Primer on the Autonomic Nervous System

David Robertson, etc., Phillip A. Low, Ronald J. Polinsky (Herausgeber)

Buch | Softcover

275 Seiten

1996
Academic Press Inc (Verlag)
978-0-12-589761-7 (ISBN)

Infos

This text presents key information about how the autonomic nervous system controls bodily function and dysfunction.

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The autonomic nervous systems controls involuntary functions like blood pressure, heart rate, gastrointestinal, genitourinary, sexual function, and is involved in stress, myocardial interaction, hypertension, and sudden death. The autonomic systems lies in the borderland of several disciplines including neurology, cardiology, clinical pharmacology, endocrinology and neuroscience Features: * Compact for easy access and readability * Written by the leading autonomic authorities * Up-to-date key information * Both basic and clinical for scientists, physicians and students

Inhalt

Anatomy; physiology; pharmacology; clinical evaluation of autonomic function; environmental and physical stresses; ageing and the autonomic nervous system; cardiovascular and cerebrovascular disorders; paroxymal autonomic syncopes; catecholamine disorders; central autonomic disorders; peripheral autonomic disorders; orthostatic intolerance syndromes; other clinical conditions; non-pharmacological management of autonomic disorders; pharmacological management of autonomic diorders.

Produkt-Details

• Erscheint lt. Verlag: 20.6.1996
• Zusatzinfo: references, index
• Verlagsort: San Diego
• Sprache: englisch
• Maße: 171 x 253 mm
• Gewicht: 631 g
• Themenwelt: Medizin / Pharmazie ► Medizinische Fachgebiete ► Neurologie
• Themenwelt: Studium ► 1. Studienabschnitt (Vorklinik) ► Anatomie / Neuroanatomie
• Themenwelt: Naturwissenschaften ► Biologie ► Humanbiologie
• Themenwelt: Naturwissenschaften ► Biologie ► Zoologie
• ISBN-10: 0-12-589761-8 / 0125897618
• ISBN-13: 978-0-12-589761-7 / 9780125897617
• Zustand: Neuware