 13. The Function of the Autonomic Nervous System in Hypertension 14. Autonomic Control of the Airways 15. The Parasympathetic Nervous System in the Pathophysiology of the Gastrointestinal Tract 16. The Autonomic Nervous System in the Normal Control and Pathophysiology of the Exocrine–Endocrine Pancreas 17. Diabetes and the Autonomic Nervous System 18. Sympathetic Innervation of the Kidney in Health and Disease 19. Nerve Control of Bladder Function 20. Sleep Regulation and the Autonomic Nervous System 21. Major Depression and the Autonomic Nervous System

Erscheint lt. Verlag	29.10.2002
Verlagsort	Bosa Roca
Sprache	englisch
Maße	152 x 229 mm
Gewicht	1224 g
Themenwelt	Medizin / Pharmazie ► Medizinische Fachgebiete ► Neurologie
ISBN-10	0-8247-0842-3 / 0824708423
ISBN-13	978-0-8247-0842-9 / 9780824708429
Zustand	Neuware