Thermoregulation from basic neuroscience to clinical neurology / volume editor, Andrej A. Romanovsky ; associate volume editors, Andras Garami, Luca Imeri, Christopher J. Madden, and Alexandre A. Steiner.
| Other author/creator | Romanovsky, Andrej A. |
| Other author/creator | Garami, Andras, 1979- |
| Other author/creator | Imeri, Luca. |
| Other author/creator | Madden, Christopher J. (Christopher John) |
| Other author/creator | Steiner, Alexandre A. |
| Uniform title | Thermoregulation (Romanovsky) |
| Series | Handbook of clinical neurology ; volumes 156-157, 3rd series Handbook of clinical neurology ; 3rd ser., v. 156-157. 0072-9752 ^A48 |
| Contents | Part I. Section I: Thermoregulation system. -- The thermoregulation system and how it works -- Section II: Thermoreceptors. Peripheral thermoreceptors in innocuous temperature detection -- Molecular basis of peripheral innocuous cold sensitivity -- Molecular basis of peripheral innocuous warmth sensitivity -- Peripheral and central determinants of skin wetness sensing in humans -- Nociceptors: thermal allodynia and thermal pain -- Central thermoreceptors -- Molecular Basis of Central Thermosensation -- Section III: Thermoeffectors. Brown adipose tissue as a heat-production thermoeffector -- Shivering and nonshivering thermogenesis in skeletal muscles -- Skin vasoconstriction as a heat-conservation thermoeffector -- Cutaneous active vasodilation as a heat-loss thermoeffector -- Sweating as a heat-loss thermoeffector -- Panting as a heat-loss thermoeffector -- Thermal comfort -- Section IV: Neural pathways. Afferent pathways for autonomic and shivering thermoeffectors -- Efferent neural pathways for the control of brown adipose tissue thermogenesis and shivering -- Efferent thermoregulatory pathways regulating cutaneous blood flow and sweating -- Central neural substrates involved in temperature discrimination, thermal pain, thermal comfort, and thermoregulatory behavior -- Section V: Thermoregulation as a homeostatic function. Body temperature and sleep -- Skin temperature, sleep and vigilance -- Thermoregulation and the ultradian basic rest-activity cycle -- Thermoregulation and age -- Temperature and adaptive immunity -- Interactions between body fluid homeostasis and thermoregulation in humans -- Obesity and Thermoregulation -- Thermoregulation and nausea -- Neurogenesis in the thermoregulatory system -- Part II. Section VI: Normal and abnormal body core and peripheral temperatures. Body temperature and clinical thermometry -- Brain temperature: from physiology and pharmacology to neuropathology -- Heat exhaustion -- Heatstroke -- Accidental hypothermia -- Fever and hypothermia in systemic inflammation -- Stress-induced hyperthermia and hypothermia -- Body temperature regulation and drugs of abuse -- Body temperature regulation and anesthesia -- Malignant hyperthermia -- Neuroleptic malignant syndrome and serotonin syndrome -- Acral coldness: severely reduced blood flow to fingers and toes -- Consequences of perioperative hypothermia -- Section VII: Thermoregulation in neurological disease. Thermoregulatory dysfunction in multiple sclerosis -- Thermoregulation in Parkinson disease -- Hypothermia as a risk factor for Alzheimer disease -- Thermoregulation in epilepsy -- Thermoregulation in amyotrophic lateral sclerosis -- Thermoregulatory disorders in Huntington's disease -- Thermoregulation in neuropathies -- Thermoregulation in brain injury -- Thermoregulation following spinal cord injury -- Section VIII: Therapeutic interventions. Hypothermia in acute ischemic stroke therapy -- Selective brain hypothermia -- Therapeutic hyperthermia -- Antipyretic therapy: Clinical pharmacology. |
| Bibliography note | Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| Access restriction | Available only to authorized users. |
| Other forms | Also issued online. |
| Technical details | Mode of access: World Wide Web |
| Genre/form | Electronic books. |
| LCCN | 2021443015 |
| ISBN | 9780444639127 (hardback : part I) |
| ISBN | 0444639128 (hardback : part I) |
| ISBN | 9780444640741 (hardback : part II) |
| ISBN | 0444640746 (hardback : part II) |
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