Ciba Foundation symposium on hypertension : humoral and neurogenic factors / editors for the Ciba Foundation, G.E.W. Wolstenholme and Margaret P. Cameron ; assisted by Joan Etherington.

Proceedings of the Symposium on Humoral and Neurogenic Factors in Hypertension, held at the Ciba Foundation, July 27-30, 1953.

Includes bibliographical references and indexes.

Neural and humoral control of blood vessels / Irvine H. Page -- Some new aspects of reflex blood pressure regulation and hypertension / C. Heymans -- Hypertensive disease without hypertension / George A. Perera -- Internal secretion of the arterial wall in blood pressure regulation / C. Jiménez-Diaz, P. de la Barreda and A.F. de Molina -- Drugs antagonistic to 5-hydroxytryptamine / J.H. Gaddum -- Quantitative estimation of 5-hydroxytryptamine in gastro-intestinal mucosa, spleen and blood of vertebrates / V. Erspamer -- Chemical screening methods for the diagnosis of phaeochromocytoma / M. Goldenberg -- Persistence of hypertension after removal of phaeochromocytoma, where excretion of adrenaline and noradrenaline is normal / W.S. Peart -- Experimental studies on the pathogenesis and nature of hypertensive cardiovascular disease / Arthur Grollman -- Experiments on the rôle of vasoconstrictor substances in the mechanism of renal hypertension in dogs / Paul Govaerts -- The relation of the sustained pressor principle to renin / O.M. Helmer -- The rôle of the kidney in the mechanism of experimental hypertension / M.A. Floyer -- The effect of partial renal corticectomy on the blood pressure of normal and hypertensive animals / Jens Bing and Palle Sønder -- The use of ganglion blocking agents in relation to neurogenic factors in hypertension / W.D.M. Paton -- Lessons from hexamethonium studies in malignant hypertension / J. McMichael -- Catechol amine excretion in urine in cases of hypertension / U.S. von Euler -- The relationship between sodium, arterial hypertension and the adrenal glands / J. Genest -- A study of adrenal insufficiency after treatment of hypertension by bilateral sympathectomy plus unilateral adrenalectomy / P. Etienne-Martin -- Water and electrolytes in experimental hypertension / E. Braun-Menendez -- The distribution of fluid and electrolytes in experimental hypertension / J.M. Ledingham -- The importance of sodium chloride and its ions in the production and the treatment of hypertension / P. Martini and K. Kaiser.

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