Gert Ter Horst and a panel of recognized experts illuminate the
complexities and importance of heart-brain and brain-heart interactions
in human health. These distinguished authorities critically review what
is known about autonomic control of the heart, hypothalamo-pituitary-
adrenal modulation, heart pain, modulation by humoral factors, and the
relationship between cognitive/neuropsychiatric disorders and heart
disease. Highly relevant and up-to-date, The Nervous System and the
Heart offers the first comprehensive treatment of the important mutual
interactions of the heart and the brain. By integrating specialist
knowledge in cardiology with that from neuroscience, this important book
constitutes a brilliant guide to today's novel approaches to neural
control of the heart and consequent reduction of cardiovascular
mortality.