A comprehensive review of autonomic control of the heart and coronary blood vessels. This volume tackles the subject at all levels of control, from neurotransmitters, receptors and signal transduction mechanisms, to the responses of the conducting tissue, cardiac and vascular smooth muscle. The work also shows how the local autonomic factors contribute to the regulation of coronary blood flow and it highlights the role of the autonomic nervous system in cardiovascular diseases.
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Sympathetic mechanisms regulating myocardial contractility in conscious animals; anatomy and function of peripheral autonomic neurons involved in cardiac regulation; autonomic control of the myocardium: alpha-adrenoceptor mechanisms; autonomic control of the myocardium beta-adrenoceptor mechanisms; autonomic control of the myocardium: muscarinic cholinergic receptor mechanisms; autonomic control of the myocardium: non-adrenergic, non-cholinergic (NANC) mechanisms; from cardioaccelerator and inhibitory nerves to a 'heart brain': an evolution of concepts; autonomic control of cardiac conduction and automaticity; autonomic control of coronary blood flow; central integration of autonomic control of the heart, including the coronary circulation; reflexes governing autonomic outflow of the heart; the autonomic nervous system and life- threatening arrhythmia. (Part contents).
