Table of Contents |
| Contributors | |
| Preface | |
1 | Central Autonomic Regulation / Rogelio Mosqueda-Garcia | 3 |
2 | Peripheral Autonomic Nervous System / Robert W. Hamill | 12 |
3 | Skeletal Muscle Afferents and Cardiovascular Control / Jere H. Mitchell | 26 |
4 | Sexual Function / John D. Stewart | 31 |
5 | Gastrointestinal Function / Michael Camilleri | 33 |
6 | Regulation of Metabolism / Robert Hoeldtke | 39 |
7 | Autonomic Control of Cardiac Function / Kleber G. Franchini, Allen W. Cowley, Jr. | 42 |
8 | Neurogenic Control of Blood Vessels / Allen W. Cowley, Jr., Kleber G. Franchini | 49 |
9 | Cerebral Circulation / Donald J. Reis, Eugene V. Golanov | 56 |
10 | High- and Low-Pressure Baroreflexes / Dwain L. Eckberg | 59 |
11 | The Bezold-Jarisch Reflex / Virend K. Somers, Allyn L. Mark | 65 |
12 | Other Cardiovascular Reflexes / Michael J. Joyner | 69 |
13 | Autonomic Control of the Pupil / H. Stanley Thompson | 74 |
14 | Aging and the Autonomic Nervous System / Lewis A. Lipsitz | 79 |
15 | Dopaminergic Neurotransmission / Irwin J. Kopin | 87 |
16 | Noradrenergic Neurotransmission / David S. Goldstein | 91 |
17 | Purinergic Neurotransmission / Geoffrey Burnstock | 99 |
18 | Amino Acid Neurotransmission / William T. Talman | 104 |
19 | Imidazoline Receptors and Their Native Ligands / Donald J. Reis, S. Regunathan | 107 |
20 | Clinical Assessment of Autonomic Failure / David Robertson | 111 |
21 | Biochemical Assessment of Sympathetic Activity / Joseph L. Izzo, Jr. | 116 |
22 | Exercise and the Autonomic Nervous System / Vernon S. Bishop | 125 |
23 | Hypothermia / Bruce C. Paton | 128 |
24 | Environmental Hyperthermia / Timothy J. Ingall | 130 |
25 | Neuroleptic Malignant Syndrome / P. David Charles, Thomas L. Davis | 134 |
26 | Malignant Hyperthermia / Beverley A. Britt | 138 |
27 | Primary Hypertension and Sympathetic Nervous Activity / David A. Calhoun, Suzanne Oparil | 143 |
28 | Cardiac Arrhythmias and Sudden Death / Katherine T. Murray, Dan M. Roden | 149 |
29 | Cerebral Autonomic Regulation Underlying Cardiovascular Disease / James E. Skinner | 153 |
30 | Transient Myocardial Ischemia and Infarction / Richard L. Verrier, Peter Y. D. Taylor, James E. Muller | 157 |
31 | Congestive Heart Failure / Murray Esler, David Kaye, Gavin Lambert, Garry Jennings | 164 |
32 | Evaluation of a Patient with Syncope / Horacio Kaufmann | 173 |
33 | Neurocardiogenic Syncope / Blair P. Grubb, Daniel J. Kosinski | 179 |
34 | Syncope in the Athlete / Victor A. Convertino | 183 |
35 | Pheochromocytoma and Neuroblastoma / William M. Manger, Ray W. Gifford, Jr. | 187 |
36 | Chemodectoma and the Familial Paraganglioma Syndrome / James L. Netterville, Robert Sinard | 192 |
37 | Baroreflex Failure / Rose Marie Robertson | 197 |
38 | Tetrahydrobiopterin Deficiency and Aromatic L-Amino Acid Decarboxylase Deficiency / Keith Hyland | 201 |
39 | Dopamine [beta]-Hydroxylase Deficiency / Anton H. van den Meiracker, Frans Boomsma, Arie J. Man in't Veld | 205 |
40 | Menkes Disease / Robert Hoeldtke | 208 |
41 | Monoamine Oxidase Deficiency States / Xandra Breakefield | 210 |
42 | Disorders of Dopamine Metabolism / Otto Kuchel | 212 |
43 | Parkinson's Disease / Thomas L. Davis | 219 |
44 | Multiple System Atrophy and Shy-Danger Syndrome / Ronald J. Polinsky | 222 |
45 | Central Nervous System Disorders / Eduardo E. Benarroch | 226 |
46 | Autonomic Disturbances in Spinal Cord Injuries / Christopher J. Mathias | 230 |
47 | Pure Autonomic Failure / Irwin J. Schatz | 239 |
48 | Familial Dysautonomia / Felicia B. Axelrod | 242 |
49 | Hereditary Autonomic Neuropathies / Yadollah Harati, Aziz Taher Shaibani | 249 |
50 | Amyloidotic Autonomic Failure / Aziz Taher Shaibani, Yadollah Harati | 255 |
51 | Diabetic Autonomic Failure / Michael Pfeifer | 260 |
52 | Paraneoplastic Autonomic Dysfunction / Ramesh K. Khurana | 266 |
53 | Guillain-Barre Syndrome / James G. McLeod | 269 |
54 | Chagas' Disease / Mario Medici, Daniel Bulla, Alba Larre Borges, Raquel Ponce De Leon | 271 |
55 | Other Peripheral Neuropathies / James G. McLeod | 273 |
56 | Postural Tachycardia Syndrome / Phillip A. Low, Ronald Schondorf | 279 |
57 | Orthostatic Intolerance: Mitral Valve Prolapse / H. Cecil Coghlan | 283 |
58 | Idiopathic Hypovolemia / Fetnat M. Fouad-Tarazi | 286 |
59 | Disorders of Sweating / Robert Fealey | 293 |
60 | Impotence / Douglas F. Milam | 300 |
61 | Sleep Apnea and Autonomic Failure / Sudhansu Chokroverty | 304 |
62 | Hypoadrenocorticism / David H. P. Streeten | 309 |
63 | Surgical Sympathectomy / Peter R. Wilson | 311 |
64 | Mastocytosis / L. Jackson Roberts II | 313 |
65 | Nonpharmacological Management of Autonomic Disorders / Wouter Wieling | 319 |
66 | Fludrocortisone / David Robertson | 324 |
67 | Midodrine and Other Pressor Drugs / Roy Freeman | 326 |
68 | Erythropoietin in Autonomic Failure / Italo Biaggioni | 332 |
| Appendix | 334 |
| Index | 337 |