The Nervous System and the Heart (Hardcover) (ISBN-13: 9780896036932)

Gert Ter Horst and a panel of recognized experts illuminate the complexities and importance of heart-brain and brain-heart interactions in human health. These distinguished authorities critically review what is known about autonomic control of the heart, hypothalamo-pituitary- adrenal modulation, heart pain, modulation by humoral factors, and the relationship between cognitive/neuropsychiatric disorders and heart disease. Highly relevant and up-to-date, The Nervous System and the Heart offers the first comprehensive treatment of the important mutual interactions of the heart and the brain. By integrating specialist knowledge in cardiology with that from neuroscience, this important book constitutes a brilliant guide to today's novel approaches to neural control of the heart and consequent reduction of cardiovascular mortality.

Author: Gert J. Ter Horst
ISBN-10: 0896036936
ISBN-13: 9780896036932
Publisher: Humana
Language: English
Published: 12/29/1999
Pages: 564
Format: Hardcover
Weight: 2.77lbs
Size: 9.32h x 6.28w x 1.44d
Large Print

Review Citation(s):
Scitech Book News 06/01/2000 pg. 58