Neurotransmitter Interactions and Cognitive Function

✍ Scribed by Mieczyslaw Pokorski (eds.)

• Publisher: Springer International Publishing
• Year: 2015
• Tongue: English
• Leaves: 73
• Series: Advances in Experimental Medicine and Biology 837
• Edition: 1
• Category: Library

✦ Synopsis

A host of neurotransmitters and neuroactive substances underlies respiratory regulation in health and disease. The centerpiece of investigations regarding adaptation to hypoxia and sensorial perception has been the dopaminergic system. It is now clear that a complex interaction among various neuroactive substances, rather than a single one, forms the basis of respiratory changes. The research on neurotransmitter interactions provides the knowledge of how the brain functions and a new level of understanding of mind-to-body connection, which opens up avenues for novel therapeutic interventions.

✦ Table of Contents

Front Matter....Pages i-ix
Inherited Disorders of Brain Neurotransmitters: Pathogenesis and Diagnostic Approach....Pages 1-8
Inhibition of Peripheral Dopamine Metabolism and the Ventilatory Response to Hypoxia in the Rat....Pages 9-17
Adaptation of Olfactory Threshold at High Altitude....Pages 19-22
Guanosine Protects Glial Cells Against 6-Hydroxydopamine Toxicity....Pages 23-33
Chemoresponsiveness and Breath Physiology in Anosmia....Pages 35-39
Cognitive Functioning of the Prelingually Deaf Adults....Pages 41-47
Hypoxia-Related Brain Dysfunction in Forensic Medicine....Pages 49-56
Does Health Status Influence Acceptance of Illness in Patients with Chronic Respiratory Diseases?....Pages 57-66
Back Matter....Pages 67-67

✦ Subjects

Human Physiology; Vaccine; Neurosciences; Medicine/Public Health, general; Forensic Medicine