somatic nervous system (SNS) - responsible for concious perception and voluntary movement of skeletal muscles autonomic nervous systems (ANS) - responsible for involuntary control of the body ...

The third, “Traumatic Shock”(1923), dealt with the general functions of the autonomic nervous system, and was mainly a war-case study. The present volume carries the same general line of study ...

The authors conclude that detection of autonomic deficits may precede somatic involvement and enable an early diagnosis of amyloid polyneuropathy. Thus, screening might facilitate diagnosis of ...