Developmental Neurobiology of the Autonomic Nervous System

1. Front Matter

   Pages i-xix

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2. Ontogeny of the Autonomic Nervous System

   • Julian Smith

   Pages 1-28

3. Development of Peripheral Parasympathetic Neurons and Synapses

   • Ezio Giacobini

   Pages 29-67

4. Development of the Sympathoadrenal Axis

   • Theodore A. Slotkin

   Pages 69-96

5. Endocrine Control of Synaptic Development in the Sympathetic Nervous System

   • Theodore A. Slotkin

   Pages 97-133

6. Development of ANS Innervation to the Avian Heart

   • Margaret L. Kirby, Donald E. Stewart

   Pages 135-158

7. Development of Autonomic Innervation in Mammalian Myocardium

   • Howard L. Cohen

   Pages 159-191

8. Autonomic Effects in the Developing Heart

   • Robert F. Reder, Ofer Binah, Peter Danilo Jr.

   Pages 193-210

9. Development, Aging, and Plasticity of Perivascular Autonomic Nerves

   • Tim Cowen, Geoffrey Burnstock

   Pages 211-232

10. Regulation of Regional Vascular Beds by the Developing Autonomic Nervous System

    • Nancy M. Buckley

    Pages 233-250

11. Relationships Between the Sympathetic Nervous System and Functional Development of Smooth Muscle End Organs

    • Peter G. Smith

    Pages 251-278

12. Development of Central Autonomic Regulation of Cardiovascular Function

    • Phyllis M. Gootman

    Pages 279-325

13. Developmental Changes in Neural Control of Respiration

    • Andrew M. Steele

    Pages 327-401

14. Back Matter

    Pages 403-416

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This book, covering many key aspects of autonomic nervous system maturation, was suggested by the success of a symposium on the developing autonomic nervous system held at the Spring 1982 meeting of the Federation of American Scientists for Experi­ mental Biology (Federation Proceedings 1983, 42, 1609). It was obvi­ ous from the F ASEB symposium that there is increasing interest in the developing autonomic nervous system, particularly with respect to its role in regulating visceral function. Some additional topics that were not covered in the F ASEB symposium are also included in this book. The editor feels that the readers of this volume are, in all probability, already cognizant of the state of knowledge of the adult autonomic nervous system. Therefore, a review of classical autonomic physiology, pharmacology, and neuroanatomy is not provided. For a recent detailed discussion of the ontogeny and phylog­ eny of the developing nervous system, I would recommend the book published not long ago by D. Purves and J. W. Lichtman, Principles of Neural Development (Sinauer, Sunderland, MA, 1985). Another recent book, Autonomic Nerve Funtion in the Vertebrates by F. Nilsson (Springer-Verlag, New York, 1984), presents a compar­ ative examination of autonomic nervous system function in verte­ brates. For a summary of recent advances in the many aspects of catecholamines as they bear on autonomic nervous system re­ search, I would recommend the series of three books edited by E.

• Nervous System
• anatomy
• catecholamines
• neurobiology
• neurons
• physiology

• Department of Physiology, Downstate Medical Center, Brooklyn, USA

  Phyllis M. Gootman

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