Aging of the Autonomic Nervous SystemAging of the Autonomic Nervous System is the first book devoted to the aging of the autonomic nervous system. The book presents the most recent findings on topics such as general aspects of the autonomic nervous system, main neurotransmitter systems, age-dependent changes of neuroeffector mechanisms in target organs, and therapeutic perspectives. It also provides a comprehensive analysis of the possible consequences of these findings. Aging of the Autonomic Nervous System will be a useful volume for gerontologists and neuroscientists. |
Contents
Chapter | 3 |
Chapter | 9 |
The Peripheral Nerve | 21 |
Chapter 3 | 37 |
Chapter 4 | 71 |
Chapter 5 | 95 |
Effect of Age on the Response of Target Organs | 109 |
Chapter 7 | 139 |
Influence of Age on Neuroeffector Mechanisms of | 167 |
Common terms and phrases
acetylcholine activity adrenergic nerve adrenergic receptors adult afferent age-dependent age-related changes age-related decrease aged rats Ageing Dev agonists airway alterations animals arteries autonomic nervous system axons B-adrenergic B-adrenoceptor baroreflex blood flow blood pressure blood vessels Brain Res capsaicin cardiac cardiovascular catecholamines cells cerebral CGRP cholinergic Clin decline density disease DOPA dopamine Effect of age enzyme Felten fluorescence function ganglion Gerontol heart rate Hervonen histochemical hypertension hypothalamus immunoreactivity increase with age innervation intestine isoproterenol L-DOPA levels lipofuscin lipopigment lung lymphocyte Mech mesenteric metabolism months of age muscarinic receptors myelin nerve fibers neuroeffector neuropeptide Neurosci neurotransmitter noradrenaline noradrenergic noradrenergic nerve norepinephrine normal nucleus older orthostatic hypotension parasympathetic patients peptide Pharmacol Physiol pigment plasma protein reduced reflex release renal reported role senescent sensory neurons smooth muscle spinal spleen stimulation studies sympathetic ganglia sympathetic nervous sympathetic neurons Ther tissue tyrosine tyrosine hydroxylase ultrastructural uptake urinary vagal vascular vasodilator young
References to this book
Encyclopedia of Gerontology: Age, Aging, and the Aged, Volume 1 James E. Birren No preview available - 1996 |