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Handbook of the Autonomic Nervous System in Health and Disease
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Handbook of the Autonomic Nervous System in Health and Disease
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Handbook of the Autonomic Nervous System in Health and Disease book
ByLiana Bolis, Julio Licinio, Stefano Govoni
Edition 1st Edition
First Published 2002
eBook Published 29 October 2002
Pub. Location Boca Raton
Imprint CRC Press
Pages 696
eBook ISBN 9780429221446
Subjects Medicine, Dentistry, Nursing & Allied Health
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Bolis, L., Licinio, J., & Govoni, S. (2002). Handbook of the Autonomic Nervous System in Health and Disease (1st ed.). CRC Press. https://doi.org/10.1201/9780203908891
ABSTRACT
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.
TABLE OF CONTENTS
chapter 1|54 pages
Structural and Chemical Organization of the Autonomic Neuroeffector System
ByGeoffrey Burnstock
chapter 2|80 pages
Immune Function and Regulation of the Autonomic Nervous System: A Molecular Point of View
BySerge Rivest
chapter 4|18 pages
Plasticity in the Autonomic Nervous System: Responses of Adult Sympathetic Neurons to Injury
ByRichard E. Zigmond
chapter 5|40 pages
The Adrenal Medulla: Physiology and Pathophysiology
ByGraeme Eisenhofer, Monika Ehrhart-Bornstein, Stefan R. Bornstein
chapter 6|22 pages
Autonomic Nervous System–Leptin Interactions: Impact on Metabolic Rate and Body Weight Regulation
ByBulent Yildiz, Metin Ozata, Ma-Li Wong, Julio Licinio
chapter 8|18 pages
Phylogenesis of the Autonomic Nervous System from Fish to Mammals
ByC. Liana Bolis, Andrea Zenone Dalla Valle, Margherita Piccolella
chapter 9|28 pages
Clinical Studies of the Sympathetic Nervous System
ByMurray Esler, Magdalena S. Rumantir
chapter 10|40 pages
Autonomic Regulation and Dysregulation of the Heart: Insights from Spectral Analysis of Cardiovascular Oscillations
ByMassimo Pagani, Daniela Lucini
chapter 11|40 pages
Cardiovascular Autonomic Dysregulation
ByVilho V. Myllylä, Juha T. Korpelainen, Tarja H. Haapaniemi, Uolevi Tolonen, Timo H. Mäkikallio, Mikko P. Tulppo, Kyösti A. Sotaniemi, Heikki V. Huikuri
chapter 12|22 pages
Uremic Cardiac Autonomic Neuropathy: Clinical Evaluation with Heart Rate Variability and Metaiodobenzylguanidine
ByLiana Bolis, Julio Licinio, Stefano Govoni
chapter 13|14 pages
The Function of the Autonomic Nervous System in Hypertension
ByGuido Grassi, Giuseppe Mancia
chapter 15|42 pages
The Parasympathetic Nervous System in the Pathophysiology of the Gastrointestinal Tract
ByYvette Taché
chapter 16|32 pages
The Autonomic Nervous System in the Normal Control and Pathophysiology of the Exocrine–Endocrine Pancreas
ByOsvaldo M. Tiscornia
chapter 17|24 pages
Diabetes and the Autonomic Nervous System
ByMaria Grazia Natali-Sora, Guido Pozza
chapter 18|28 pages
Sympathetic Innervation of the Kidney in Health and Disease
ByLars Christian Rump, Kerstin Amann, Eberhard Ritz
chapter 20|20 pages
Sleep Regulation and the Autonomic Nervous System
ByHarvey Moldofsky, Wah-Ping Luk
