Author: Geoffrey Burnstock
Publisher: Informa Healthcare
Keywords: autonomic, system, nervous, mechanisms, neuroeffector
Number of Pages: 580
Published: 1992-02-12
List price: $269.95
ISBN-10: 3718651351
ISBN-13: 9783718651351
In covering the field of autonomic neuroeffector mechanisms this book provides the base-line and philosophy from which the other books on specialised aspects of the autonomic nervous system will follow. The multi-disciplinary coverage in this text includes histology, pharmacology, biochemistry and physiology. There are details of fine structure, co-transmission, signal transduction and several chapters describing the biochemistry of synthesis, storage, release and inactivation of neurotransmitters, including acetylcholine, monoamines, purines and peptides.
Authors:Judy L. Morris, I. L. Gibbins,
Publisher: Taylor & Francis
Keywords: autonomic, system, nervous, skin, innervation
Number of Pages: 432
Published: 1997-12-01
List price: $159.95
ISBN-10: 9057022354
ISBN-13: 9789057022357
The skin provides the major protective barrier between the internal milieu of the body and the external environment. Moreover, the skin, together with its various components and appendages, mediates many kinds of dynamic interactions with the outside world, including thermoregulation, camouflage, behavioural displays, and flight. The mechanisms behind these interactions are all regulated by autonomic motor pathways, though some cases are better understood than others. This book reviews current knowledge regarding the structure and function of autonomic nerves and associated sensory nerves in t
Author: A. J. McLachlan
Publisher: Informa Healthcare
Keywords: autonomic, system, ganglia, nervous
Number of Pages: 518
Published: 1995-09-15
List price: $219.95
ISBN-10: 3718651483
ISBN-13: 9783718651481
Autonomic ganglia are the sites of synaptic transmission in the peripheral nervous system. They are widely believed to function only as relay stations in the efferent pathways which control the vasculature and viscera. Autonomic Ganglia, the sixth volume of the Autonomic Nervous System book series, aims to challenge this view by reviewing aspects of our current understanding of the structure and integrative functions of ganglionic neurones and their connections. Recent research has concentrated on the membrane biophysics of synaptic transmission, the specification of functional pathways, conn
Authors:Monique Calisti, Sven Meer, John C. Strassner,
Publisher: Birkhäuser Basel
Keywords: autonomic, agent, technologies, computing, software, whitestein, networking, communication, advanced, series
Number of Pages: 190
Published: 2008-02-06
List price: $59.95
ISBN-10: 3764385685
ISBN-13: 9783764385682
This book presents a comprehensive reference of state-of-the-art efforts and early results in the area of autonomic networking and communication. The essence of autonomic networking, and thus autonomic communications, is to enable the self-governing of services and resources within the constraints of business rules. In order to support self-governance, appropriate self-* functionality will be deployed in the network on an application-specific basis. The continuing increase in complexity of upcoming networking convergence scenarios mandates a new approach to network management. This special
Author: Peter J. Barnes
Publisher: Informa Healthcare
Keywords: system, autonomic, nervous, respiratory, control
Number of Pages: 352
Published: 1997-02-12
List price: $149.95
ISBN-10: 3718651408
ISBN-13: 9783718651405
The neural control of airways is complex and recently a number of important advances have been made in our understanding of the mechanisms involved. These new aspects in our understanding of the cholinergic, adrenergic and neuropeptide control of airway function (including the nose) are covered in detail, as is the role of nerves in airway disease, rhinitis and the therapeutic implications of the new observations. As such this volume, like others in the series, will be of interest to the clinician as well as the research scientists.
Authors:O. Appenzeller, E. Oribe,
Publisher: Elsevier
Keywords: system, nervous, autonomic
Number of Pages: 910
Published: 1997-04-01
List price: $145.00
ISBN-10: 0444827617
ISBN-13: 9780444827616
Paperback. A pleasant surprise is in store for readers of this new and enlarged fifth edition: a number of new topics are broached. These include: the potential viral etiology of certain degenerative autonomic diseases; the effect of hypoxia on this part of the nervous system; the neuroendocrine basis of sexual orientation is reviewed; and the effect of exercise and aging are elaborated.A number of important advances in knowledge needed to be made available to clinicians. These include the realization that some chronic autonomic disorders may be associated with transmissable agents, that profo
Author: Richard Murch
Publisher: IBM Press
Keywords: series, demand, computing, autonomic
Number of Pages: 336
Published: 2004-04-03
List price: $34.99
ISBN-10: 013144025X
ISBN-13: 9780131440258
This book introduces Autonomic Computing. This concept is a cornerstone of IBM’s strategic initiative, and it offers great promise because autonomic computing systems have the ability to manage themselves and dynamically adapt to change in accordance with evolving or dynamic business policies and objectives. The term "autonomic" comes from the autonomic nervous system, which controls many organs and muscles in the human body. These systems can perform management activities based on situations they observe or sense in the IT environment. Rather than IT professionals initiating management
