Autonomic Failure A Textbook of Clinical Disorders of the Autonomic Nervous System

This fifth edition of the Autonomic Failure covers the many recent advances made in our understanding of the autonomic nervous system. There are numerous new chapters and extensive revisions of all other contributions. This volume makes diagnosis increasingly precise by fully evaluating the underlying anatomical and functional deficits, thereby allowing more effective treatment. It continues to provide a rational guide to aid in the recognition and management of autonomic disorders for practitioners from a variety of fields, including neurology, cardiology, geriatric medicine, diabetology, and internal medicine.

1 - Neurobiology of the autonomic nervous system
2 - Central nervous control of the cardiovascular system
3 - Neurotransmitters and neuromodulators in the CNS and cardiovascular regulation
4 - Adrenergenic and cholingeric receptors
5 - Structural and chemical organization of the autonomic nervous system with special reference to non-adrenergic, non-cholinergic transmission
6 - Autonomic surgical neuroanatomy
7 - Autonomic and neurohumoral control of the cerebral circulation
8 - Vestibular system influences on respiratory muscle activity and cardiovascular functions
9 - Neural control of the urinary bladder
10 - The autonomic neuroscience of sexual function
11 - Molecular genetics and the autonomic nervous system
12 - Functional neuroimaging of autonomic control
13 - Autoregulation and autonomic control of the cerebral circulation: implications and pathophysiology
14 - Autonomic control of the airways
15 - Autonomic function at high altitudes
16 - The gut and the autonomic nervous system
17 - Nausea, vomiting, and the autonomic nervous system
18 - The influence of the autonomic nervous system on metabolic function
19 - The kidney and the sympathetic nervous system
20 - Pain and the sympathetic nervous systom: pathophysiological mechanisms
21 - Temperature regulation and the autonomic nervous system
22 - Investigation of autonomic disorders
23 - Measurement of heart rate and blood pressure to evaluate disturbances in neurocardiovascular control
24 - Computer analysis of blood pressure and heart rate variability in subjects with normal and abnormal autonomic cardiovascular control
25 - Intraneural recordings of normal and abnormal sympathetic activity in humans
26 - Biochemical investigation of autonomic function - measurement of catecholamines and metabolites, and the use of spillover and allied techniques to determine regional sympathetic activation
27 - Autonomic function and the gastrointestinal tract
28 - Postprandial hypotension in autonomic disorders
29 - Cardiovascularand effects of water ingestion in autonomic disorders
30 - Exercise-induce hypotension in autonomic disorders
31 - Evaluation of sudomotor function
32 - Treatment of hyperhidrosis
33 - Assessment of sleep disturbances in autonomic failure
34 - Vestibular and autonomic interaction
35 - Epilpepsy and the overlap with autonomic disorders
36 - Pupil abnormality in autonomic disorders
37 - Investigation and treatment of bladder dysfunction in diseases affecting the autonomic nervous system
38 - Investigation and treatment of sexual dysfyunction in autonomic diseases
39 - Clinical featuers and evaluation of the primary chronic autonomic failure syndromes
40 - Neuroimaging in autonomic failure sydromes
41 - Neuropathology of multiple system atrophy
42 - Autonomic ganglia and preanglionic neurons in autonomic system failure
43 - Experimental models to define multiple system atrophy and autonomic failure
44 - Development of Parkinson's disease-related pathology in the enteric and central nervous systems
45 - Parkinson's disease and autonomic failure
46 - Treatment of the motor disorders of multiple system atrophy
47 - Treatment of orthostatic hypotension
48 - Familial dysautonomia
49 - Dopamine-beta-hydroxylase deficiency: with a note on other genetically determined causes of autonomic failure
50 - Hereditary amyloid neuropathy
51 - Autonomic dysfunction in peripheral nerve disease
52 - Autoimmune and paraneoplastic autonomic neuropathies
53 - Autonomic failure in diabetes
54 - Introduction to neurocardiology
55 - Transient loss of consciousness
56 - Syncope and fainting: classification and pathophysiological basis
57 - Cardiac causes of syncope
58 - Paediatric aspects of neurally (autonomic) mediated syncope
59 - Syncope in the elderly
60 - Situational syncope
61 - Postural orthostatic tachycardia syndrome
62 - Circulatory shock
63 - Cardiac failure and the autonomic nervous system
64 - Phaeochromocytoma: a clinical chameleon
65 - Sympathetic neural mechanisms in hypertension
66 - Autonomic disturbances in spinal cord lesions
67 - Autonomic disorders affecting cutaneous blood flow Peter D. Drummand
68 - Autonomic aspects of migraine: pathophysiology and treatment
69 - Mechanisms underlying complex regional pain syndrome
70 - Ageing and the autonomic nervous system
71 - Drugs, chemicals, and toxins that alter autonomic function
72 - Surgery and the autonomic nervous system