- Title: Subtitle
- Neural control of renal function
- Creators
- Ulla Kopp (Author)
- Resource Type
- Book
- Edition
- Second edition
- Table of contents
- Part I. Efferent renal sympathetic nerves -- 1. Introduction -- 2. Neuroanatomy -- 2.1 Neural pathways -- 2.2 Intrarenal distribution of efferent renal sympathetic nerves -- 2.3 Characteristics of the efferent renal sympathetic nerve signals -- 2.4 neurotransmitters -- 2.5 Adrenoceptors -- 2.6 Angiotensin II, nitric oxide, and reactive oxygen species -- 3. Neural control of renal hemodynamics -- 3.1 Measurements of renal blood flow -- 3.2 Renal denervation -- 3.3 Increases in renal sympathetic nerve activity -- 3.4 Adrenoceptors -- 4. Neural control of renal tubular function -- 4.1 Renal denervation -- 4.2 Increases in renal sympathetic nerve activity -- 4.2.1 Direct activation of the renal nerves -- 4.2.2 Reflex-mediated increases and decreases in the activation of the renal nerves -- 4.3 Adrenoceptors -- 4.4 Angiotensin -- 5. Neural control of renin secretion rate -- 5.1 Increases in efferent renal sympathetic nerve activity -- 5.2 Interaction between neural and non-neural mechanisms for renin secretion -- 5.3 Adrenoceptors --; Part II. Afferent renal sensory nerves -- 6. Introduction -- 7. Neuroanatomy -- 7.1 Kidney -- 7.2 Renal sensory receptors -- 7.3 Projection to the central nervous system -- 8. Renorenal reflexes -- 8.1 Activation of afferent renal sensory nerves by physiological stimuli -- 8.2 Selective afferent renal denervation -- 8.3 Afferent renal reinnervation -- 8.4 Interaction between efferent and afferent renal nerve activity -- 9. Mechanisms involved in the activation of afferent renal sensory nerves -- 9.1 Substance P -- 9.2 Mechanisms contributing to the release of substance P from renal pelvic sensory nerves -- 9.2.1 PGE2 -- 9.2.2 Bradykinin -- 9.2.3 Angiotensin II -- 9.2.4 Endothelin --; Part III. Pathophysiological states -- 10. Efferent renal sympathetic and afferent renal nerves -- 10.1 Hypertension -- 10.2 Renal failure -- 10.3 Heart failure -- 11. Conclusions -- References -- Author biography.
- Publisher
- Morgan & Claypool Life Sciences; San Rafael, California
- Series
- Colloquium digital library of life sciences; # 80
- ISBN
- 9781615047758; 1615047751
- Format
- xiii, 105 pages : illustrations (some color) ; 25 cm.
- Number of pages
- xiii, 105 pages
- Language
- English
- Date published
- 2018
- Academic Unit
- Nephrology; Internal Medicine
- Record Identifier
- 9984702844102771
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Neural control of renal function
Colloquium digital library of life sciences, # 80, Morgan & Claypool Life Sciences, Second edition
2018
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