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The Autonomic Nervous System: An Introduction to Basic and Clinical Concepts
edited by O. Appenzeller, E. Oribe, 868 pp, with illus, $281.25 (paperback $137), New York, NY, Elsevier Science Inc, 1997.
Arch Neurol. 1998;55:1261-1262.
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In the fifth edition of The Autonomic Nervous System, Appenzeller, now with the collaboration of Oribe, has expanded both the scope and the depth of the discussions on basal, adaptative, and abnormal autonomic function. While maintaining a strong emphasis in mechanism of adaptation to environmental challenges, this new edition incorporates deeper discussion on autonomic adaptation to hypoxia and mountain medicine, adaptation to microgravity, and testing of autonomic function. This book has several strengths as well as weaknesses.
Chapter 1 discusses anatomy, histology, and neurotransmission of the autonomic nervous system. Whereas the discussion on the anatomy of the autonomic ganglia is well covered, the information about the organization of central autonomic control and the neurochemistry of peripheral autonomic pathways, particularly the coexistence of neuropeptides with particular subtypes of target-specific ganglia neurons, is not dealt with in appropriate detail. For example, more discussion is devoted to luteinizing hormone–releasing hormone than to . . . [Full Text of this Article]
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