Pure autonomic failure may serve as a prodromal manifestation of Parkinson disease, Lewy body dementia, and multiple system atrophy.

Dysautonomia is a broad term for conditions that range from fainting to more serious life threatening conditions. Some are quite common, and some are extremely rare. Dysautonomia is a nervous system ...

Multimodal profiling — combining autonomic testing, body surface gastric mapping (BSGM), and gastric emptying — revealed autonomic dysfunction in patients with chronic gastroduodenal symptoms.

Dysautonomia involves dysfunction of the autonomic nervous system (ANS). It can occur by itself, due to another condition, or without a known cause. The term “dysautonomia” describes ANS malfunction.

The autonomic nervous system innervates all body organs, including the cardiovascular system. Smooth muscle in arteries, arterioles, and veins and pericytes in capillaries receive autonomic ...

Autonomic dysfunction affected 63% of patients with early-onset Parkinson’s disease (EOPD) and was associated with a threefold higher risk for mortality in a new cohort study. Each additional ...

Early autonomic dysfunction in prodromal Parkinson disease independently predicts a substantially higher risk for earlier cognitive impairment, suggesting autonomic assessment may help identify ...