The skin provides the major protective barrier between the internal milieu of the body and the external environment. Moreover, the skin, together with its various components and appendages, mediates many kinds of dynamic interactions with the outside world, including thermoregulation, camouflage, behavioural displays, and flight. The mechanisms behind these interactions are all regulated by autonomic motor pathways. this book reviews the current knowledge on the structure and function of autonomic nerves and associated sensory nerves in the skin in a range of vertebrates, including the function of cutaneous autonomic nerves in humans in physiological states.With eminentcontributors from around the world, this book forms an essential and comprehensive reference work for the area and is an important addition to this acclaimed series.
- ISBN10 9057022354
- ISBN13 9789057022357
- Publish Date 12 December 1997
- Publish Status Out of Print
- Out of Print 28 June 2013
- Publish Country CH
- Imprint Harwood-Academic Publishers
- Format Hardcover
- Pages 286
- Language English