Advances in vagal afferent neurobiology /

Bibliographic Details
Other Authors: Undem, Bradley J., Weinreich, Daniel
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: Boca Raton, FL : Taylor & Francis/CRC Press, 2005.
Series:Frontiers in neuroscience (Boca Raton, Fla.)
Subjects:
Table of Contents:
  • Development and plasticity
  • The embryology of vagal sensory neurons
  • Vagal afferent neurons : neurotrophic factors and epigenetic influences
  • Vagal sensory ganglion neurons
  • Voltage-gated ion channels in vagal afferent neurons
  • Electrophysiological studies of target-identified vagal afferent cell bodies
  • Vagal sensory nerve terminals
  • Advances in neural tracing of vagal afferent nerves and terminals
  • Mechanotransduction by vagal tension receptors in the upper gut
  • Chemical transduction in vagal afferent nerve endings
  • Connection in the CNS
  • Synaptic transmission in the nucleus tractus solitarius (NTS)
  • Nitroxergic modulation in the NTS : implications for cardiovascular function
  • Monoaminergic modulation in the rainstem : implication for airway function
  • Organ-specific afferent nerves
  • Bronchopulmonary vagal afferent nerves
  • Vagal afferents innervating the gastrointestinal tract
  • Cardiac vagal afferent nerves
  • Vagal reflexes and sensation
  • Vagal afferent nerve stimulated reflexes in the GI tract
  • Reflexes initiated by activation of the vagal afferent nerves innervating the airways and lungs
  • Axon reflex and neurogenic inflammation in vagal afferent nerves
  • Vagal afferents and visceral pain
  • Electrical stimulation of the vagus nerve for the treatment of epilepsy