Björn Folkow, the Glossary
Björn Folkow (13 October 1921 - 23 July 2012) was a Swedish physiologist.[1]
Table of Contents
16 relations: Action potential, Fight-or-flight response, Halmstad, Hypertension, Lund University, Myogenic mechanism, Paul Korner, Physiology, Royal Danish Academy of Sciences and Letters, Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences, Russian Academy of Sciences, Sweden, Sympathetic nervous system, Synaptic vesicle, University of Gothenburg, William Bayliss.
- Swedish physiologists
Action potential
An action potential occurs when the membrane potential of a specific cell rapidly rises and falls.
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Fight-or-flight response
The fight-or-flight or the fight-flight-freeze-or-fawn (also called hyperarousal or the acute stress response) is a physiological reaction that occurs in response to a perceived harmful event, attack, or threat to survival.
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Halmstad
Halmstad is a port, university, industrial and recreational city at the mouth of the Nissan river, in the province of Halland on the Swedish west coast.
Hypertension
Hypertension, also known as high blood pressure, is a long-term medical condition in which the blood pressure in the arteries is persistently elevated.
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Lund University
Lund University (Lunds universitet) is a public research university in Sweden and one of Northern Europe's oldest universities.
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Myogenic mechanism
The myogenic mechanism is how arteries and arterioles react to an increase or decrease of blood pressure to keep the blood flow constant within the blood vessel.
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Paul Korner
Paul Ivan Korner AO (18 November 19253 October 2012) was a Czech–Australian cardiac physiologist noted for his contributions to the understanding of hypertension, especially essential hypertension.
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Physiology
Physiology is the scientific study of functions and mechanisms in a living system.
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Royal Danish Academy of Sciences and Letters
The Royal Danish Academy of Sciences and Letters (or Videnskabernes Selskab) is a Danish academy of science.
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Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences
The Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences (Kungliga Vetenskapsakademien) is one of the royal academies of Sweden.
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Russian Academy of Sciences
The Russian Academy of Sciences (RAS; Росси́йская акаде́мия нау́к (РАН) Rossíyskaya akadémiya naúk) consists of the national academy of Russia; a network of scientific research institutes from across the Russian Federation; and additional scientific and social units such as libraries, publishing units, and hospitals.
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Sweden
Sweden, formally the Kingdom of Sweden, is a Nordic country located on the Scandinavian Peninsula in Northern Europe.
Sympathetic nervous system
The sympathetic nervous system (SNS) is one of the three divisions of the autonomic nervous system, the others being the parasympathetic nervous system and the enteric nervous system.
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Synaptic vesicle
In a neuron, synaptic vesicles (or neurotransmitter vesicles) store various neurotransmitters that are released at the synapse.
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University of Gothenburg
The University of Gothenburg (Göteborgs universitet) is a university in Sweden's second largest city, Gothenburg.
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William Bayliss
Sir William Maddock Bayliss (2 May 1860 – 27 August 1924) was an English physiologist.
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See also
Swedish physiologists
- Anton Julius Carlson
- Bengt Saltin
- Björn Folkow
- Dora Jacobsohn
- Fredrik Jutfelt
- Frithiof Holmgren
- Magnus Blix
- Ninni Kronberg
- Per-Olof Åstrand
- Sven Ludvig Lovén
- Torsten Thunberg
- Ulf von Euler
References
[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Björn_Folkow
Also known as Folkow.