Central Cardiovascular Control: Basic and Clinical Aspects

by Detlev Ganten

The most prominent function of the central nervous system is the control of motor functions by rapidly transmitted impulses through efferent cranial and spinal peripheral nerves. Besides electrically transmitted neural impulses, humoral mechanisms with more sustained actions are exercised by the brain and spinal cord to regulate body homeostasis. Thus, the brain may be regarded as an "endocrine gland" discharging neurohormones (peptides) either into...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 3642684920
• ISBN13: 9783642684920
• Release Date: December 2011
• Publisher: Springer
• Length: 192 Pages
• Weight: 0.73 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.4" x 6.7" x 9.6"