Perspectives on the integrative functions of the ‘sympatho-adrenomedullary system’

An historic survey is given of the gradual change of views and concepts concerning how the sympatho-adrenomedullary system is organized and operates: While it for nearly a century was considered to merely exhibit more or less generalized activation-inhibition responses, experimental studies during t...

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Published in:Autonomic Neuroscience: Basic and Clinical 2000-10, Vol.83 (3), p.101-115
Main Author: Folkow, Björn
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Adrenal Medulla - innervation
Adrenal Medulla - physiology
Animals
Autonomic nervous system
Biological and medical sciences
Cardiovascular Physiological Phenomena
Cardiovascular System - innervation
Defeat reaction
Defence reaction
Functional differentiation
Fundamental and applied biological sciences. Psychology
History, 20th Century
History, 21st Century
Humans
Humoral transmission
Neuro-hormonal control
Neurosecretory Systems - growth & development
Neurosecretory Systems - physiology
Peripheral nervous system. Autonomic nervous system. Neuromuscular transmission. Ganglionic transmission. Electric organ
Physiology - history
Sympathetic nerves
Sympathetic Nervous System - physiology
Sympatho-adrenomedullary functions
Vasomotor System - physiology
Vertebrates: nervous system and sense organs
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Summary:An historic survey is given of the gradual change of views and concepts concerning how the sympatho-adrenomedullary system is organized and operates: While it for nearly a century was considered to merely exhibit more or less generalized activation-inhibition responses, experimental studies during the last 50 years have revealed how it instead constitutes a highly sophisticated instrument for control, engaged in a variety of differentiated response patterns by which the brain controls events in major organ systems, down to include their cellular-molecular levels of organisation.
ISSN:1566-0702
1872-7484
DOI:10.1016/S1566-0702(00)00171-5