19th INTERNATIONAL SYMPOSIUM
ON THE AUTONOMIC NERVOUS SYSTEM
Kauai Marriott Resort & Beach Club
Kauai, Hawaii
October 29-November 1, 2008
Final Program
WEDNESDAY, OCTOBER 29, 2008
7:30 AM-2:00 PM Satellite Symposium
5:00-7:00 PM
Registration/Welcome Reception & Special Poster Session
7:00-7:15 PM
Welcome - Dr. Italo Biaggioni
Advances in Pathophysiology
Chairs: Horacio Kaufmann & Irwin Schatz
7:15-7:30 PM
Hypotension and cognitive impairment in the elderly
IJ Schatz, K Masaki, G Fujikami, R Chen, D Laurin, R Abbott, G Ross, H Petrovitch, L
White, P Blanchette, L Launer
Honolulu, HI, USA
7:30-7:45 PM
SDS/MSA Research Award
Prospective differentiation of multiple system atrophy from Parkinson’s disease
A Lipp, P Sandroni, JE Ahlskog, RD Fealey, TL Gehrking, SD Weigand, DM Sletten,
JA Gehrking, KK Nickander, W Singer, DM Maraganore, GK Wenning, CM Shults,
PA Low
Rochester, MN, USA
7:45-8:00 PM
CCHS: Distribution of PHOX2B mutations in a large cohort
DE Weese-Mayer, CM Rand, DA Loghmanee, L Zhou, AS Kenny, LJ Jennings, EM
Berry-Kravis
Chicago, IL, USA
8:00-8:15 PM
Neuronal source of plasma dopamine
DS Goldstein, C Holmes
Bethesda, MD, USA
8:15-8:30 PM
Time course of changes in vasomotor sympathetic activity during normal human
pregnancy
8:30-8:45 PM
Q Fu, TB VanGundy, S Shibata, DL Creson, BD Levine
Dallas, TX, USA
Genetic markers for autonomic dysfunction in healthy children of Andean
highlanders
L Huicho, C Qualls, G Xing, M Rivera-Ch, JL Gamboa, A Verma, O Appenzeller
Albuquerque, NM, USA
THURSDAY, OCTOBER 30, 2008
7:30-8:00 AM
Breakfast
8:00-8:45 AM
Plenary Lecture
Autonomic Clocks and Circadian Rhythms
Dr. Andries Kalsbeek
The Netherlands
Autonomic Control of Blood Pressure in Normotensive and Hypertensive States
Chairs: Mark Chapleau & Wouter Wieling
8:45-9:00 AM
pH sensitive ion channels contribute to carotid body hypersensitivity in spontaneously
hypertensive rats
ZY Tan, Y Lu, CA Whiteis, MW Chapleau, FM Abboud
Iowa City, IA, USA
9:00-9:15 AM
AAS Travel Fellowship Award
Spinophilin and blood pressure regulation
AC da Costa-Goncalves, J Tank, R Plehm, A Diedrich, M Todiras, M Gollasch, M
Wellner, M Bader, J Jordan, FC Luft, V Gross
Berlin, Germany
9:15-9:30 AM
Muscle sympathetic nerve activity during mental stress: responders vs. nonresponders
JR Carter, CA Ray
Houghton, MI, USA
9:30-9:45 AM
FMS Penaz-Wesseling Travel Fellowship Award
Enhancement of vestibular ocular counter-roll with subthreshold stochastic resonance
galvanic stimulation
MC Geraghty, BM Deegan, SJ Wood, JM Serrador
Boston, MA, USA
9:45-10:00 AM
Respiratory modulation and baroreflex control of heart rate after eight days in space
B Verheyden, J Liu, AE Aubert
Leuven, Belgium
10:00-10:15 AM Lack of evidence for nitric oxide deficiency contributing to hypertension in humans
A Gamboa, LE Okamoto, A Diedrich, C Shibao, G Farley, SY Paranjape, D Robertson,
I Biaggioni
Nashville, TN, USA
10:15-10:30 AM Autonomic regulation of circulation profile in patients with severe left ventricle of
heart myocardial hypertrophy depending on the blood pressure level
TA Lubimtseva, OV Mamontov, AO Conrady, OM Moiseeva, EV Shlyakhto
St. Petersburg, Russia
10:30-10:45 AM
Coffee Break
Advances in Autonomic Evaluation
Chairs: Phillip Low & Max Hilz
10:45-11:00 AM Tonic inhibitory influence of cerebellar cortex on the 10-Hz rhythm in sympathetic
nerve discharge
GL Gebber, SM Barman
East Lansing, MI, USA
11:00-11:15 AM Spectral analyses of cardiovascular control in spinal cord injured rats and humans
VE Claydon, JA Inskip, LM Ramer, MS Ramer, AV Krassioukov
Vancouver, BC, Canada
11:15-11:30 AM Evaluation of a novel non model driven assessment of cardiac autonomic activity:
response to combined graded orthostatic and heat stress
R Schondorf, J Benoit, M Genoulaz, MJ Lafitte
Montreal, QC, Canada
11:30-11:45 AM CO2-NO axis: a novel pathway in mediating cerebrovascular vasodilatation
M Masoud, H Saher, B Brenner, A Roguin, G Jacob
Haifa, Israel
11:45-12:00 PM
12:00-12:15 PM
12:15-12:30 PM
12:30-2:00 PM
Translating cardiac neuroimaging to clinical practice: a novel approach to neurogenic
orthostatic hypotension
DS Goldstein, Y Sharabi
Bethesda, MD, USA
The use of real-time ultrasonography in microneurography
TB Curry, MJ Joyner, N Charkoudian
Rochester, MN, USA
Quantifying sweat gland innervation – a comparison of two novel unbiased methods
CH Gibbons, BMW Illigens, R Freeman
Boston, MA, USA
Lunch & Poster Session I
DAVID H. P. STREETEN SESSION
2:00-2:45 PM
Streeten Lecture
Catecholamines 101
Dr. David Goldstein
Bethesda, MD, USA
2:45-3:00 PM
Streeten Travel Fellowship Award
The balancing act between sympathetic nerve activity and cardiac output: differences
between young men and women
EC Hart, N Charkoudian, BG Wallin, TB Curry, JH Eisenach, MJ Joyner
Rochester, MN, USA
FRIDAY, OCTOBER 31, 2008
7:00-8:30 AM
Breakfast & Poster Session II
8:30-9:15 AM
Plenary Lecture
Pathogenesis and treatment development in transgenic mouse models of
multiple system atrophy and a-synuclein accumulation
Dr. Eliezer Masliah
San Diego, CA, USA
Diabetes and Autonomic Impairment
Chairs: Felicia Axelrod & Roy Freeman
9:15-9:30 AM
Sympathetic and parasympathetic outflow imbalance is involved in blood pressure
increase in db/db mice
AC Costa-Goncalves, J Tank, J Jordan, A Diedrich, R Plehm, FC Luft, V Gross
Berlin, Germany
9:30-9:45 AM
Insulin neuritis: can excessive glucose control impair autonomic function?
CH Gibbons, R Freeman
Boston, MA, USA
9:45-10:00 AM
Anatomical and functional changes in baroreceptor afferent, central and efferent
components of the baroreflex circuitry in type 1 diabetic mice (OVE26)
Z Cheng, M Lin, L Li, C Huang, H Gu, B Yan
Orlando, FL, USA
10:00-10:15 AM Attenuated baroreflex function in response to antecedent hypoglycemia – does this play
a role in the mortality associated with rigorous control of diabetes?
I Bonyhay, G Adler, E Waring, H Failing, R Freeman
Boston, MA, USA
10:15-10:30 AM Loss of coupling between cerebral blood flow and blood pressure in diabetic autonomic
neuropathy
SJ Yeh, CC Chiu, BY Liau
Taichung, Taiwan
10:30-10:45 AM
Coffee Break
Orthostatic Tolerance, Syncope and POTS
Chairs: Giris Jacob & Maria Hopman
10:45-11:00 AM Head-up tilt induced vasoconstriction is preserved in dopamine-β-hydroxylase
deficiency
JT Groothuis, J Deinum, JWM Lenders, MTE Hopman
Nijmegen, The Netherlands
11:00-11:15 AM A steep fall in cardiac output is the main determinant of hypotension during drug free
and nitroglycerine induced orthostatic vasovagal syncope
B Verheyden, J Liu, N van Dijk, BE Westerhof, T Reybrouck, AE Aubert, W Wieling
Amsterdam, The Netherlands
11:15-11:30 AM Inadequate cutaneous vasoconstriction in the heat stressed human at the onset of
syncopal symptoms during an orthostatic challenge
CG Crandall, M Shibasaki
Dallas, TX, USA
11:30-11:45 AM Role of the cholinergic system in orthostatic intolerance and cerebral blood flow
response to orthostatic challenge
JM Serrador, EF Waring, R Freeman
Boston, MA, USA
11:45-12:00 PM Diminished diurnal variations of blood pressure in postural tachycardia syndrome
K Sato, I Biaggioni, SR Raj, D Robertson, A Diedrich
Nashville, TN, USA
12:00-12:15 PM Low dose propranolol is effective at decreasing orthostatic tachycardia and improves
symptoms in postural tachycardia syndrome (POTS)
SR Raj, I Biaggioni, BK Black, PA Harris, SY Paranjape, M Ramirez, D Robertson
Nashville, TN, USA
12:15-12:30 PM One month of non-selective beta-adrenergic blockade treatment normalizes vasomotor
sympathetic activity without improving symptoms during upright tilt in the postural
orthostatic tachycardia syndrome
Q Fu, S Shibata, TB VanGundy, DL Creson, BD Levine
Dallas, TX, USA
SATURDAY, NOVEMBER 1, 2008
7:00-8:30 AM
Breakfast & Poster Session III
Skin and Peripheral Autonomic Function
Chairs: Craig Crandall & Julian Stewart
8:30-8:45 AM
The cutaneous architecture of autonomic nerve fiber innervation
CH Gibbons, N Wang, R Freeman
Boston, MA, USA
8:45-9:00 AM
Intradermal angiotensin-II administration attenuates the local cutaneous vasodilator
heating response
JM Stewart, I Taneja, N Raghunath, D Clarke, MS Medow
Valhalla, NY, USA
9:00-9:15 AM
Intradermal norepinephrine administration attenuates the local cutaneous vasodilator
heating response
MS Medow, I Taneja, N Raghunath, JM Stewart
Valhalla, NY, USA
9:15-9:30 AM
A dynamic analysis of sudomotor function in a human model of small fiber neuropathy
CH Gibbons, BMW Illigens, R Freeman
Boston, MA, USA
9:30-9:45 AM
Quantitative sudomotor axon reflex test (QSART) in HIV-infected patients with antiretroviral therapy (ART)-associated neuropathy
9:45-10:15 AM
10:15-10:30 AM
M Boger, T Hulgan, A Peltier
Nashville, TN, USA
Business Meeting
Coffee Break
Novel Approaches to Treatment
Chairs: David Robertson & Michael Joyner
10:30-10:45 AM Enhancement of CGRP receptor signaling: a novel approach to improving autonomic
regulation in normal and hypertensive states
R Sabharwal, Z Zhang, HM Stauss, FM Abboud, AF Russo, MW Chapleau
Iowa City, IA, USA
10:45-11:00 AM Tilt training increases the vasoconstrictor reserve in patients with neurally mediated
syncope evoked by head-up tilt testing
B Verheyden, H Ector, AE Aubert, T Reybrouck
Leuven, Belgium
11:00-11:15 AM The effect of nitroglycerine and desmopressin on blood pressure, nocturnal polyuria
and morning orthostatic tolerance in the hypertension of autonomic failure
LE Okamoto, A Gamboa, C Shibao, BK Black, SR Raj, D Robertson, I Biaggioni
Nashville, TN, USA
11:15-11:30 AM Acute sympathetic vasomotor tone reduction with electrical carotid sinus stimulation in
patients with refractory hypertension
K Heusser, J Tank, A Diedrich, S Engeli, J Menne, S Eckert, CGJ Sweep, N Krueger,
G Franke, G Stoffels, FC Luft, J Jordan
Hannover, Germany
11:30-11:45 AM Ongoing clinical trials of droxidopa. An interim update
H Kaufmann, C Mathias, R Freeman, P Low, D Robertson and the Droxidopa Study
Group
New York, NY, USA
11:45-7:00 PM
Free Time
7:00-10:00 PM
Presidential Dinner
SPECIAL POSTER SESSION – Cardiac Sympathetic Neuroimaging
Wednesday, October 29, 2008
5:00-7:00 PM
Poster #S1
Differential diagnostic value of normal uptake but increased 123I-MIBG washout in
Parkinsonism
Y Uchiyama, M Momose, C Kondo, K Kusakabe, M Iwata, S Uchiyama
Tokyo, Japan
Poster #S2
123I-meta-iodobenzylguanidine scintigraphy is a useful diagnostic tool to differentiate
early phase of Lewy body disease from other movement disorders
T Takeda, S Uchiyama
Tokyo, Japan
Poster #S3
123I-MIBG scintigraphy in PSP, CBD and IPD
M Yoshita, D Noto, K Takahashi, M Yamada
Poster #S4
Poster #S5
Poster #S6
Poster #S7
Poster #S8
Poster #S9
Poster #S10
Poster #S11
Poster #S12
Poster #S13
Kanazawa, Japan
Myocardial sympathetic degeneration correlates with olfactory function in Parkinson’s
disease
M Iijima, M Osawa, M Momose, M Suzuki, S Uchiyama
Tokyo, Japan
MIBG myocardial scintigraphy in the diagnosis of dementia
J Nunomura, M Nishie, A Arai, Y Miki, M Baba
Aomori, Japan
123I-metaiodobenzylguanidine myocardial scintigraphy and susceptibility weightedimaging of the substantia nigra in patients with PD
T Maeda, K Nagata, H Toyoshima, T Kinoshita
Akita, Japan
Longitudinal observation of MIBG myocardial scintigraphy in patients with multiple
system atrophy
H Nagayama, M Ueda, M Hamamoto, K Tsukamoto, Y Katayama
Tokyo, Japan
Preclinical investigation of 11C-phenethylguanidines as radiotracers for quantifying
cardiac sympathetic nerve density with PET
DM Raffel, Y-W Jung, G Gu, RA Koeppe, P Sherman, C Quesada
Ann Arbor, MI, USA
PET measurement of cardiac and nigrostriatal denervation in parkinsonian syndromes
DM Raffel, RA Koeppe, R Little, C-N Wang, S Liu, L Junck, M Heumann, S Gilman
Ann Arbor, MI, USA
Importance of renal function of cardiac iodine-123 metaiodobenzylguanidine
scintigraphy for predicting prognosis of heart disease patients
T Furuhashi, M Moroi, H Hase, T Kunimasa, R Nakazato, H Fukuda, K Sugi
Tokyo, Japan
Marked reduction of cardiac 123I-MIBG uptake in REM sleep behavior disorder
compared with Parkinson’s disease
K Kashihara, T Imamura, M Ohno, S Kawada
Okayama, Japan
Evaluation of Parkinson’s disease and related disorders using cardiac MIBG
scintigraphy
K Marumoto, K Ichikawa, R Yamada, H Kikuchi, M Nakashita, K Matsumoto, Y
Kageyama
Hyogo, Japan
Translating cardiac neuroimaging to clinical practice: a novel approach to neurogenic
orthostatic hypotension
DS Goldstein, Y Sharabi
Bethesda, MD, USA
POSTER SESSION I
Thursday, October 30, 2008
12:30-2:00 PM
Advances in Autonomic Physiology
Chairs: Fetnat Fouad-Tarazi & Qi Fu
Poster #1
Alpha adrenergic contribution to the resting autonomic support of arterial blood
pressure in healthy men versus women
AP Dutoit, JA Schmitt, EC Hart, N Charkoudian, BG Wallin, TB Curry, JH Eisenach,
MJ Joyner
Rochester, MN, USA
Poster #2
Influences of gender on the interaction between sympathetic nerve traffic and central
adiposity
J Tank, K Heusser, A Diedrich, D Hering, FC Luft, A Busjahn, K Narkiewicz, J Jordan
Hannover, Germany
Poster #3
Nitric oxide tonically modulates heart rate in humans
A Gamboa, LE Okamoto, A Diedrich, B Black, SR Raj, D Robertson, I Biaggioni
Nashville, TN, USA
Poster #4
Effects of atrial natriuretic factor on renal sympathetic nerve activity in anaesthetized
rats
APM Yusof, S Farah Wahida, MY Nurul Hasnida
Penang, Malaysia
Poster #5
Cardiovagal and cardiac sympathetic contributions to respiratory sinus arrhythmia
R Schondorf, J Benoit, M Genoulaz, M Lafitte
Montreal, QC, Canada
Poster #6
Progesterone alters Schwann cell growth in culture
KA Pollard, T Chelimsky, LN Berti-Mattera
Cleveland, OH, USA
Poster #7
The pressor effect of water: mechanism and location of action.
J McHugh, NR Keller, M Appalsamy, A Diedrich, J Jordan, SR Raj, D Robertson
Nashville, TN, USA
Poster #8
Heart rate variability during the Valsalva maneuver partially explains ethnic differences
in blood pressure in a rural population in Hawaii
A Grandinetti, DC Chow, D Sletten, P Low
Honolulu, HI, USA
Poster #9
ACE genotype is associated with prolonged QTc in individuals with decreased heart
rate variability during paced breathing
A Grandinetti, DC Chow, D Sletten, P Low
Honolulu, HI, USA
Advances in Laboratory Evaluation
Chair: André Diedrich
Poster #10
Reduced heart-rate variability during the Valsalva maneuver is associated with
decreased FEV1 and FVC
A Grandinetti, DC Chow, R Hoshide, E Fernandez, J Orr, B Brooks, EK Tam
Honolulu, HI, USA
Poster #11
Heart rate variability during autonomic blockade
AB Mehlsen, J Mehlsen
Copenhagen, Denmark
Poster #12
Use of wavelet analysis of heart rate variability in the differentiation of normal and
emphysema subjects while at rest and during exercise
MN Bartels, AM Petrock, SS Reisman, RH Rockland, JA Downey, RE DeMeersman
New York, NY, USA
Poster #13
Analysis of cardiopulmonary dynamics using wavelet analysis methods
MN Bartels, AM Petrock, SS Reisman, RH Rockland, JA Downey, RE DeMeersman
New York, NY, USA
Poster #14
Oral leak size influences hemodynamic responses to the Valsalva maneuver
R Khurana, D Mittal, A MacArthur, NH Dubin
Baltimore, MD, USA
Advances in Pathophysiology
Chairs: Vera Novak & Thomas Chelimsky
Poster #15
Heart rate variability in adults exposed to different levels of volcanic air pollution
D Chow, A Grandinetti, E Fernandez, J Orr, B Brooks, A Sutton, T Elias, R Hoshide, E
Tam
Honolulu, HI, USA
Poster #16
Up-regulation of hemeoxygenase 1 in an animal model of takotsubo cardiomyopathy
T Ueyama, Y Tsuruo, K Yoshida, H Kimura
Wakayama, Japan
Poster #17
Poster #18
Poster #19
Poster #20
Poster #21
Poster #22
Poster #23
Poster #24
Poster #25
Poster #26
Markers of disease in familial dysautonomia; is there a phenotype in carriers?
G Gold-von Simson, M Leyne, J Mull, LM Rolnitzky, JD Goldberg, D Berlin, H
Kaufmann, FB Axelrod, SA Slaugenhaupt
New York, NY, USA
Glucose homeostasis in younger patients with neurogenic orthostatic hypotension
JL Gilden, S Ubhayakar, K Bhesaniya, S Cherian, J Downs, J McAfee, S Tucker, T
Valika, R Lakhani
North Chicago, IL, USA
Autonomic testing in patients with interstitial cystitis
E Heller, K McNeeley, CA Buffington, T Chelimsky
Cleveland, OH, USA
Co-morbid autonomic disorders in interstitial cystitis
E Heller, K McNeeley, A Alshekhlee, G Chelimsky, T Chelimsky
Cleveland, OH, USA
Validation of a survey of self-reported symptoms for the screening and diagnosis of
complex regional pain syndrome
JD Miles, T Chelimsky
Cleveland, OH, USA
Demographics and comorbidities of patients with complex regional pain syndrome
JD Miles, A Alshekhlee, T Chelimsky
Cleveland, OH, USA
Autonomic dysfunction in Allgrove syndrome
RW Shields, Jr
Cleveland, OH, USA
On-admission autonomic nervous cardiac tone predicts the success of myocardial
reperfusion in acute ST elevation myocardial infarction
R Dragu, D Adam, M Kapeliovich, H Hammerman, G Jacob
Haifa, Israel
Microinjection of NMDA in the RVLM produces an enhanced increase in RSNA in
rats with heart failure
KP Patel, X Liu, H Zheng
Omaha, NE, USA
Prevalence of OH in a nursing home and rehabilitation population before and after
initiation of a standardized treatment protocol
SL Mader, D Hickam, K Adams, K James, W Schutzer
Portland, OR, USA
POSTER SESSION II
Friday, October 31, 2008
7:00-8:30 AM
Orthostatic Tolerance and Syncope
Chairs: Satish Raj & Benjamin Levine
Poster #27
Role of head-up tilt and carotid massage in patients with unexplained syncope referred
to an autonomic unit
J Freitas, E Azevedo, R Santos, C Abreu-Lima, MJ Maciel
Porto, Portugal
Poster #28
Diagnostic value of co-morbid conditions in neurally mediated syncope (NMS)
IT Jarjour, LK Jarjour
Houston, TX, USA
Poster #29
The hemodynamic pattern of the progressive orthostatic hypotension syndrome
C Podoleanu, R Maggi, D Oddone, A Solano, P Donateo, F Croci, E Carasca, C
Ginghina, M Brignole
Targu Mures, Romania
The validity of “empty heart syndrome” in the pathogenesis of neurocardiogenic
syncope
H Wang, C Kobzowicz, M Yerkey, R Christian, F Jaeger, F Fouad-Tarazi
Cleveland, OH, USA
Poster #31
Orthostatic syndromes are associated by sympathetic withdrawal as demonstrated by
non-invasive autonomic monitoring
RR Arora, J Colombo
Chicago, IL, USA
Poster #32
Orthostatic tolerance predictors in patients with recurrent syncope
C Schroeder, J Tank, K Heusser, A Busjahn, A Diedrich, FC Luft, J Jordan
Berlin, Germany
Poster #33
Beta2-adrenoceptor mediated syncope during upright tilt in humans
Q Fu, S Shibata, TB VanGundy, DL Creson, BD Levine
Dallas, TX, USA
Poster #34
Neuroendocrine changes during head-up tilt and syncope
J Mehlsen, AM Lebech, A Kjaer
Frederiksberg, Denmark
Poster #35
Was Sir Thomas Lewis right?
LJ Norcliffe-Kaufmann, MJ Tellez, A Voustianiouk, S Lenina, H Kaufmann
New York, NY, USA
Poster #36
FMS Penaz-Wesseling Travel Fellowship Award
Initial orthostatic hypotension of the young is attenuated by static handgrip
DA Clarke, I Taneja, MS Medow, JM Stewart
Valhalla, NY, USA
Poster #37
Effect of posture on the autonomic responses to an inspiratory apnea
I Taneja, MS Medow, PJ Fadel, DA Clarke, JM Stewart
Valhalla, NY, USA
Postural Tachycardia Syndrome
Chair: Jens Jordan
Poster #38
Is postural tachycardia syndrome (POTS) associated with syncope?
KJ McNeeley, A Ojha, E Heller, G Chelimsky, TC Chelimsky
Cleveland, OH, USA
Poster #39
Cardiac vagal control in POTS
I Bonyhay, J Chang, R Freeman
Boston, MA, USA
Poster #40
Neurohormonal and autonomic behaviour after head-up tilt in postural tachycardia
syndrome (POTS) patients
J Freitas, R Santos, F Boomsma, MJ Maciel
Porto, Portugal
Poster #41
Inflammatory cytokines are increased in postural tachycardia syndrome
LE Okamoto, A Gamboa, BK Black, G Farley, SR Raj, D Robertson, I Biaggioni
Nashville, TN, USA
Poster #42
Postural orthostatic tachycardia syndrome and general anesthesia: a series of 24 cases
JA Rabbitts, AK Jacob, PA Low, TB Curry
Rochester, MN, USA
Poster #43
Exercise training but not beta-adrenergic blockade treatment improves the reninaldosterone response during prolonged orthostasis in the postural orthostatic
tachycardia syndrome
Q Fu, TB VanGundy, S Shibata, DL Creson, BD Levine
Dallas, TX, USA
Pediatric Autonomic Disorders
Chair: Gisela Chelimsky
Poster #44
Postural tachycardia syndrome and functional gastrointestinal disorders: a role for
Poster #30
Poster #45
Poster #46
Poster #47
Poster #48
Poster #49
Poster #50
altered electrical activity of the stomach?
S Safder, T Chelimsky, B Braunstein, E Heller, M O’Riordan, G Chelimsky
Cleveland, OH, USA
The role of autonomic testing in elucidating symptom mechanism and guiding etiologic
determination in a pediatric population
D Sukul, G Chelimsky, A Alshekhlee, TC Chelimsky
Cleveland, OH, USA
Analysis of treatment outcomes in relation to autonomic testing results in a pediatric
population
D Sukul, TC Chelimsky, A Alshekhlee, G Chelimsky
Cleveland, OH, USA
The autonomic similarities between cyclic vomiting syndrome and migraine disorders
S Madan, A Alshekhlee, E Heller, K McNeeley, TC Chelimsky, G Chelimsky
Cleveland, OH, USA
Sleep apnea induces deoxygenation in familial dysautonomia patients
MJ Hilz, FB Axelrod, D Rapoport, I Ayappa, S Buechner, H Sczepanska, N Dimitrov,
D Berlin, S Möller
New York, NY, USA & Erlangen, Germany
Non-psychiatric co-morbidities in pediatric functional gastrointestinal disorder: an area
in need of exploration
S Safder, E Heller, T Chelimsky, G Chelimsky
Cleveland, OH, USA
Pain can obscure autonomic dysfunction in acute, acquired small fiber neuropathy in
children
NL Kuntz, R Fealey
Rochester, MN, USA
POSTER SESSION III
Saturday, November 1, 2008
7:00-8:30 AM
Central and Peripheral Autonomic Disorders
Chair: Peter Novak
Poster #51
Loss of dopaminergic neurons in the ventral periaqueductal gray in autonomic
synucleinopathies
AM Schmeichel, GR Boone, P Sandroni, PA Low, JE Parisi, EE Benarroch
Rochester, MN, USA
Poster #52
Pupil reaction to olfactory stimuli in Parkinson’s patients and healthy controls
C Schrezenmaier Schneider, T Ziemssen, J Lötsch, B Schuster, T Hummel
Dresden, Germany
Poster #53
Image analysis based detection of sweat in the thermoregulatory sweat test
TE Prieto, WG Day, AC Barboi, SS Jaradeh
Milwaukee, WI, USA
Poster #54
Questionnaire based assessment of pelvic organ dysfunction in multiple system atrophy
T Yamamoto, R Sakakibara, T Uchiyama, Z Liu, T Ito, Y Awa, T Yamanishi, T Hattori
Chiba, Japan
Poster #55
The diagnostic and therapeutic implication of cardiac MIBG scans in cases of clinically
uncertain parkinsonian patients
V Metta, B Corcoran, A Forbes, M Buxton-Thomas, KR Chaudhuri
London, United Kingdom
Poster #56
Time-frequency analysis of resting pupillary oscillations in small fiber neuropathy
K Chémali, W Nowak, A Hachoł, M Nakayama
Cleveland, OH, USA
Poster #57
Proximal leg fatigue as a manifestation of a neurogenic process with small fiber
polyneuropathy predominance. Clinical, electrophysiological, autonomic testing and
pathological data
A Barboi, M Collins, S Jaradeh, T Prieto
Milwaukee, WI, USA
Poster #58
Coexistent autoimmune autonomic ganglionopathy and myasthenia gravis as a
paraneoplastic syndrome in non-small cell lung cancer
B Black, A Peltier, S Raj, K Smith, P Donofrio, D Robertson, I Biaggioni
Nashville, TN, USA
Poster #59
Parasympathetic heart rate reserve in autonomic failure patients
J Tank, K Heusser, A Diedrich, FC Luft, J Jordan
Hannover, Germany
Poster #60
Association between orthostatic hypotension and supine hypertension in autonomic
synucleinopathies
MJ Tellez, LJ Norcliffe-Kaufmann, A Voustianiouk, S Lenina, H Kaufmann
New York, NY, USA
Poster #61
Supine hypertension is associated with elevated serum creatinine in patients with pure
autonomic failure
EM Garland, I Biaggioni, SR Raj, BK Black, D Robertson
Nashville, TN, USA
Poster #62
Spectral analysis of heart rate and blood pressure variability discriminates autonomic
dysfunction associated with Parkinson’s disease and MSA-P
S Duerr, J-P Ndayisaba, M Stampfer-Kountchev, R Granata, W Poewe, GK Wenning
Innsbruck, Austria
Poster #63
Treatment of multiple system atrophy using intravenous immunoglobulins –
preliminary report
P Novak, P Raven, BM White, A Williams, V Novak
Worcester, MA, USA
Poster #64
Autonomic dysfunction - who will provide the care?
D Turner
Collierville, TN, USA
Autonomic Reflexes in Normotensive and Hypertensive States
Chair: Chris Gibbons
Poster #65
Role of the nucleus tractus solitarius in mediating cardiovascular and gastric responses
evoked by auricular and body acupuncture stimulation
SP Zhang, X Gao, B Zhu, Y Li
Hong Kong, China
Poster #66
Serotonin innervation of the nucleus tractus solitariius (NTS) augments sympathetic
and ventilatory responses to hypoxia
LH Kung, K Scrogin
Maywood, IL, USA
Poster #67
Cardiopulmonary reflexes influence on the circulation rapid regulation
OV Mamontov, AN Kalinichenko, AO Conrady, EV Shlyakhto
St. Petersburg, Russia
Poster #68
A new noninvasive method to assess adrenergic baroreflex sensitivity
W Singer, PA Low
Rochester, MN, USA
Poster #69
Paradoxical heart rate and muscle sympathetic activity modulation in a patient with
isolated carotid baroreflex failure
A Diedrich, K Sato, SR Raj, JL Netterville, I Biaggioni, D Robertson
Nashville, TN, USA
Poster #70
Neuroendocrinologic change in Creutzfeldt-Jakob disease
H Kishida, S Koyano, Y Baba, Y Suzuki, Y Kuroiwa
Yokohama, Japan
Poster #71
Dysfunction of autonomic nervous system activity in schizophrenia
Poster #72
Poster #73
Poster #74
Poster #75
Poster #76
Poster #77
Poster #78
Poster #79
Poster #80
I Kishida, M Fujibayashi, S Tanaka, C Ishii, N Ishii, T Kimura, T Moritani
Kanagawa, Japan
Diurnal variation of orthostatic blood pressure control after ischemic stroke
L Desrochers, K Hu, M Selim, P Novak, L Lipsitz, P Zhao, V Novak
Boston, MA, USA
Hypertensive patients demonstrate low resting autonomic activity
RR Arora, S Gosh Dastidar, J Colombo
Chicago, IL, USA
Age matched attenuation of autonomic activity in both branches in chronic
hypertension
RR Arora, S Gosh Dastidar, J Colombo
Chicago, IL, USA
Altered sympathetic and parasympathetic activity is associated in patients with chronic
coronary artery disease
RR Arora, S Gosh Dastidar, J Colombo
Chicago, IL, USA
Altered autonomic activity with atrial fibrillation as demonstrated by non-invasive
autonomic monitoring
S Nanavati, RJ Bulgarelli, J Vazquez-Tanus, S Gosh Dastidar, J Colombo, RR Arora
Chicago, IL, USA
Relationship between blood pressure, depression and anxiety. A step into the concept
of psycobiotipo (mind-body relationship)
LE Medina, J Ospina, MA Lemos, G Cuartas, D Aristizabal, J Calle, M Gutierrez, Y
Torres
Medellin, Colombia
Medellin Heart Study. Study design and distribution by blood pressure, including
hypotension
LE Medina, D Aristizabal, J Gallo, J Ochoa, Y Torres, L Montoya, M Correa, R
Restrepo, D Moreno, MP Correa, N Zapata, PA Gil, M Franco
Medellin, Colombia
Blood pressure characterization of essential hypotension and/or orthostatic hypotension
LE Medina, W Uribe, J Marin, G Montero, B Astudillo, MA Restrepo, J Bernal, Y
Torres, M Duque
Medellin, Colombia
Hemodynamics of fibromyalgia syndrome
K Nagata, T Hasegawa
Hamamatsu City, Japan
This program is sponsored in part by unrestricted educational grants provided by the following.
This support is gratefully acknowledged.
Main Sponsor:
Chelsea Therapeutics, Inc.
Sponsors:
Innovision, Inc.
Award Sponsors:
Finapres Medical Systems
SDS/MSA Support Group