Introduction to Clinical Aspects of the Autonomic Nervous System: Volume 2

ISBN-13: 9780323960113 / Angielski / Twarda / 2022 / 568 str.

Otto Appenzeller; Guillaume J. Lamotte; Elizabeth A. Coon

Spis treści

1. Circadian rhythms 2. Sleep and wakefulness 3. The Pupil 4. Trophic disorders 5. Pain perception and the autonomic nervous system 6. Biofeedback and operant conditioning 7. Aging and exercise 8 Autonomic neuropathies 9. Progressive autonomic failures 10. Paraplegia and tetraplegia 11. Autonomic adaptation to hypoxia; mountain medicine 12. The autonomic nervous system in space exploration 13. Testing autonomic function

O autorze

Dr. Appenzeller MD, PhD is Professor Emeritus at the University of New Mexico in the Departments of Neurology and Medicine. He is also President of the New Mexico Health Enhancement and Marathon Clinics. Dr. Lamotte is a practicing neurologist and Assistant Professor of Neurology Movement Disorders and Autonomic Disorders at the Department of Neurology at the University of Utah. He received his medical degree from the University of Caen in France in 2010 and completed a neurology residency at the University Hospital of Caen, France. He then completed a second neurology residency at Medstar Georgetown University Hospital in Washington, DC, and a fellowship in Autonomic Disorders at the Mayo Clinic in Rochester, MN. Dr. Lamotte's research focuses on movements disorders and autonomic disorders. Dr. Coon is an adult neurologist, with specialty interest in autonomic disorders and movement disorders. Board-certified in Neurology, she is Vice Chair of the American Academy of Neurology and also Vice Chair of the Examination Committee at the United Council for Neurological Subspecialties. She has won multiple awards, including the Don Summers Memorial Multiple System Atrophy Award from the American Autonomic Society, and the Lawrence C. McHenry Award (An Award for the History of Neurology) from the American Academy of Neurology.