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Neural control of coronary blood flow

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Simulation and Imaging of the Cardiac System

Part of the book series: Developments in Cardiovascular Medicine ((DICM,volume 43))

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Abstract

Coronary physiology has recently been reviewed where a more extensive list of references may be found (Feigl, 1983).

The coronary vessels are innervated by both the parasympathetic and sympathetic divisions of the autonomic nervous system, as demonstrated by light microscope (Woollard, 1926) and electron microscope (Lever etal., 1965; Malor et al., 1973). Cholinergic innervation has been demonstrated with the acetyl- cholinesterase-staining technique (Denn and Stone, 1976; Gerova et al., 1979) and adrenergic innervation has been shown with flourescent histochemical methods (Denn and Stone 1976; Dolezel et al, 1978, Nielsen and Owman, 1968).

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  1. Department of Physiology and Biophysics, University of Washington, Seattle, WA, 98795, USA

    Eric O. Feigl

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    Samuel Sideman D.Sc., Chem.Eng. (R.J. Matas/Winnipeg Professor of Biomedical Engineering, Director, Head) & Rafael Beyar MD, D.Sc. (R.J. Matas/Winnipeg Professor of Biomedical Engineering, Director, Head) & 

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Feigl, E.O. (1985). Neural control of coronary blood flow. In: Sideman, S., Beyar, R. (eds) Simulation and Imaging of the Cardiac System. Developments in Cardiovascular Medicine, vol 43. Springer, Dordrecht. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-94-009-4992-8_24

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