Catecholamines : Physiology, Pharmacology, and Pathology for Students and Clinicians.

Intro -- Half Title Page -- Title Page -- Copyright -- Dedication -- Contents -- Preface -- Acknowledgments -- PART I Fundamental Aspects of Catecholamine Biology -- Introduction: Overview of the Sympathoadrenal System -- Biosynthesis of Catecholamines -- Catecholamine Storage and Release from Sympathetic Nerve Endings and Adrenal Medullary Chromaffin Cells -- Regulation of Central Sympathoadrenal Outflow -- The Peripheral Dopaminergic System -- Metabolism and Termination of Action of Catecholamines -- Adrenergic Receptors -- Assessment of Sympathoadrenal Activity -- PART II Physiology of the Sympathoadrenal System -- General and Unique Features of Regulation by the Sympathoadrenal System: Central Neural Control -- Cardiovascular Effects of the Sympathoadrenal System -- Metabolic Effects of the Sympathoadrenal System -- Sympathetic Nervous System Effects on Heat Conservation and Heat Generation -- Sympathoadrenal Effects on Visceral Smooth Muscle and Exocrine Glands -- Sympathoadrenal Effects on Renal Function, Electrolytes, and Hormone Secretion -- PART III The Role of the Sympathoadrenal System in Physiologic Adaptation and the Pathophysiology of Disease States -- Cold Exposure -- Exercise and Physical Training -- Dietary Intake: Fasting and Overfeeding -- Hypoglycemia -- Ketosis, Ketogenesis, and Ketoacidosis -- Hypertension -- Obesity -- Hypoxia and Hypercarbia (Hypercapnia) -- Congestive Heart Failure -- Thyroid and Adrenal Hormones -- Hypotension and Shock -- PART IV Pharmacology -- Adrenergic Agonists -- Adrenergic Antagonists -- Drugs Affecting the Metabolism and the Inactivation of Catecholamines -- PART V Tumors of the Sympathoadrenal System -- Pheochromocytoma -- Neuroblastoma, Ganglioneuroblastoma, and Ganglioneuroma -- Index.

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