Download or read book Liver Innervation and the Neural Control of Hepatic Function written by Takashi Shimazu and published by John Libbey Eurotext. This book was released on 1996 with total page 506 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In the liver, nutrients taken up from food are utilized for the synthesis of different components of the body, and the waste matter and harmful substances produced are disposed or detoxicated. These functions of the liver must be regulated in accordance with the state of the body. The nervous system plays this regulatory role, one which is reminiscent of the production management system in a factory.