Liver Innervation and the Neural Control of Hepatic Function

By Takashi Shimazu and SHIMAZU

In the liver, nutrients taken up from food are utilized for the synthesis of different components of the body, and the waste matter and harmful substances produced are disposed or detoxicated. These functions of the liver must be regulated in accordance with the state of the body. The nervous system plays this regulatory role, one which is reminiscent of the production management system in a factory.

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0861965353
• ISBN13: 9780861965359
• Release Date: April 1996
• Publisher: John Libbey Eurotext Ltd
• Length: 484 Pages
• Weight: 2.34 lbs.
• Dimensions: 5.5" x 10.6"