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Björn Folkow, the Glossary

Index Björn Folkow

Björn Folkow (13 October 1921 - 23 July 2012) was a Swedish physiologist.[1]

Table of Contents

  1. 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.

  2. 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.

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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.

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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

References

[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Björn_Folkow

Also known as Folkow.