NEUR30003 Lecture Notes - Lecture 16: Preganglionic Nerve Fibers, Dysautonomia, Shortness Of Breath
11 Aug 2018
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Lecture 16: integrative actions of the ans: * irrespective of whether it will be included as part of the autonomic nervous system, the sensory and integrate cns centres involved in autonomic function have key roles in many complex functions e. g. stress, pain, sickness behaviours. * sensory information comes in from the organs to a region of the medulla of the brain stem all the organs have sensory nerves that come in about give information about stretch, temperature, ph etc. * the caudal part of the nucleus of the solitary tract (nts; nucleus tractus solitaries) in the medulla receives sensory input (from sensors and sensory nerves) that provide/feeds information about various tissues and the environment. * therefore the nts is a major integrative centre for autonomic function. * the (cid:396)ost(cid:396)al pa(cid:396)t of the nt does(cid:374)"t ha(cid:448)e a(cid:374)(cid:455)thi(cid:374)g to do (cid:449)ith auto(cid:374)o(cid:373)i(cid:272) fu(cid:374)(cid:272)tio(cid:374) di(cid:396)e(cid:272)tl(cid:455) it"s quarantined for taste/gustatory function. Next steps: using the sensory information received at the nts:
