Home > Medicine > Anatomy and Physiology > Anatomy and Physiology

Research topic:sympathetic nervous system

sympathetic nervous system. (Image by Britannica)

Pictures from Google Image Search

Find more facts and information on our topic page about sympathetic nervous system

Create a link to this page

Copy and paste this link tag into your Web page or blog:

<a href="http://www.encyclopedia.com/doc/1E1-X-sympathe.html" title="Facts and information about sympathetic nervous system">sympathetic nervous system</a>

Give this article a thumbs-up on StumbleUpon

sympathetic nervous system

sympathetic nervous system see nervous system .

Cite this article
Pick a style below, and copy the text for your bibliography.

MLA
Chicago
APA

"sympathetic nervous system." The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition. 2008. Encyclopedia.com. 25 Dec. 2009 <http://www.encyclopedia.com>.

"sympathetic nervous system." The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition. 2008. Encyclopedia.com. (December 25, 2009). http://www.encyclopedia.com/doc/1E1-X-sympathe.html

"sympathetic nervous system." The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition. 2008. Retrieved December 25, 2009 from Encyclopedia.com: http://www.encyclopedia.com/doc/1E1-X-sympathe.html

Learn more about citation styles

Related newspaper, magazine, and trade journal articles from HighBeam Research

(Including press releases, facts, information, and biographies)

	Increased lung uptake of iodine-123-MIBG in diabetics with sympathetic nervous dysfunction Magazine article from: The Journal of Nuclear Medicine; 2/1/1998; ; 700+ words ; ...requiring transport system used for the extraction...However, the influence of sympathetic nervous activity on the kinetics...systemic sympathetic nervous system decreases in...patients with sympathetic nervous dysfunction as observed...
	Physiological fluctuation of the human left ventricle sympathetic nervous system assessed by iodine-123-MIBG Magazine article from: The Journal of Nuclear Medicine; 10/1/1998; ; 700+ words ; It has been proposed that sympathetic nervous system pathophysiology is involved in...physiological changes in the sympathetic nervous system in the human left ventricle...gender influence the sympathetic nervous function of the left ventricle...
	Cardiac sympathetic nervous system in early essential hypertension assessed by 123I-MIBG Magazine article from: The Journal of Nuclear Medicine; 1/1/1999; ; 700+ words ; ...the sympathetic nervous system in the pathogenesis of...cardiac sympathetic nerve system remains obscure. According...the sympathetic nervous system in the development of...to easily evaluate the sympathetic activity and innervation...investigate cardiac ...
	Whole-Body PET/CT with ^sup 11^C-Meta-Hydroxyephedrine in Tumors of the Sympathetic Nervous System: Feasibility Study and Comparison with ^sup 123^I-MIBG SPECT/CT Magazine article from: The Journal of Nuclear Medicine; 10/1/2006; ; 700+ words ; ...to visualize the sympathetic nervous system with PET. Initial...deriving from the sympathetic nervous system and other tumor...image tumors of the sympathetic nervous system. With regard to...the sympathetic nervous system using PET...
	Sympathetic nervous system research developments.(Brief article)(Book review) Magazine article from: SciTech Book News; 9/1/2008; 553 words ; 9781600218811 Sympathetic nervous system research developments. Ed. by Mitsuyasu Kaneko...consisting of recent research into the sympathetic nervous system, which is a branch of the autonomic nervous system that is always active at the basal level...
	Washington Inventor Develops Sympathetic Nervous System Determination Method News Wire article from: US Fed News Service, Including US State News; 12/9/2006; 505 words ; ...whether to provide an inhibitor of sympathetic nervous system activity to a human being suffering...provide an inhibitor of sympathetic nervous system activity to a human being...there is excessive sympathetic nervous system activity in the heart...
	Central and sympathetic nervous systems play role in pressor effect of L-NAME. Newspaper article from: Heart Disease Weekly; 3/9/2003; 628 words ; ...suggest that the central and sympathetic nervous systems may be also involved...the central and sympathetic nervous systems play important roles in the...important only when the sympathetic nervous system has been suppressed." Huang...
	MedSearch Technologies Receives US Patent On Its Sympathetic Nervous System Monitor. Business Wire; 11/30/2000; 700+ words ; ...that it has received a US patent on its sympathetic nervous system monitor. MedSearch's sympathetic nervous system monitor measures the neurological...pain. The activity of the sympathetic nervous system is displayed on a screen for the...
	Sympathetic nervous system affects the development of the immune system. Newspaper article from: Immunotherapy Weekly; 4/2/2003; 655 words ; ...amp; NewsRx.net) -- The sympathetic nervous system affects the development of the...suggested that the sympathetic nervous system communicates with lymphocytes...stage. "To clarify whether the nervous system is involved in the development...
	Tai chi decreases sympathetic nervous activity.(News from The Journal of Chinese Medicine)(Brief article)(Clinical report) Magazine article from: The Journal of Chinese Medicine; 6/1/2007; 574 words ; ...a decrease in activity of the sympathetic nervous system, to levels that are not achieved...significantly decrease sympathetic nervous system activity (measured from...acutely decreases sympathetic nervous system activity in older adults...

For more facts and information, see all related premium articles

Related entries from encyclopedias, dictionaries, and thesauruses

	sympathetic nervous system Book article from: A Dictionary of Zoology sympathetic nervous system That part of the autonomic nervous system which generally acts to stimulate the body to cope...increasing the rate of heart beat. Nerves of the sympathetic nervous system tend to form ganglia ( ganglion ) beside the vertebrae...
	sympathetic tone Book article from: A Dictionary of Biology sympathetic tone The condition of a muscle when the tone is maintained predominantly by impulses from the sympathetic nervous system .
	Peripheral Nervous System Encyclopedia entry from: Gale Encyclopedia of Neurological Disorders ...subsystems: the sympathetic nervous system...somatic nervous system that always...autonomic nervous systems can act to...Although the sympathetic systems share...sympathetic systems of the ANS...sympathetic nervous system The ...
	Nervous System Overview Book article from: World of Forensic Science ...and the autonomic nervous system (ANS), which is associated...cardiac muscle. The autonomic nervous system is further subdivided into sympathetic and parasympathetic systems. The sympathetic nervous system (SNS), when related to the...
	The Nervous System *Book article from: UXL Complete Health Resource* ...associated parts. The autonomic nervous system can be divided further into...subdivisions: the parasympathetic and sympathetic nervous systems. These two subdivisions work...other. The parasympathetic nervous system regulates involuntary activities...