Periphery : How Your Nervous System Predicts and Protects Against Disease

Moses Chao argues that activity in the peripheral nervous system predicts the onset of neurological and psychiatric conditions such as Parkinson's disease, autism, and dementia. Responsible for regulating a range of involuntary bodily processes and for detecting smells, sounds, and touch, the peripheral system may also be a key to better health..

Cover -- Title Page -- Copyright -- Dedication -- Contents -- Abbreviations -- Introduction -- Chapter 1. The First System -- Chapter 2. A Gut Reaction -- Chapter 3. Pain Perception -- Chapter 4. A Proneness to Trembling -- Chapter 5. More Than a Glue -- Chapter 6. A Lack of Tears -- Chapter 7. The Power of Touch -- Chapter 8. Plasticity in the Periphery -- Conclusion -- Notes -- Acknowledgments -- Credits -- Index..

Medienart:

E-Book

Erscheinungsjahr:

2023

©2023

Erschienen:

Cambridge: Harvard University Press ; 2023

©2023

Ausgabe:

1st ed.

Sprache:

Englisch

Beteiligte Personen:

Chao, Moses V. [VerfasserIn]

Links:

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Inhaltsverzeichnis

ISBN:

978-0-674-29471-4

Themen:

Disease susceptibility
Health risk assessment
Nerves, Peripheral

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Umfang:

1 online resource (193 pages)

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PPN (Katalog-ID):

1861127456