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The Autonomic Nervous System

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Outline: In this chapter we introduce the autonomic nervous system. Principles and newer views from neuroscience are presented and discussed. It has a special focus on effects and interactions of the autonomic nervous system and the cardiovascular and respiratory systems, which are important for the understanding of the physiology and pathophysiology of heart rate variations.

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Ernst, G. (2014). The Autonomic Nervous System. In: Heart Rate Variability. Springer, London. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4471-4309-3_3

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