Drugs and the autonomic nervous system


Autoria(s): Doggrell, Sheila
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Doggrell, Sheila

Data(s)

2012

Resumo

The nervous systems can initially be divided up into the central and peripheral nervous systems. The central nervous system is the brain and spinal cord and drugs that modify the central nervous system are considered as a subject in systematic pharmacology (therapeutics) section. Everything neural, other that the central nervous system, can be considered peripheral nervous systems. The peripheral nervous systems can be divided into the autonomic(involuntary) nervous system, which is the system that performs without your conscious help, and the somatic or voluntary nervous system, which you can consciously control(Figure 7.1). In addition the autonomic nervous system is divided into the sympathetic and parasympathetic nervous systems...

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http://eprints.qut.edu.au/54800/

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http://eprints.qut.edu.au/54800/1/CCDrugs_and_the_Autonomic_Nervous_System.pdf

Doggrell, Sheila (2012) Drugs and the autonomic nervous system. In Doggrell, Sheila (Ed.) Pharmacology in One Semester.

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Copyright 2012 Sheila Doggrell

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School of Biomedical Sciences; Faculty of Health

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