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Overview of Central Control Mechanisms and Disease Development

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Neuroregulation of Autonomic, Endocrine and Immune Systems

Part of the book series: Topics in the Neurosciences ((TNSC,volume 2))

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A survey has been made of the conceptual changes that are taking place in our understanding of the pathogenesis and pathophysiology of selected diseases. Particular emphasis was placed on the role of the brain in pathogenesis. A part of our new understanding comes from the realization that symptoms and lesions cannot only be understood in local, anatomical terms, or changes in levels of this or that bodily constituent. Implicit in this statement is the belief that anatomical lesions follow and do not invariably antecede disturbances in function.

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  1. Department of Psychiatry; Brain Research Institue, University of California, School of Medicine, Los Angeles, California, USA

    Herbert Weiner M.D.

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  1. Monsanto Company, St. Louis, Missouri, USA

    Robert C. A. Frederickson Ph.D. (Senior Director) (Senior Director)

  2. Central Nervous System Research Searle Research and Development, G. D. Searle & Co., Skokie, Illinois, USA

    Robert C. A. Frederickson Ph.D. (Senior Director) (Senior Director)

  3. Department of Psychiatry, Indiana University School of Medicine, Indianapolis, Indiana, USA, 46223

    Hugh C. Hendrie M. B. Ch.B. (Chairman and Albert E. Sterne Professor of Psychiatry) (Chairman and Albert E. Sterne Professor of Psychiatry)

  4. Section of Applied and Theoretical Neurobiology The Institute of Psychiatric Research and Departments of Psychiatry and Biochemistry, Indiana University School of Medicine Indiana University Medical Center, Indianapolis, Indiana, USA, 46223

    Joseph N. Hingtgen Ph.D. (Professor of Psychology and Neurobiology) (Professor of Psychology and Neurobiology)

  5. Departments of Pharmacology & Toxicology & Psgchiatry Program in Medical Neurobiologg, Indiana University School of Medicine, Indianapolis, Indiana, USA, 46223

    Morris H. Aprison Ph.D. (Distinguished Professor of Neurobiology and Biochemistry) (Distinguished Professor of Neurobiology and Biochemistry)

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Weiner, H. (1986). Overview of Central Control Mechanisms and Disease Development. In: Frederickson, R.C.A., Hendrie, H.C., Hingtgen, J.N., Aprison, M.H. (eds) Neuroregulation of Autonomic, Endocrine and Immune Systems. Topics in the Neurosciences, vol 2. Springer, Boston, MA. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4613-2315-0_19

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