Table of Contents:

Roger Bannister and Christopher Mathias: Introduction
Tilli Tansy: Historical perspectives on the autonomic nervous system
1: Wilfrid Janig and Elspeth M McLachlan: Neurobiology of the autonomic nervous system
2: Stephen J Peroutka: Molecular genetics and the autonomic nervous system
3: Eduardo E Benarroch: Neurotransmitters and neuromodulators in the CNS and cardiovascular regulation
4: Mike Schachter: Adrenergenic and cholingeric receptors
5: Geoffrey Burnstock: Structural and chemical organization of the autonomic nervous system with special reference to non-adrenergic, non-cholinergic transmission
6: Michael A. Moskowitz, Melanie C. Sharp and Robert McFarlane: Autonomic and neurohormonal control of the cerebral circulation
7: Hugo D. Critchley and Christopher J. Mathias: Functional neuroimaging of autonomic control
8: Bill J.Yates and Adolfo Bronstein: Vestibular system influences on respiratory muscle activity and cardiovascular functions
9: Peter J Goadsby: Autoregulation and autonomic control of the cerebral circulation: implications and pathophysiology
10: Kenneth J Collins: Temperature regulation and the autonomic nervous system
11: Ralf Baron and Wilfrid Janig: Mechanisms underlying complex regional pain syndrome: Role of the sympathetic nervous system
12: Peter J Barnes: Autonomic control of the airways
13: Anne E Bishop and Julia M Polak: The gut and the autonomic nervous system
14: Paul L R Andrews: Nausea, vomiting, and the autonomic nervous system
15: Ian A Macdonald: The influence of the autonomic nervous system on metabolic function
16: Edward J Johns: The kidney and the sympathetic nervous system
17: William C de Groat: Neural control of the urinary bladder
18: Stacy Elliot: Investigation and treatment of sexual dysfunction in autonomic diseases
19: Christopher J Mathias, David Low, Valeria Iodice and Roger Bannister: Investigation of autonomic disorders
20: Wouter Wieling and John M Karemaker: Measurement of heart rate and blood pressure to evaluate disturbances in neurocardiovascular control
21: G Parati, M Di Rienzo, P Castiglioni and G Mancia: Computer analysis of blood pressue and heart rate variability in subjects with normal and abnormal autonomic cardiovascular control
22: J F R Paton and K M Spyer: Central nervous control of cardiovascular system
23: Antonio Claudio Lucas da Nobrega, David A Low and Christopher J Mathias: Exercise-induced hypotension in autonomic disorders
24: Christopher J Mathias, Karen Jones and Roger Bannister and Karen Jones: Postprandial hypotension in autonomic disorders
25: B Gunnar Wallin: Intraneural recordings of normal and abnormal sympathetic activity in humans
26: Fion D Bremner and S E Smith: Pupil abnormality in autonomic disorders: detection and occurrence
27: Sudhansu Chokroverty: Assessment of sleep disturbances in autonomic failure
28: Phillip A Low and Robert D Fealey: Evaluation of sudomotor function
29: Soumendra N Datta and Clare J Fowler: Investigation and treatment of bladder dysfunction in diseases affecting the autonomic nervous system
30: Murray Esler and Gavin Lambert: Biochemical investigation of autonomic function: measurement of catecholamines and metabolites, and the use of spillover and allied techniques to determine regional sympathetic activation
31: D G Thompson and D L Wingate: Autonomic function and the gastrointestinal tract
32: Markus Naumann and Christopher Mathias: Treatment of hyperhidrosis
33: Linda Luxon and Waheeda Pagarkar: Vestibular and autonomic interaction
34: Timothy M Young and Christopher J Mathias: Cardiovascular effects of water ingestion
35: Roger Bannister, Valeria Iodice, Ekawat Vichayanrat, and Christopher J Mathias: Clinical features and evaluation of the primary chronic autonomic failure syndromes
36: David J Brooks: Neuroimaging in autonomic failure syndromes
37: Margaret R Matthews: Autonomic ganglia and preganglionic neurones in autonomic failure
38: Roger Bannister, Valeria Iodice and Christopher J Mathias: Management of postural hypotension
39: Uday Muthane and Andrew J Lees: Treatment of the motor disorders of multiple system atrophy
40: Pietro Cortelli and Christopher J Mathias: Parkinson's disease and autonomic failure
41: Heiko Braak and Kelly Del Tredici: Development of Parkinson's disease-related pathology in the enteric and central nervous systems
42: Janice L Holton and Tamas Revesz: Neuropathology of multiple system atrophy
43: Nadia Stefanova and Gregor K Wenning: Experimental models to define multiple system atrophy and autonomic failure
44: Felicia B Axelrod: Familial dysautonomia
45: Michael E Edmonds: Autonomic failure in diabetes
46: Christopher J Mathias and Roger Bannister: Dopamine-beta-hydroxylase deficiency: with a note on other genetically determined causes of autonomic failure
47: Michael Donaghy: Autonomic dysfunction in peripheral nerve disease
48: Steven Vernino and Angela Vincent: Autoimmune and paraneoplastic autonomic neuropathies
49: Sinead M Murphy and Mary M Reilly: Hereditary amyloid neuropathy
50: Martin A Samuels: Introduction to neurocardiology
51: J Gert van Dijk: Transient loss of consciousness
52: Roger Hainsworth and Victoria E. Claydon: Syncope and fainting: classification and pathophysiological basis
53: Rose Anne Kenny: Neurally mediated syncope
54: John B P Stephenson: Paediatric aspects of neurally mediated syncope
55: Wilfrid Janig: Pain and the sympathetic nervous system: pathophysiological mechanisms
56: Krysztof Narkiewicz and Virend K Somers: Sympathetic neural mechanisms in hypertension
57: Philip A Low: Postural orthostatic tachycardia syndrome
58: Niels H Secher and Johannes J van Lieshout: Circulatory shock
59: Christopher J Mathias and Hans L Frankel: Autonomic disturbances in spinal cord lesions
60: C T Paul Krediet and Wouter Wieling: Situational syncope
61: Abhay Bajpai and A John Camm: Cardiac causes of syncope
62: Gary S Francis and Jay N Cohn: Cardiac failure and the autonomic nervous system
63: Peter D Drummond: Autonomic disorders affecting cutaneous blood flow
64: Lars Lykke Thomsen and Jes Olesen: Autonomic aspects of migraine: pathophysiology and treatment
65: Anne L Tonkin and Derek B Frewin: Drugs, chemicals, and toxins that alter autonomic function
66: Lewis A Lipsitz and Vera Novak: Ageing and the autonomic nervous system
67: Omer Aziz, Marios Nicolaou, Ara W Darzi: Surgery and the autonomic nervous system
68: Sanjay Purkayastha, J Anthony Firth, Ara W Darzi: Autonomic Surgical Neuroanatomy
69: Graeme Eisenhofer, Jacques W M Lenders, William M Manger, Karel Pacak: Phaeochromocytoma: a clinical chameleon