Development of the Autonomic Nervous System: Clinical Implications

Autonomic nervous system Clinical neurophysiology Critical care

P 2121 Myocardial 123I-metaiodobenzylguanidine (MIBG) Scintigraphy for the assessment of cardiac sympathetic nervous dysfunction in diabetic patients J. Nunomura, O. Uehara, M. Baba, M. Matsunaga Department of Neurology, Municipal Kuroishi Hospital, Kuroishi, Aomori, JAPAN, Department of Internal Medicine, Municipal Kuroishi Hospital, Kuroishi, Aomori, JAPAN, Department of Neurology, Hirosaki U...

Effect of Yoga on the Autonomic Nervous System: Clinical Implications in the Management of Atrial Fibrillation

Atrial fibrillation (AF), the most common sustained cardiac arrhythmia, is seen in approximately 1.5% of the U.S. population [1] and results in substantial morbidity and mortality [2]. One of the largest U.S. epidemiological studies, the Framingham Heart Study, predicted that AF prevalence doubles with each advancing decade of age, from 0.5% at age 50-59 years to almost 9% at age 80-89 years, i...

The Autonomic Nervous System

T sweating sunbather lying quietly in the summer sun or the racing heart and “hair-standing-on-end” sensations experienced by a person suddenly frightened by a horror movie are familiar examples of the body responding automatically to changes in the physical or emotional environment. These responses occur as a result of the actions of the autonomic portion of the nervous system and take place w...

The Autonomic Nervous System

Dysautonomias: clinical disorders of the autonomic nervous system.

The term dysautonomia refers to a change in autonomic nervous system function that adversely affects health. The changes range from transient, occasional episodes of neurally mediated hypotension to progressive neurodegenerative diseases; from disorders in which altered autonomic function plays a primary pathophysiologic role to disorders in which it worsens an independent pathologic state; and...