This volume contains the contributions to a Satellite Symposium of the XXXI In ternational Congress of Physiological Sciences in Espoo, Helsinki, Finland, July 15-17,1989. The general purpose of this Symposium was to bring together specialists from different fields of physiology who work on systems that are closely linked function ally with regard to behavioral adaptation. In a certain sense it represents a contin uation of two former books on the Central Interaction Between Respiratory and Cardiovascular Control Systems 1 and on Neurovegetative Control Systems: Basic 2 Function, Integration and Disorders , but explicitly includes the relationship with motor control. Since the first book appeared, much has been achieved in the field of physiology of respiratory, cardiovascular, and somatomotor control. It is not intended that this book compete with other publications from more specialized meetings which deal with the most recent findings in a particular field of research, and rightly so.

Common and Differentiated Rhythmicities in Cardiorespiratory Efferents

Mechanical and Neural Interactions Between Positive Pressure, Artificial Ventilation, and Cardiovascular Function in Anesthetized Dogs
Interrelations Between Slow and Fast Rhythms in Sympathetic Discharge
Common and Specific Sources of Regional Sympathetic Outflows in Cerebral Ischemia, Cushing Reaction, and Asphyxia
Interrelationships Between the Respiratory and Sympathetic Rhythm Generating Systems in Neonates as Revealed by Alterations in Afferent Inputs
Identification of Postganglionic Thoracic Sympathetic Neurons: Cardiac and Respiratory Discharge Patterns
Species-Dependent Respiratory and Autonomic Nerve Activities: Respiratory-Sympathetic Synchronization and Autonomic Nerve Responses to Hypoxia and Hypercapnia in the Rat
Discussion on Respiratory Related and Non-related Rhythms in Sympathetic Efferents
Neurochemical Characterization of Cardiovascular and Respiratory Control Systems
CO2-Induced Depolarization of Neurons in Nucleus Tractus Solitarii: A Potential Substrate for Central Chemoreceptors
Organization of Respiratory Reflexes in the Caudal Region of the Nucleus of the Tractus Solitarius
The Role of the Nucleus Raphe Magnus in the Control of Cold Shivering and Respiratory Evaporative Heat Loss
Gene Expression for Neuropeptides in the Ganglia of the Vagus (Nodose) and Glossopharyngeal (Petrosal) Nerves
Specificity and/or Non-Specificity in Brainstem Cardiorespiratory Networks
The Rostral Ventrolateral Medulla: Anatomical Substrates of Cardiopulmonary Integration
Descending Projections of Hypothalamic Sympathoexcitatory Neurons in the Cat
Mechanism of the Modulatory Effect of Somatic Nerves Input on Abnormal Cardiovascular Function
On the Existence of a Common Cardiorespiratory Network
Cooperativity in Distributed Respiratory and Cardiovascular-Related Brainstem Neural Assemblies: Insights from Many-Neuron Recordings
Polymorphic Nature of Central Networks Controlling Sympathetic Nerve Discharge
Interrelation and Superposition of Respiratory and Cardiovascular Rhythms in EEG and Brainstem Reticular Unit Activity as Studied by Quantitative Spectral Analyses
Functional Organization of the Common Brainstem System to Different States at Different Times
Discussion on Coordinated Activity in Brainstem Reticular Networks
Peripheral and Central Interrelations Between Cardiorespiratory and Motor Control
Somato-Vegetative Interaction at the Peripheral Level: Possible Effects on Motor Performance
Muscular Activity and Cardiovascular Regulation
Brainstem Mechanisms Involved in Reflex Cardiovascular Responses to Muscular Contraction
Simultaneous Suppression of Postural Tone and Respiration and its Functional Significance in the Respiratory-Motor Coordination
Hypothalamic Modulation of Cardiovascular, Respiratory and Locomotor Activity During Exercise
Approaches of Systems Theory to Cardiorespiratory and Motor Coordination
The Approach of Synergetics to the Study of Coordination of Rhythms
Behavioral and Neural Pattern Generation: The Concept of Neurobehavioral Dynamical Systems
The Applicability of Chaos Theory to Rhythmic Breathing Patterns
Discussion on the Theoretical and Neuronal Basis of Rhythm Coordination
Analysis of Cardiorespiratory Variability and Rhythmicity in Humans: Physiological Basis and Clinical Application
Human Respiratory-Cardiovascular Interactions in Health and Disease
Respiratory Heart Rate Variability in Fetal and Neonatal Lambs
Disturbed Brainstem Interaction and Forebrain Influences in Cardiorespiratory Coordination: Experimental and Clinical Results
Low-Frequency Rhythms in the Respiratory and Cardiovascular Systems (With a Reference to Obstructive Sleep Apnea Syndrome)
Thermal and Postural Influences on Cutaneous Microvascular Blood Cell Flux in Young Men
Power Spectral Analysis of Heart Rate and Arterial Pressure Variabilities as an Experimental and Clinical Tool
Heart Rate Control and Metabolic Parameters After Fatiguing Exercise
Cardiorespiratory Relations in Human Heart Rate Pattern
Concluding Lecture
Thoughts Concerning the Essence of Life: Integrative Power and Governance of Function.