Lecture: Autonomic control in the cardiovascular system

Discuss the complexity of autonomic innervation to the vasculature.
Describe the process of transmitter storage and release.
Discuss the range of neurotransmitters, post- and prejunctional receptor and possible synergies.
Discuss the importance of perivascular adipose tissue (PVAT)

What does a blood vessel look like under a stained microscope (diagram)?
What is the ANS and how can you simply view it?
What are the two parts of the ANS and how do they work?
What is the Baroreceptor reflex?
Where do we find nerves and what do they look like?
Which 3 neurotransmitters would you expect to find in the smooth muscle of a blood vessel (the sympathetic triad)?
Why do we need 3 different neurotransmitters acting on 3 different receptors?
Identify the cholinergic neurons and receptors in the autonomic system
Describe adrenergic neurons and receptors in the autonomic nervous system
Distinguish between the effects of an agonist versus an antagonist in the autonomic nervous system
What is the bidirectional sporadic capture for DCV delivery?
Summarise the neurotransmission within the myocardium
What is the role of PVAT (fat) in neurotransmission?