Autonomic Failure

Introduction and classification of autonomic disorders; Historical Perspectives on the autonomic nervous system; PART I - SCIENTIFIC ASPECTS OF STRUCTURE AND FUNCTION; 1. Neurobiology of the autonomic nervous system; 2. Autonomic nervous system development; 3. Nerve growth factors and the autonomic nervous system; 4. Molecular genetic approaches to the autonomic nervous system; 5. Central neurotransmitters & neuromodulators in cardiovascular regulation; 6. Central nervous control of the cardiovascular system; 7. Adrenergic and cholinergic receptors; 8. Structural and chemical organization of the autonomicnervous system with special reference to non-adrenergic, non-cholinergic transmission; 9. Control of blood pressure and the circulation in man; 10. Autonomic and neurohumoral control of the cerebral circulation; PART II - PHYSIOLOGY AND PATHOPHYSIOLOGY RELEVANT TO AUTONOMIC FAILURE; 11. Autoregulation and autonomic control of the cerebral circulation: implications and pathophysiology; 12. Temperature regulation and the autonomic nervous system; 13. Pain and the sympathetic nervous system: pathophysiological mechanisms; 14. Autonomic control of the airways; 15. The gut and the autonomic nervous system; 16. Nausea, vomiting and the autonomic nervous system; 17. The influence of the autonomic nervous system on metabolic function; 18. The kidney and the sympathetic nervous system; 19. Neural control of the urinary bladder and sexual organs; PART III - CLINICAL AUTONOMIC TESTING; 20. Investigation of autonomic disorders; 21. Measurement of heart rate and blood pressure to evaluate dosturbances in neurocardiovascular control; 22. Computer analysis of blood pressure and heart rate variability in subjects with normal and abnormal autonomic cardiovascular control; 23. Intraneural recordings of normal and abnormal sympathetic activity in humans; 24. Neuropharmacological investigation of autonomic failure; 25. Pupil function: tests and disorders; 26. The assessment of sleep disturbances in autonomic failure; 27. Evaluation of sudomotor function; 28. Autonomic function and dysfunction in the gastrointestinal tract; 29. Postprandial hypotension in autonomic disorders; 30. Investigation and treatment of bladder and sexual dusfunction in diseases affecting the autonomic nervous system; PART IV - PRIMARY AUTONOMIC FAILURE: CLINICAL AND PATHOLOGICAL STUDIES IN PURE AUTONOMIC FAILURE AND MULTIPLE SYSTEM ATROPHY; 31. Clinical features and evaluation of the primary chronic autonomic failure syndromes; 32. Neuroimaging and allied studies in autonomic failure syndromes; 33. The neuropathology and neurochemistry of multiple system atrophy; 34. Autonomic ganglia and preganglionic neurones in autonomic failure; 35. Histological studies of skeletal and smooth muscle in autonomic failure; 36. Management of of postural hypotension; 37. The treatment of the motor disorders of multiple system atrophy; PART V - PERIPHERAL AUTONOMIC NEUROPATHIES; 38. Autonomic dysfunction in peripheral nerve disease; 39. Diabetic autonomic failure; 40. Dopamine beta-hydroxylase deficiency - with a note on other genetically determined causes of autonomic failure; 41. Familial dysautonomia; 42. Amyloid neuropathy; PART VI - OTHER DISORDERS ASSOCIATED WITH AUTONOMIC DYSFUNCTION; 43. Introduction of neurocardiology; 44. Syncope and fainting: classification and pathophysiological basis; 45. Neurally mediated syncope; 46. Cardiac causes of syncope; 47. Shock and its management; 48. Sympathetic neural mechanisms in hypertension; 49. Cardiac failure and the autonomic nervous system; 50. Autonomic disorders affecting cutaneous blood flow; 51. Autonomic disturbances in spinal cord lesions; 52. Aautonomic and cerebrovascular aspects of migraine: pathophysiology and treatment; 53. Pain and the sympathetic nervous system; 54. Drugs, chemicals, and toxins that alter autonomic function; 55. Ageing and the autonomic nervous system