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Record Nr.

UNINA9911019170303321

Titolo

Ciba Foundation symposium on hypertension : humoral and neurogenic factors / / editors for the Ciba Foundation, G.E.W. Wolstenholme and Margaret P. Cameron ; assisted by Joan Etherington

Pubbl/distr/stampa

London, : J. & A. Churchill Ltd., 1954

ISBN

9786613679222

9781280768453

1280768452

9780470718896

0470718897

9780470716328

0470716320

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (314 p.)

Collana

Novartis Foundation Symposia ; ; v.877

Altri autori (Persone)

WolstenholmeG. E. W (Gordon Ethelbert Ward)

CameronMargaret P

Disciplina

616.1/32

616.132

Soggetti

Hypertension

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

"With 73 illustrations."

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and indexes.

Nota di contenuto

HYPERTENSION Humoral and Neurogenic Factors; CONTENTS; Chairman's opening remarks; Neural and humoral control of blood vessels; Discussion; Some new aspects of reflex blood pressure regulation and hypertension; Discussion; Hypertensive disease without hypertension; Discussion; Internal secretion of the arterial wall in blood pressure regulation; Discussion; Drugs antagonistic to 5-hydroxytryptamine; Quantitative estimation of 5-hydroxytryptamine in gastro-intestinal mucosa, spleen and blood of vertebrates; Discussion; Chemical screening methods for the diagnosis of phaeochromocytoma

DiscussionPersistence of hypertension after removal of phaeochromocytoma, where excretion of adrenaline and noradrenaline is normal; Discussion; Experimental studies on the pathogenesis and nature of hypertensive cardiovascular disease; Discussion; Experiments on the role of vasoconstrictor substances in the mechanism of renal



hypertension in dogs; Discussion; The relation of the sustained pressor principle to renin; Discussion; The role of the kidney in the mechanism of experimental hypertension; Discussion

The effect of partial renal corticectomy on the kidneys of normal and hypertensive animalsDiscussion; The use of ganglion blocking agents in relation to neurogenic factors in hypertension; Discussion; Lessons from hexamethonium studies in malignant hypertension; Discussion; Catechol amine excretion in urine in cases of hypertension; The relationship between sodium, arterial hypertension and the adrenal glands; Discussion; The study of adrenal insufficiency in hypertensive patients submitted to bilateral syrnpathectomy and unilateral adrenalectomy; Discussion

Water and electrolytes in experimental hypertensionThe distribution of fluid and electrolytes in experimental hypertension; Discussion; The importance of sodium chloride and its ions in the production and treatment of hypertension; Discussion; Chairman's closing remarks

Sommario/riassunto

The Novartis Foundation Series is a popular collection of the proceedings from Novartis Foundation Symposia, in which groups of leading scientists from a range of topics across biology, chemistry and medicine assembled to present papers and discuss results. The Novartis Foundation, originally known as the Ciba Foundation, is well known to scientists and clinicians around the world.