The Nervous System and the Heart

Part I. Autonomic Control Nerve Supply of the Heart, Simon J. Crick, Mary N. Sheppard, and Robert H. Anderson. Emotions and Heart Activity Control: Neurocircuitries and Pathway Interactions, Gert J. Ter Horst. Circadian Organization of the Autonomic Nervous System, Ruud M. Buijs, Michael L. H. J. Hermes, Jaipei Dai, Frank Scheer, and Andries Kalsbeek. Neuropathology and Cardiovascular Regulation: Fundamental Aspects, David F. Cechetto. Neuropathology and Cardiovascular Regulation: Clinical Aspects, Vilho V. Myllyllä, Juha T. Korpelainen, Uolevi Tolonen, Hannele Havanka, and Anne Saari. Part II. The Hypothalamo-Pituitary-Adrenal System and the Heart Stress, the Hypothalamo-Pituitary-Adrenal System, and the Heart, Béla Bohus and S. Michiel Korte. Part III. Heart Pain Cardiac Nociceptive Systems, Björn E. Eriksson and Christer Sylvén. The Neuroanatomy of Cardiac Nociceptive Pathways: Differential Representations of 'Deep' and 'Superficial' Pain, Kevin A. Keay, Colin I. Clement, and Richard Bandler. Neurophysiology of Heart Pain, Robert D. Foreman. Neuroimaging of Heart Pain, Stuart D. Rosen. Part IV Humoral Factors The Central Renin-Angiotensin System in Cardiovascular Regulation, Lawrence P. Reagan. Mediators of Inflammation in Patients with Coronary Artery Disease, Mike J. L. DeJongste and Gert J. Ter Horst. Part V. Heart Disease and Brain Dysfunction Heart Disease and Cognitive/Neuropsychiatric Disorders, Dorien M. Tulner and Hans A. Den Boer. Index.