Publication Year: 1997
Edition: 1st Ed.
Authors/Editor: Wilson-Pauwels, Linda; Stewart, Patricia A.; Akesson, Elizabeth J.
Publisher: People's Medical Publishing House
ISBN: 978-1-60-795289-3
Provides an easy-to-follow overview of autonomic nerves.
The first part of the book describes their structure and function. The second part addresses autonomic control of individual organ systems in a problem-based learning format. Throughout, the book describes afferent pathways, integrating structures and mechanisms, efferent pathways, and the autonomic effectors. Principles of autonomic neurotransmission are also discussed.