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Primer on the Autonomic Nervous System.
The Primer on the Autonomic Nervous System presents, in a readable and accessible format, key information about how the autonomic nervous system controls the body, particularly in response to stress. It represents the largest collection of world-wide autonomic nervous system authorities ever assembl...
| Clasificación: | Libro Electrónico |
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| Otros Autores: | , , , |
| Formato: | Electrónico eBook |
| Idioma: | Inglés |
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Burlington :
Elsevier Science,
2011.
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| Edición: | 3rd ed. |
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| Acceso en línea: | Texto completo |
Tabla de Contenidos:
- Front Cover; Primer on the Autonomic Nervous System; Copyright Page; Contents; Preface; List of Contributors; I. Introduction; 1 Development and Differentiation of Autonomic Neurons; Introduction; The ANS is Derived from Neural Crest Cells; Signaling Molecules Regulate the Developmental Processes of the ANS; Transcriptional Regulatory Code Underlying the Development and Phenotypic Specification of the ANS; Mash1 (also called Cash1); Phox2 Genes; GATA3; AP2(Activator Protein 2)ß; Other Transcription Factors; Neurotransmitter Phenotypes of the ANS; NA Phenotype.
- Control Mechanism of DBH Gene Expression is Closely Related to the ANS DevelopmentMutations of DBH Gene are Closely Associated with the Autonomic Disorder, Orthostatic Hypotension; Cholinergic Phenotype and the Switch of Neurotransmitter Phenotypes by Target Cell Interactions; Acknowledgements; References; 2 Central Autonomic Control; Forebrain Components; Insular Cortex; Anterior Cingulate Cortex; Amygdala; Hypothalamus; Brainstem Components; Periaqueductal Gray; Parabrachial Complex and Adjacent Regions of the Pons; Nucleus of the Solitary Tract; Rostral Ventrolateral Medulla.
- Caudal Ventrolateral MedullaVentromedial Medulla and Caudal Raphe; Autonomic Output of the Central Nervous System; Sympathetic Preganglionic Units; Parasympathetic Outputs; Vagal Output; Sacral Parasympathetic Output; References; 3 Imaging of Brainstem Sites Involved in Cardiovascular Control; Identification of Medullary Cardiovascular Nuclei in Experimental Animals; Identification of Medullary Cardiovascular Nuclei in Humans; References; 4 Peripheral Autonomic Nervous System; Sympathetic Nervous system (See Fig. 4.1); Sympathoadrenal Axis and the Adrenal Gland.
- Parasympathetic Nervous System (See Fig. 4.1)The Concept of Plurichemical Transmission and Chemical Coding; Visceral Afferent Neurons and Autonomic Nervous System; Functional Neuroanatomy and Biochemical Pharmacology; Stress and Autonomic Dysfunction; References; Further Reading; 5 Cotransmission; Early Studies; Sympathetic Nerves; Parasympathetic Nerves; Sensory-Motor Nerves; Enteric and Cardiac Nerves; Physiological Significance of Cotransmission; Cotransmitters with Different Firing Patterns; Different Cotransmitters act on Different Postjunctional Cells; Neuromodulation; Synergism.
- Negative Cross-TalkTrophic Factors; Excitatory and Inhibitory Cotransmitters; False Cotransmitters; Coexisting Peptides Acting as Neuromodulators; Cotransmitter Plasticity; Concluding Comments; References; II. Biochemical and Pharmacological Mechanisms; 6 Noradrenergic Neurotransmission; Catecholamines, and Catechols; Noradrenergic Innervation of the Cardiovascular System; Norepinephrine: the Main Sympathetic Cardiovascular Neurotransmitter; Norepinephrine Synthesis; Norepinephrine Storage; Norepinephrine Release; Norepinephrine Disposition; Norepinephrine Metabolism.