Wilfrid Janig

Integrative Action of the Autonomic Nervous System (eBook, ePUB)

Neurobiology of Homeostasis

• Format: ePub

Produktbeschreibung

Almost all bodily functions are dependent on activity of the autonomic nervous system - from the cardiovascular system, the gastrointestinal tract, the evacuative and sexual organs, to the regulation of temperature, metabolism and tissue defence. Balanced functioning of each aspect of this system is an important basis of our life and well-being. In this long-awaited second edition, the author, a leading figure in this field, provides an up-to-date and detailed description of the cellular and integrative organization of the autonomic nervous system, covering both peripheral and central aspects. The book exposes modern neurobiological concepts that allow us to understand why this system normally runs so smoothly and why its deterioration has such disastrous consequences. This broad overview will appeal to researchers and advanced undergraduate students of the various biological and medical sciences studying how the autonomic nervous system works and to clinicians and physical therapists whose practice involves systems dependent on autonomic functions.

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: Cambridge University Press
• Erscheinungstermin: 31. Juli 2022
• Englisch
• ISBN-13: 9781108807272
• Artikelnr.: 66182764

Autorenporträt

Wilfrid Jänig is Professor Emeritus of Physiology at the Christian-Albrechts University in Kiel, Germany. He has conducted neurobiological research on the autonomic nervous system since 1973. He combined research in Kiel with research at universities in Australia (Brisbane, Melbourne, Sydney), at the Hebrew University in Jerusalem, and at the University of California, San Francisco. His experiments, in which electrical signals in single sympathetic nerve fibers were recorded during natural and reflex activity, have established the principle of selective control of peripheral organs by the brain and the involvement of the sympathetic nervous system in various types of pain and in inflammation.

Inhaltsangabe

Foreword to the Second Edition Elspeth McLachlan; Foreword to the First
Edition Elspeth McLachlan; Preface; List of abbreviations; Introduction:
The autonomic nervous system and the regulation of body functions; Part I.
The Autonomic Nervous System: Functional Anatomy and Interoceptive
Afferents: 1. Functional anatomy of the peripheral sympathetic and
parasympathetic nervous system; 2. Interoceptive afferent neurons and
autonomic regulation with special emphasis on the viscera; Part II.
Functional Organization of the Peripheral Autonomic Nervous System: 3. The
final autonomic pathway and its analysis; 4. The peripheral sympathetic and
parasympathetic pathways; 5. The enteric nervous system; Part III.
Transmission of Signals in the Peripheral Autonomic Nervous System: 6.
Impulse transmission through autonomic ganglia; 7. Mechanisms of
neuroeffector transmission; Part IV. Representation of the Autonomic
Nervous System in Spinal Cord, and Lower Brain Stem: 8. Anatomy of central
autonomic systems; 9. Spinal autonomic systems; 10. Regulation of organ
systems by the lower brain stem; Part V. The Centers of Homeostasis in the
Mesencephalon and Hypothalamus and their Telencephalic Control: 11.
Integration of autonomic regulation in upper brain stem and
limbic-hypothalamic centers: a summary; Epilogue The autonomic system in
future research: some personal views; Index.