Autonomic Nervous System provides an introduction to the latest science and detailed chapters on advances in the clinical diagnosis and treatment of autonomic system disorders. The autonomic nervous system controls all involuntary actions within the human nervous system. Core body functions regulated by the autonomic system include breathing, heartbeat, blood pressure, body temperature, perspiration, and bowel, bladder and sexual function. Our understanding of the neurotransmitters associated with the autonomic nervous system has expanded over the past 15 years associated with current research efforts and are now impacting the diagnosis and treatment of autonomic nervous system disorders by clinical neurologists. This volume is a valuable companion for neuroscience and clinical neurology researchers and practitioners. A volume in the Handbook of Clinical Neurology series, which has an unparalleled reputation as the world's most comprehensive source of information in neurology International list of contributors, including the leading workers in the field Describes the advances that have occurred in clinical neurology and the neurosciences and their impact on the understanding of neurological disorders and on patient care Table of Contents 1. The autonomic nervous system; what do we miss? 2. Differential Responses of Components of the Autonomic Nervous System 3. Cotransmission in the autonomic nervous system 4. Sensitization of endocrine organs to anterior pituitary hormones by the autonomic nervous system 5. Central Control of Autonomic Function and Involvement in Neurodegenerative Disorders 6. Interaction between cognition, emotion and the autonomic nervous system 7. Interoception and ANS Reflexes Thermoregulation 8. Regulation of blood pressure by the arterial baroreflex and autonomic nervous system 9. Cooling, pain and other feelings from the body in relation to the autonomic nervous system 10. The Neurological Organization of Micturition 11. The clinical importance of the anti-inflammatory vago-vagal reflex 12. The Role of the Autonomic Nervous System in Cardiac Arrhythmias 13. Exercise and the Autonomic Nervous System 14. Autonomic control of bone formation: its clinical relevance 15. The circadian system and the balance of the autonomic nervous system 16. Autonomic Nervous System Control of the Cerebral Circulation 17. Autonomic Regulation of Kidney Function 18. Autonomic Neural Control of the Airways 19. Multiple system atrophy 20. Pure Autonomic Failure 21. Autonomic Dysfunction in Parkinson Disease 22. Diabetic Autonomic Neuropathy 23. Hypoglycemia-Associated Autonomic Failure in Diabetes 24. Sensory-autonomic interactions in health and disease 25. Autoimmune Autonomic Failure 26. The central sympathetic nervous system in hypertension 27. Pathology of emesis: its autonomic basis 28. Sympathetic Microneurography 29. Sympathetic Neuroimaging 30. Skin biopsies in the assessment of the autonomic nervous system 31. Heart Rate Variability 32. Chronic Activation of the Baroreflex and the Promise for Hypertension Therapy Ruud M. Buijs Dr. (Editor), Dick F. Swaab Professor (Editor)
