The autonomic nervous system: Basic anatomy and physiology

CONTINUUM Lifelong Learning in Neurology

Volumn 13, Issue 6, 2007, Pages 13-32

  Benarroch, Eduardo E ^a  

^a MAYO CLINIC   (United States)

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Indexed keywords

NEUROTRANSMITTER;

ADRENERGIC SYSTEM; ADRENERGIC TRANSMISSION; AMYGDALOID NUCLEUS; ANTIDROMIC STIMULATION; ARTERIAL PRESSURE; AUTONOMIC GANGLION; AUTONOMIC NERVOUS SYSTEM; AUTONOMIC NERVOUS SYSTEM FUNCTION; BEHAVIOR; BLOOD FLOW; BLOOD PRESSURE REGULATION; BRAIN STEM; CHOLINERGIC SYSTEM; CHOLINERGIC TRANSMISSION; CINGULATE GYRUS; EMOTION; GASTROINTESTINAL MOTILITY; GASTROINTESTINAL SECRETION; HOMEOSTASIS AND REGULATION; HUMAN; HYPOTHALAMUS; INSULA; INTESTINE INNERVATION; INTESTINE WALL; MEDULLA OBLONGATA; METABOLISM; MICTURITION; NERVE CELL; PARABRACHIAL NUCLEUS; PERIAQUEDUCTAL GRAY MATTER; PERIPHERAL NERVOUS SYSTEM; PREGANGLIONIC NERVE; PREGANGLIONIC NERVE CELL; REFLEX ARC; RESPIRATORY SYSTEM; REVIEW; SENSORIMOTOR FUNCTION; SENSORY NERVE; SEXUAL FUNCTION; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; SOLITARY TRACT NUCLEUS; SPINAL CORD; STIMULUS; STRESS; TELENCEPHALON; THALAMUS VENTRAL NUCLEUS; THERMOREGULATION; VISCERAL PAIN;

EID: 37349003092     PISSN: 10802371     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1212/01.CON.0000299964.20642.9a     Document Type: Review

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