Many diseases may reflect dysfunctions of autonomic balance attributable to evolutionary displacement

Medical Hypotheses

Volumn 62, Issue 6, 2004, Pages 847-851

  Yun, A Joon ^a   Lee, Patrick Y ^a   Bazar, Kimberly A ^b  

^a STANFORD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b San Mateo County Medical Center   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADAPTATION; AUTONOMIC DYSFUNCTION; AUTONOMIC NERVOUS SYSTEM; CHRONIC DISEASE; EVOLUTION; HUMAN; INJURY; MALADJUSTMENT; PLEISTOCENE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW;

EID: 2542448355     PISSN: 03069877     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.mehy.2004.02.006     Document Type: Editorial

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