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Basic and clinical neurocardiology /

Bibliographic Details
Other Authors: Armour, J. Andrew, Ardell, Jeffrey L.
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: Oxford, New York : Oxford University Press, 2004.
Subjects:
Cardiovascular System > innervation.
Autonomic Nervous System > physiology.
Cardiovascular System > physiopathology.
Neurotransmitter Agents > physiology.
Table of Contents:
  • Electrophysiological properties of intrinsic cardiac neurons
  • Colocalization of multiple neurochemicals in mammalian intrathoracic neurons
  • Cardiac sensory neurons
  • Intrathoracic neuronal regulation of cardiac function
  • Integrative control of cardiac function by cervical and thoracic spinal neurons
  • Central nervous system regulation of the heart
  • Forebrain control of healthy and diseased hearts
  • Ontogeny of the cardiac nervous system
  • Aging and neural responses in the heart
  • The genesis of pain during myocardial ischemia and infarction
  • Neuronal modulation of atrial and ventricular electrical properties
  • Sympathetic nervous system in the evolution of heart failure
  • The pathogenesis of hypertension
  • Psychological aspects of heart disease
  • Epilogue : relevance of the cardiac neuronal hierarchy in heart disease