Research Catalog

Title

Primer on the autonomic nervous system / edited by David Robertson, Phillip A. Low, Ronald J. Polinsky.

Publication

San Diego : Academic Press, 1996.

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Details

Additional Authors

• Robertson, David, 1947-
• Low, Phillip A.
• Polinsky, Ronald J.

Description

xv, 343 pages : illustrations (some color); 27 cm

Subjects

• Autonomic Nervous System > physiology
• Autonomic nervous system > Physiology
• Autonomic Nervous System Diseases > physiopathology
• Autonomic nervous system > Pathophysiology

Note

• Includes index.

Contents

• 1. Central Autonomic Regulation / Rogelio Mosqueda-Garcia -- 2. Peripheral Autonomic Nervous System / Robert W. Hamill -- 3. Skeletal Muscle Afferents and Cardiovascular Control / Jere H. Mitchell -- 4. Sexual Function / John D. Stewart -- 5. Gastrointestinal Function / Michael Camilleri -- 6. Regulation of Metabolism / Robert Hoeldtke -- 7. Autonomic Control of Cardiac Function / Kleber G. Franchini and Allen W. Cowley, Jr. -- 8. Neurogenic Control of Blood Vessels / Allen W. Cowley, Jr. and Kleber G. Franchini -- 9. Cerebral Circulation / Donald J. Reis and Eugene V. Golanov -- 10. High- and Low-Pressure Baroreflexes / Dwain L. Eckberg -- 11. The Bezold-Jarisch Reflex / Virend K. Somers and Allyn L. Mark -- 12. Other Cardiovascular Reflexes / Michael J. Joyner -- 13. Autonomic Control of the Pupil / H. Stanley Thompson -- 14. Aging and the Autonomic Nervous System / Lewis A. Lipsitz -- 15. Dopaminergic Neurotransmission / Irwin J. Kopin --
• 16. Noradrenergic Neurotransmission / David S. Goldstein -- 17. Purinergic Neurotransmission / Geoffrey Burnstock -- 18. Amino Acid Neurotransmission / William T. Talman -- 19. Imidazoline Receptors and Their Native Ligands / Donald J. Reis and S. Regunathan -- 20. Clinical Assessment of Autonomic Failure / David Robertson -- 21. Biochemical Assessment of Sympathetic Activity / Joseph L. Izzo, Jr. -- 22. Exercise and the Autonomic Nervous System / Vernon S. Bishop -- 23. Hypothermia / Bruce C. Paton -- 24. Environmental Hyperthermia / Timothy J. Ingall -- 25. Neuroleptic Malignant Syndrome / P. David Charles and Thomas L. Davis -- 26. Malignant Hyperthermia / Beverley A. Britt -- 27. Primary Hypertension and Sympathetic Nervous Activity / David A. Calhoun and Suzanne Oparil -- 28. Cardiac Arrhythmias and Sudden Death / Katherine T. Murray and Dan M. Roden -- 29. Cerebral Autonomic Regulation Underlying Cardiovascular Disease / James E. Skinner --
• 30. Transient Myocardial Ischemia and Infarction / Richard L. Verrier, Peter Y. D. Taylor and James E. Muller -- 31. Congestive Heart Failure / Murray Esler, David Kaye, Gavin Lambert and Garry Jennings -- 32. Evaluation of a Patient with Syncope / Horacio Kaufmann -- 33. Neurocardiogenic Syncope / Blair P. Grubb and Daniel J. Kosinski -- 34. Syncope in the Athlete / Victor A. Convertino -- 35. Pheochromocytoma and Neuroblastoma / William M. Manger and Ray W. Gifford, Jr. -- 36. Chemodectoma and the Familial Paraganglioma Syndrome / James L. Netterville and Robert Sinard -- 37. Baroreflex Failure / Rose Marie Robertson -- 38. Tetrahydrobiopterin Deficiency and Aromatic L-Amino Acid Decarboxylase Deficiency / Keith Hyland -- 39. Dopamine [beta]-Hydroxylase Deficiency / Anton H. van den Meiracker, Frans Boomsma and Arie J. Man in't Veld -- 40. Menkes Disease / Robert Hoeldtke -- 41. Monoamine Oxidase Deficiency States / Xandra Breakefield --
• 42. Disorders of Dopamine Metabolism / Otto Kuchel -- 43. Parkinson's Disease / Thomas L. Davis -- 44. Multiple System Atrophy and Shy-Danger Syndrome / Ronald J. Polinsky -- 45. Central Nervous System Disorders / Eduardo E. Benarroch -- 46. Autonomic Disturbances in Spinal Cord Injuries / Christopher J. Mathias -- 47. Pure Autonomic Failure / Irwin J. Schatz -- 48. Familial Dysautonomia / Felicia B. Axelrod -- 49. Hereditary Autonomic Neuropathies / Yadollah Harati and Aziz Taher Shaibani -- 50. Amyloidotic Autonomic Failure / Aziz Taher Shaibani and Yadollah Harati -- 51. Diabetic Autonomic Failure / Michael Pfeifer -- 52. Paraneoplastic Autonomic Dysfunction / Ramesh K. Khurana -- 53. Guillain-Barre Syndrome / James G. McLeod -- 54. Chagas' Disease / Mario Medici, Daniel Bulla, Alba Larre Borges and Raquel Ponce De Leon -- 55. Other Peripheral Neuropathies / James G. McLeod -- 56. Postural Tachycardia Syndrome / Phillip A. Low and Ronald Schondorf --
• 57. Orthostatic Intolerance: Mitral Valve Prolapse / H. Cecil Coghlan -- 58. Idiopathic Hypovolemia / Fetnat M. Fouad-Tarazi -- 59. Disorders of Sweating / Robert Fealey -- 60. Impotence / Douglas F. Milam -- 61. Sleep Apnea and Autonomic Failure / Sudhansu Chokroverty -- 62. Hypoadrenocorticism / David H. P. Streeten -- 63. Surgical Sympathectomy / Peter R. Wilson -- 64. Mastocytosis / L. Jackson Roberts II -- 65. Nonpharmacological Management of Autonomic Disorders / Wouter Wieling -- 66. Fludrocortisone / David Robertson -- 67. Midodrine and Other Pressor Drugs / Roy Freeman -- 68. Erythropoietin in Autonomic Failure / Italo Biaggioni.

ISBN

• 012589760X (hb : alk. paper)
• 0125897618 (pb : alk. paper)

LCCN

95025734

OCLC

• 33361311
• ocm33361311

Owning Institutions

Columbia University Libraries