Central Nervous System Control of the Heart

1. Front Matter

   Pages i-xvi

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2. Anatomical and Physiological Aspects of Central Cardiovascular Control

   1. Front Matter

      Pages 1-1

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   2. Anatomic Aspects of Central Nervous Cardiovascular Regulation

      • A. D. Loewy

      Pages 3-18

   3. Brainstem Mechanisms Governing the Tonic and Reflex Control of the Circulation

      • D. J. Reis, D. A. Ruggiero, A. Granata

      Pages 19-36

   4. Rostral Solitary Tract Lesions Produce Vasopressin Dependent Hypertension in the Dog

      • K. L. Barnes, D. B. Averill, J. P. Conomy, C. M. Ferrario

      Pages 37-46

3. Neurochemical Basis for Cardiovascular Control

   1. Front Matter

      Pages 47-47

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   2. Morphological and Biochemical Studies on Neuropeptide Y (NPY) and Adrenergic Mechanisms and their Interactions in Central Cardiovascular Regulation

      • K. Fuxe, L. F. Agnati, A. Härfstrand, M. Kalia, T. H. Svensson, A. Neumeyer et al.

      Pages 49-81

   3. Tyrosine’s Effects on Blood Pressure During Hypotension

      • L. A. Conlay, T. J. Maher, R. J. Wurtman

      Pages 83-91

   4. Further Evidence for a Vasodepressor Role of Neuropeptide Y (NPY) and Adrenaline (A) in the Central Nervous System (CNS) of the Rat

      • A. Härfstrand, L. F. Agnati, K. Fuxe, M. Kalia

      Pages 93-109

   5. The Renin-Angiotensin-System in the Brain

      • D. Ganten, Th. Unger, R. E. Lang

      Pages 111-121

   6. Endogenous Opioids and Central Cardiovascular Control

      • A. I. Faden, T. K. Mcintosh

      Pages 123-134

4. Clinical Aspects

   1. Front Matter

      Pages 135-135

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   2. Effects of Voluntary Control of Blood Pressure on Cardiovascular Regulation During Postural Change

      • T. W. Suter, D. Weipert, D. Shapiro

      Pages 137-143

   3. Differing Aspects of Pre-Stroke and Post-Stroke Hypertension

      • B. P. M. Schulte, A. C. M. Leyten, B. Herman

      Pages 145-152

   4. The Relationship Between Plasma Renin Activity and the Degree of Impaired Consciousness in Spontaneous Subarachnoid Hemorrhage

      • G. Hamann, T. Stober, G. Biro, T. Anstätt, K. Schimrigk

      Pages 153-161

   5. Continuous Electrocardiographic Monitoring in Spontaneous Subarachnoid Hemorrhage

      • G. Di Pasquale, G. Pinelli, A. Andreoli, G. L. Manini, F. La Vecchia, A. M. Lusa et al.

      Pages 163-170

   6. Pathological-Anatomical Findings within the Autonomic Regulatory Centers in Patients with Neurogenic Cardiovascular Regulatory Dysfunctions

      • T. Anstätt, T. Stober, K. H. Merkel, S. Sen, G. Freier, K. Schimrigk

      Pages 171-179

   7. The Insula and Altered Sympathetic Activity after Experimental Stroke

      • V. C. Hachinski, K. E. Smith, J. Ciriello, C. J. Gibson, M. D. Silver

      Pages 181-186

   8. Heart Rate Behaviour During Partial Epileptic Seizures. An Electroclinical Study

      • E. Rossi, G. F. Rossi

      Pages 187-201

5. Cardioembolic Stroke

   1. Front Matter

      Pages 203-203

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The first two "Brain Heart Conferences" in Jerusalem in 1978 and 1983 were based upon the common interests of clinically orientated neurologists and cardiologists in the problems of centr'al autonomic control and autonomic disturbances of the cardiovascular system. The relatively slow scientific progress, at least clinically, in this area may be due to the fact that neither cardiologists nor neurologists felt competent in both topics. Furthermore, it has become increasingly difficult to have an overall view of the basic research and its clinical applications in this field. New research methods, based on a comtination of morphological, biochemical, and physiological techniques, have enabled the functional differentiation of various areas of the brain and subsequently also of the autonomic nervous system. The simple dualistic concept of an antagonistic sympathetic-parasympathetic regulation of the circulatory system is no longer valid. It is clear that numerous neurotransmitters, in particular the neuropeptides, are involved in a highly differentiated subdivision of the autonomic system. One of the aims of the IIIrd International Brain Heart Conference was therefore to supply a synopsis of the latest developments in basic research undertaken in this field by exceptionally competent scientists, to clinically orientated neurologists and cardiologists, and thus to provide new impulses for clinical research.

• Flow
• Nervous System
• brainstem
• cardiovascular
• cardiovascular control
• cardiovascular regulation
• heart rate
• hypertension
• sympathetic activity

• University of Saarland, Homburg/Saar, Germany

  T. Stober, K. Schimrigk

• University of Heidelberg, Heidelberg, Germany

  D. Ganten

• University of Texas Health Science Center, San Antonio, USA

  D. G. Sherman

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