The Extracellular Matrix and Ground Regulation: Basis for a

The Extracellular Matrix and Ground Regulation: Basis for a Holistic Biological Medicine

The workings of the suitable environment for cellsâ€”called the extracellular matrix (ECM) and ground regulationâ€”has occupied the European medical tradition since the early part of the 20th century. As it has become more clear that the origin of disease and its first signals register in the connective tissue, or myofascia, cellular pathologists and biochemists have sought to circumscribe networks of cell communication and microcirculation in the ECM.

Alfred Pischinger (1899-1982) continued this line of work by further studying, in work published from 1926 through the late seventies, the connections of the ECM to the hormonal and autonomic systems. In the last twenty years Professor and Doctor of Natural Sciences Hartmut Heine and his colleagues have carried on Pischingerâ€™s work, here summarized in one volume. Part One encompasses theoretical underpinnings; Parts Two and Three address applications and directions for further research.

This updated English-language translation not only is an account of the work of Pischingerâ€™s successorsâ€”Heine, Otto Bergsmann, and Felix Perger, (the three editors of this volume) and their many colleaguesâ€”but notes the positive development of complementary therapies based on this understanding of histology. Acupuncture is referenced directly. Both in Europe and the States the work of manual therapists, including Rolfers, cranio- sacral therapists, and other somatic disciplines have been informed for many years by Pischingerâ€™s outsider model of how changes in the EMC register in the central nervous system and the brain, and are conveyed back to the periphery and connected organs. Heineâ€™s exciting recent work shows that the regulation and construction of the ECM have relationships to cybernetic non-linear systems and phase transitions.
Country USA
Brand North Atlantic Books
Manufacturer North Atlantic Books
Binding Hardcover
ItemPartNumber 9781556436888
Color Navy
ReleaseDate 2007-07-17
UnitCount 1
EANs 9781556436888

Country	USA
Brand	North Atlantic Books
Manufacturer	North Atlantic Books
Binding	Hardcover
ItemPartNumber	9781556436888
Color	Navy
ReleaseDate	2007-07-17
UnitCount	1
EANs	9781556436888

The Extracellular Matrix and Ground Regulation: Basis for a Holistic Biological Medicine

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