Dysfunctions
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Dysfunctions
(Handbook of clinical neurology, v. 75 = rev. ser. 31 . The autonomic nervous system ; pt. 2)
Elsevier, c2000
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Description
Autonomic nervous system dysfunction and pathology are dealt with in this volume. The profound autonomic accompaniments of acute and chronic pain are given extensive coverage. Physical exertion, the demands it places on autonomic control, and resulting thermoregulatory failure, as well as sexual dysfunction, are conjoined in this volume. Common diseases such as hypertension, heart disease, neoplasia, the epilepsies, and cerebrovascular disease perturb homeostasis and thus activate compensatory autonomic mechanisms. Chapters covering the important autonomic concomitants of these diseases form a separate section in Part II of this two-volume work on the autonomic nervous system. Until recently, neurologists claiming the importance of the autonomic nervous system have had to face an uphill struggle. With the publication of the present volumes, the struggle should now be won by those who long ago recognized that the study of the autonomic nervous system is fundamental to well-being and to the understanding of neurological, mental and other diseases.
Table of Contents
Foreword. List of Contributors. 1. Pathology of the autonomic nervous system (L.A. Bruch, R.E. Schmidt). 2. Thermoregulatory failure (R.D. Fealey). 3. Sexual function, dysfunction, orientation and the autonomic nervous system (G.J. Lopez, W.C. Koller). 4. Peripheral autonomic function and dysfunction (W.P. Cheshire, Jr.). 5. Familial dysautonomia (F.B. Axelrod, M.J. Hilz). 6. Central autonomic dysfunction (K.R. Chaudhuri, M. Hu). 7. Syncope (R. Freeman, S. Rutkove). 8. The autonomic nervous system and heredity (I. Biaggioni). 9. Mountain medicine and the autonomic nervous system (B.D. Levine). 10. Headache and the autonomic nervous system (P. Kruszewski, R. Salvesen, L.R. White, O. Sjaastad). 11. The autonomic nervous system and pain (R.J. Schwartzman). 12. The autonomic nervous system and the epilepsies (J.J. Shih, J.D. Dermon). 13. The autonomic nervous system and cerebrovascular disease (G. Micieli, A. Cavallini). 14. Chagas' disease (A. Antunes Barreira, J. Marin-Neto, R. Brandt de Oliveira). 15. The autonomic nervous system in prion and viral diseases (P. Cortelli). 16. The autonomic nervous system in heart disease (L. Bernardi, C. Passino, G. Spadacini). 17. Neurogenic aspects of hypertension (W.G. Haynes, F.M. Abboud). 18. The autonomic nervous system in intoxications and deficiency states (J.M. Spies and J.G. McLeod). 19. Neoplasia and the autonomic nervous system (R.K. Khurana). 20. Immunology and the autonomic nervous system (B.G.W. Arnason). 21. Spinal cord disease, trauma and autonomic nervous system dysfunction (D. Jichici, J.I. Frank). 22. Diabetes and the autonomic nervous system (Y. Harati). 23. The autonomic nervous system and gastrointestinal disorders (A. Albanese, G. Brisinda, C.J. Mathias). 24. The autonomic nervous system and micturition (V. Alladi, J.E. Knoefel). 25. The autonomic nervous system in peripheral neuropathies (D.W. Zochodne). 26. Treating neurogenic orthostatic hypotension (W. Wieling, P. Cortelli, C.J. Mathias). Subject Index for Parts I and II, Vols. 74 (30) and 75 (31)
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