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How to use the links pages
This web site contains five pages of
links about dysautonomia. Links referring to the autonomic nervous system, dysautonomia in general
and some secondary dysautonomias are included on this page. There are
also link pages specifically for postural tachycardia syndrome (POTS), neurocardiogenic
syncope (NCS), pure autonomic failure (PAF), and multiple system atrophy/Shy-Drager
syndrome (MSA/SDS).
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Anaesthesia
Incidence and significance of orthostatic intolerance following general
anesthesia:
http://www.cja-jca.org/cgi/content/full/48/suppl_1/A49
Orthostatic Hypotension Occurs
Frequently in the First Hour After Anesthesia:
http://www.anesthesia-analgesia.org/cgi/content/abstract/98/1/40
Autonomic dysfunction - anaesthetic management:
http://www.anaesthetist.com/anaes/patient/ans.htm
Anesthesia and CFIDS:
http://wwcoco.com/cfids/anesthesia.html
Autoimmune
Immunization with neuronal nicotinic acetylcholine receptor
induces neurological autoimmune disease:
http://www.pubmedcentral.gov/articlerender.fcgi?tool=pubmed&pubmedid=
12639997
Autonomic Nervous System
Organization of the Nervous System:
http://users.rcn.com/jkimball.ma.ultranet/BiologyPages/P/PNS.html
The Autonomic Nervous System by Dr. S. Bakewell
Addenbrooke's Hospital, Cambridge:
http://www.nda.ox.ac.uk/wfsa/html/u05/u05_010.htm
Autonomic Regulation of Cardiovascular Function:
http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/books/bv.fcgi?call=bv.View..ShowSection&rid=
neurosci.section.1414
Autonomic Regulation of the Bladder:
http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/books/bv.fcgi?rid=neurosci.section.1416
Pharmacology of the Autonomic Nervous System:
http://www.mc.vanderbilt.edu/gcrc/ad_center/2005Pharm501AutonomicsPDF.pdf
Autonomic Nervous System Disorders:
http://www.nlm.nih.gov/medlineplus/autonomicnervoussystemdisorders.html
Peripheral Neuropathies:
http://www.wfneurology.org/docs/pdf/Munsat_chapter7.pdf
Baroreflex Failure
Four Faces of Baroreflex Failure:
http://circ.ahajournals.org/cgi/content/full/105/21/2518
Catecholamines
Catecholamine-related molecules and disorders:
http://www.neuro.wustl.edu/neuromuscular/lab/catechol.htm
Chiari malformation/spinal cord involvement
Watch a presentation by physicians at The Chiari Institute and NIH as they
discuss the
possible connection between POTS, Ehlers-Danlos syndrome and Chiari
Malformation: (click on the Ehlers-Danlos National Foundation link)
http://www.thechiariinstitute.com/
Chiari 1 malformation redefined: Clinical and radiographic findings for 364
symptomatic patients:
http://statlink.duke.edu/medstat/pdf/milhorat-et-al.pdf
Cerebral syncope in a patient with spinal cord injury:
http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/entrez/query.fcgi?cmd=
Retrieve&db=PubMed&list_uids=11990670&dopt=Abstract
Chiari, fibromyalgia, gastrointestinal problems, gulf war syndrome,
multiple chemical sensitivities/environmental illness, orthostatic intolerance:
http://www.cfids.org/about-cfids/orthostatic-intolerance.asp
Sinus arrhythmia and pupil size in Chiari I malformation: evidence of
autonomic dysfunction:
http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/entrez/query.fcgi?cmd=
Retrieve&db=PubMed&list_uids=8314116&dopt=Abstract
The Chiari Institute: (This information is provided for educational
purposes only - The Dysautonomia Information Network is not promoting this clinic)
http://www.chiariinstitute.com/chiari_about.html
Autonomic nervous system disorders in 230 cases of basilar impression and
arnold-chiari deformity:
http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/entrez/query.fcgi?cmd=
Retrieve&db=PubMed&list_uids=1494411&dopt=Abstract
Chiari I malformation as a cause of orthostatic intolerance symptoms: a media
myth?
http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/entrez/query.fcgi?cmd=
Retrieve&db=PubMed&list_uids=11705431&dopt=Abstract
No increased herniation of the cerebellar tonsils in a group of patients with
orthostatic intolerance:
http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/entrez/query.fcgi?cmd
=Retrieve&db=PubMed&list_uids=12598952&dopt=Abstract
Orthostatic hypotension following spinal cord injury: understanding clinical
pathophysiology:
http://www.nature.com/sc/journal/v44/n6/full/3101855a.html
Chronic fatigue syndrome
Flexible Joints Associated with Chronic Fatigue Syndrome, Researchers Find:
http://www.hopkinschildrens.org/pages/news/pressdetails.cfm?newsid=109
The importance of orthostatic intolerance in the chronic fatigue syndrome:
http://www.ncf-net.org/library/orthostaticreview.htm
MEDLINEplus health information on chronic fatigue syndrome:
http://www.nlm.nih.gov/medlineplus/chronicfatiguesyndrome.html
Chronic fatigue syndrome: A hypothesis focusing on the autonomic nervous
system:
http://cs.portlandpress.com/cs/096/0117/0960117.pdf
Diabetes and autonomic neuropathy
Chronic administration of pharmacologic doses of vitamin E improves the
cardiac autonomic nervous system in patients with type 2 diabetes:
http://www.ajcn.org/cgi/content/full/73/6/1052
Value of scintigraphy using meta-iodo-benzyl-guanidine (MIBG) in the
investigation of cardiac autonomic neuropathy in diabetic patients. Comparison
with Ewing tests:
http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/entrez/query.fcgi?cmd=
Retrieve&db=PubMed&list_uids=9404408&dopt=Abstract
Abnormal cardiovascular reflexes in juvenile diabetics as preclinical signs
of autonomic neuropathy:
http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/entrez/query.fcgi?cmd=
Retrieve&db=PubMed&list_uids=7346309&dopt=Abstract
Response of the autonomous nervous system of the heart in diabetes mellitus:
http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/entrez/query.fcgi?cmd=
Retrieve&db=PubMed&list_uids=529862&dopt=Abstract
MEDLINEplus health information on diabetes:
http://www.nlm.nih.gov/medlineplus/diabetes.html
Ehlers-Danlos Syndrome
eMedicine Journal, Ehlers-Danlos syndrome:
http://author.emedicine.com/ped/topic654.htm
Ehlers-Danlos National Foundation:
http://www.ednf.org/
Fibromyalgia
National Fibromyalgia Research Association:
http://www.nfra.net/default.htm
MEDLINEplus health information on fibromyalgia:
http://www.nlm.nih.gov/medlineplus/fibromyalgia.html
Alternative treatments for fibromyalgia:
http://www.worldstar.com/~carltown/path2well/fibro1.htm
A review of fibromyalgia:
http://www.ajmc.com/files/articlefiles/AJMCnovNampiaparampil794.pdf
Elusive syndromes: Treating the biologic basis
of fibromyalgia and related syndromes:
http://www.ccjm.org/pdffiles/Clauw1001.pdf
Hormones
Influence of the menstrual cycle on sympathetic activity, baroreflex
sensitivity, and vascular transduction in young women:
http://circ.ahajournals.org/cgi/content/abstract/101/8/862
Hypovolemia in syncope and orthostatic intolerance role of the
renin-angiotensin system:
http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/entrez/query.fcgi?cmd=
Retrieve&db=PubMed&list_uids=9274896&dopt=Abstract
Is this patient hypovolemic?
http://jama.ama-assn.org/cgi/content/abstract/281/11/1022
Idiopathic hypovolemia: a self perpetuating autonomic dysfunction?
http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/entrez/query.fcgi?cmd=
Retrieve&db=PubMed&list_uids=9869552&dopt=Abstract
Lipodystrophy
Partial lipodystrophy in a boy:
http://www.indianpediatrics.net/jan2000/case3.htm
Lipodystrophy, generalized:
http://www.emedicine.com/med/topic3523.htm
Medications
Web Site for cardiovascular and autonomic pharmacology:
https://courses.washington.edu/chat543/cvans/vlab/index.html
Drug protects against nervous system failure:
http://www.news.harvard.edu/gazette/1997/04.17/DrugProtectsAga.html
Treatment of orthostatic hypotension with erythropoietin:
http://content.nejm.org/cgi/content/absract/329/9/611
Effects of long-term clonidine administration on the hemodynamic and
neuroendocrine postural responses of patients with dysautonomia:
http://www.chestjournal.org/cgi/reprint/83/2/436
Cardiac vagal response to water ingestion in normal human subjects:
http://cs.portlandpress.com/cs/103/0157/cs1030157.htm
Mitochondrial disease and dysautonomia
Mitochondrial cytopathy in adults: what we know so far:
http://www.ccjm.org/pdffiles/COHEN701.PDF
Mitochondrial encephalomyopathies presenting with features of autonomic and
visceral dysfunction:
http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/entrez/query.fcgi?cmd=
Retrieve&db=PubMed&list_uids=8736411&dopt=Abstract
A case of mitochondrial encephalomyopathy with peripheral neuropathy and
autonomic symptoms:
http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/entrez/query.fcgi?cmd=
Retrieve&db=PubMed&list_uids=7605684&dopt=Abstract
Neurologic presentations of mitochondrial disorders
http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/entrez/query.fcgi?cmd=
Retrieve&db=PubMed&list_uids=10641610&dopt=Abstract
Mitral valve prolapse
Mitral valve prolapse:
http://www.consciouschoice.com/1995-98/cc093/hmd093.html
The phenomenon of dysautonomia and mitral valve prolapse:
http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/entrez/query.fcgi?cmd=
Retrieve&db=PubMed&list_uids=8003350&dopt=Abstract
Exercise response in young women with mitral valve prolapse:
http://www.chestjournal.org/cgi/reprint/96/5/1076
Mitral Valve Prolapse in Active
Patients: Recognition, Treatment, and Exercise Recommendations:
http://www.physsportsmed.com/issues/1996/07_96/joy.htm
Outlook
Impaired autonomic function is associated with increased morality, especially
in subjects with diabetes, hypertension, or a history of cardiovascular disease:
The Hoorn study:
http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/entrez/utils/fref.fcgi?
http://care.diabetesjournals.org/cgi/pmidlookup?view=full&pmid=11574444
Orthostatic hypotension in organic dementia: relationship between blood
pressure, cortical blood flow and symptoms:
http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/entrez/query.fcgi?cmd=
Retrieve&db=PubMed&list_uids=8924753&dopt=Abstract
Neurocardiovascular instability, hypotensive episodes, and MRI lesions in
neurodegenerative dementia:
http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/entrez/query.fcgi?cmd=
Retrieve&db=PubMed&list_uids=10818535&dopt=Abstract
Orthostatic hypotension in Alzheimer's disease: result or cause of brain
dysfunction?
http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/entrez/query.fcgi?cmd=
Retrieve&db=PubMed&list_uids=10476310&dopt=Abstract
Orthostatic hypotension as a risk factor for stroke:
http://stroke.ahajournals.org/cgi/pmidlookup?view=full&pmid=11022055
Organizations
American Dysautonomia Institute:
http://www.adiwebsite.org/
National Dysautonomia Research Foundation:
http://www.ndrf.org/
Dysautonomia Youth Network of America (DYNA) (devoted to youth with dysautonomia)
www.dynakids.org
STARS - syncope trust and reflex anoxic seizures:
www.stars.org.uk
Pediatric Network
www.pediatricnetwork.org
Orthostatic hypotension
Treatment of orthostatic hypotension:
http://www.neuropathymd.org/pdf/35/Treatment%20of%20Orthostatic%20
Hypotension.pdf
Assessment of orthostatic blood pressure: measurement technique and clinical
applications:
http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/entrez/query.fcgi?cmd=
Retrieve&db=PubMed&list_uids=10071663&dopt=Abstract
Neurological paraneoplastic syndromes producing weakness or sensory loss:
http://www.dcmsonline.org/jax-medicine/2000journals/august2000/paraneoplastic.htm
Reversible paraneoplastic encephalomyelitis associated with a benign ovarian
teratoma:
http://www.cjns.org/26novtoc/reversible.html
Paraneoplastic autonomic neuropathy:
http://www.emedicine.com/NEURO/topic298.htm
Immunological and endocrinological abnormalities in paraneoplastic disorders
with involvement of the autonomic nervous system:
http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/entrez/query.fcgi?cmd=
Retrieve&db=PubMed&list_uids=9241563&dopt=Abstract
Pheochromocytoma
Biochemical diagnosis of pheochromocytoma:
http://www.angelfire.com/hi/Pheochromocytoma/biodiag.html
Pheochromocytoma:
http://author.emedicine.com/PED/topic1788.htm
Pheochromocytoma support site: (with lots of links)
http://members.aol.com/ThreePeb/indexpheo1.html
MEDLINEplus health information on pheochromocytoma:
http://www.nlm.nih.gov/medlineplus/pheochromocytoma.html
Germ-line mutations in nonsyndromic pheochromocytoma:
http://content.nejm.org/cgi/content/abstract/346/19/1459
Porphyria
Diagnosis and management of porphyria:
http://bmj.bmjjournals.com/cgi/content/full/320/7250/1647
Merck Manual: porphyrias:
http://www.merck.com/mrkshared/mmanual_home2/sec12/ch160/ch160a.jsp
Sex
Autonomic Regulation of Sexual Function:
http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/books/bv.fcgi?call=bv.View..ShowSection&
rid=neurosci.section.1418
Neurogenic Sexual Dysfunction in Man and Women:
http://www.wfneurology.org/docs/pdf/Munsat_chapter4.pdf
Sleep
Sleep-disordered breathing and hypotension:
http://ajrccm.atsjournals.org/cgi/content/full/164/7/1242
Syringomyelia
NINDS syringomyelia information page:
http://www.ninds.nih.gov/disorders/syringomyelia/syringomyelia.htm
Postural tachycardia syndrome in syringomyelia: response to fludrocortisone
and beta-blockers:
http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/entrez/query.fcgi?cmd=
Retrieve&db=PubMed&list_uids=11710800&dopt=Abstract
Involvement of the autonomic nervous system in patients with syringomyelia -
a study with the sympathetic skin response:
http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/entrez/query.fcgi?cmd=
Retrieve&db=PubMed&list_uids=8654321&dopt=Abstract
Hyperhidrosis as the presenting symptom in post-traumatic syringomyelgia:
(hyperhidrosis is excessive sweating)
http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/entrez/query.fcgi?cmd=
Retrieve&db=PubMed&list_uids=8090551&dopt=Abstract
Cardiovascular reflexes in syringomyelia:
http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/entrez/query.fcgi?cmd=
Retrieve&db=PubMed&list_uids=7139257&dopt=Abstract
MEDLINEplus health information on syringomyelia:
http://www.nlm.nih.gov/medlineplus/syringomyelia.html
Tests/management
Assessment: Clinical Autonomic Testing:
http://aan.com/professionals/practice/pdfs/pdf_1995_thru_1998/1996.46.873.pdf
Testing the autonomic nervous system:
http://www.iasp-pain.org/TC98NovDec.html
The fainting patient: value of the head-upright tilt-table test in adult
patients with orthostatic intolerance:
http://www.cmaj.ca/cgi/content/full/164/3/372
Autonomic diseases: management:
http://jnnp.bmjjournals.com/cgi/content/full/74/suppl_3/iii42
Autonomic diseases: clinical features and laboratory evaluation:
http://jnnp.bmjjournals.com/cgi/content/full/74/suppl_3/iii31
