Development of the Autonomic Nervous System
Published on 14. September 2009
384 pages
978-0-470-71834-6 (ISBN)
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The Novartis Foundation Series is a popular collection of the proceedings from Novartis Foundation Symposia, in which groups of leading scientists from a range of topics across biology, chemistry and medicine assembled to present papers and discuss results. The Novartis Foundation, originally known as the Ciba Foundation, is well known to scientists and clinicians around the world.
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05/2008
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Katherine Elliott is the editor of Development of the Autonomic Nervous System, published by Wiley.
Geralyn Lawrenson is the editor of Development of the Autonomic Nervous System, published by Wiley.
Content
- Intro
- Development of the autonomic nervous system
- Contents
- Current approaches to development of the autonomic nervous system: clues to clinical problems
- Discussion
- Plasticity in the development of the peripheral nervous system
- Discussion
- Development of enteric neurons from non-recognizable precursor cells
- Discussion
- Autonomic regulation of cardiovascular function in neonates
- Discussion
- Developmental influences on vascular structure and function
- Discussion
- Growth and development of sympathetic neurons in tissue culture
- Adrenergic-cholinergic dual function in cultured sympathetic neurons of the rat
- DISCUSSION OF THE TWO PRECEDING PAPERS
- In vitro responses of sympathetic neurons to nerve growth factor and other macromolecular agents
- Discussion
- Transmitter phenotypic expression in the embryo
- Discussion
- Interactions between developing autonomic neurons and their target tissues
- Discussion
- Factors regulating growth of catecholamine-containing nerves, as revealed by transplantation and ex- plantation studies
- Discussion
- Regulation of synaptic connections in the rabbit ciliary ganglion
- Discussion
- Pregnancy induces degenerative and regenerative changes in the autonomic innervation of the female reproductive tract
- Discussion
- GENERAL DISCUSSION
- Cholinergic synapse development in chick sympathetic ganglia
- Effect of substratum on neurite outgrowth in vitro
- The link between laboratory work and clinical practice
- The autonomic nervous system and perinatal metabolism
- Discussion
- Fetal cardiovascular reactions during labour and asphyxia modified by adrenergic receptor agonists and antagonists
- Discussion
- Myenteric plexus of the hind-gut: developmental abnormalities in humans and experimental studies
- Discussion
- FINAL GENERAL DISCUSSION
- Hirschsprung's disease: embryological aspects and basic mechanisms
- Nerve growth factor and other trophic factors in conditioned media (with some immunological considerations)
- Chairman's concluding remarks
- Index of contributors
- Subject index
