Central control of autonomic functions in health and disease

• Main Author: Stuart J. McDougall (auth)
• Other Authors: Andrei V. Derbenev (auth), Heike Munzberg (auth), Andrea Zsombok (auth)
• Format: Electronic Book Chapter
• Language: English
• Published: Frontiers Media SA 2015
• Series: Frontiers Research Topics
• Subjects: Neurosciences; Hypertension; Nucleus Accumbens; Thermogenesis; vagal afferents; TRPV Cation Channels; Leptin; Sympathetic Nervous System; Parasympathetic Nervous System; Glucose; Hypoglycemia
• Online Access: DOAB: download the publication; DOAB: description of the publication

The field of autonomic neuroscience research concentrates on those neural pathways and processes that ultimately modulate parasympathetic and sympathetic output to alter peripheral organ function. In the following ebook, laboratories from across the field have contributed reviews and original resear...