13TH INTERNATIONAL SYMPOSIUM ON THE

AUTONOMIC NERVOUS SYSTEM

 

October 24-27, 2002

Westin Resort Hilton Head Island

Hilton Head Island, South Carolina

 

Preliminary Program
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Thursday, October 24, 2002

5:30-7:00 PM

Registration

7:00-10:00 PM

Satellite Symposium

Brain-Gut Interactions:  Gastrointestinal Manifestations of Autonomic Dysfunction

 

Friday, October 25, 2002

7:00-7:40 AM

Breakfast & Registration

7:40-7:45 AM

Welcome - Felicia Axelrod

7:45-8:30 AM

Plenary Lecture - The mind-body interaction in disease

Julian Thayer, Ph.D..

National Institutes of Aging

Baltimore, MD

 

GASTROINTESTINAL AUTONOMIC DYSFUNCTION

Chairs:  Drs. Felicia Axelrod & Horacio Kaufmann

8:30-8:45 AM

Abnormal parasympathetic activity in patients with gastro-esophageal reflux disease (GERD)

D Gruosso, D Cozzolino, R Torella, A Rimoldi, F Perego, F Pace, G Bianchi-Porro, L Montano, A Malliani, R Furlan

Milan, Italy

8:45-9:00 AM

The effect of intra-duodenal glucose on muscle sympathetic nerve activity (MSNA) is attenuated in older subjects

NP van Orshoven, LJ van Schelven, PAF Jansen, M Horowitz, LMA Akkermans, AC van Huffelen, PL Oey

Utrecht, The Netherlands

9:00-9:15 AM

Water – a thermogenic drug?

J Jordan, J Steiniger, U Hille, J Tank, FC Luft, M Boschmann

Berlin, Germany

 

CENTRAL AUTONOMIC DYSFUNCTION

Chairs:  Drs. Felicia Axelrod & Horacio Kaufmann

9:15-9:30 AM

Insight into the mechanism of cerebral blood flow regulation

G Jacob, S Lavi

Haifa, Israel

9:30-9:45 AM

Cross-correlation analysis of cerebral autoregulation during sympathetic stimulation

SJ Yeh, CC Chiu

Taichung, Taiwan

9:45-10:00 AM

Interictal dysautonomic in temporal lobe epilepsy

V Novak, R Cambridge

Boston, MA

10:00-10:15 AM

Individual differences in neural control of the heart moderates the effect of stress on neuropsychological performance

AL Hansen, B Helge Johnsen, JJ Sollers III, JF Thayer

Baltimore, MD

10:15-10:30 AM

Vestibulosympathetic reflex during mental stress

J Carter, W Cooke, C Ray

Hershey, PA

10:30-10:45 AM

Coffee Break

 

SYNCOPE/ORTHOSTATIC INTOLERANCE

Chairs:  Drs. Phillip Low & Carlos Morillo

10:45-11:00 AM

The effect of 18 days strict head-down tilt bed rest on leg venous properties and orthostatic tolerance

M Bleeker, J Pawelczyk, P de Groot, M Hopman, B Levine

Nymegen, The Netherlands

11:00-11:15 AM

Travel Fellowship Awardee

Comparison of muscle sympathetic outflow between patients with postural tachycardia syndrome (POTS) and healthy subjects

I Bonyhay, JA Taylor, W Farquhar, R Freeman

Boston, MA

11:15-11:30 AM

Baroreflex response of muscle sympathetic activity to diastolic BP in patients with vasovagal syncope

D Jardine, J Sutherland, S Bennett, C Frampton, I Crozier

Christchurch, New Zealand

11:30-11:45 AM

Arterial compliance - Adrenergic influence and findings in patients with orthostatic intolerance

W Singer, P Low

Rochester, MN

11:45-12:00 PM

Continuous monitoring of cardiac output and muscle sympathetic activity during tilt-induced syncope

D Jardine, J van Lieshout, J Sutherland, S Bennett, I Crozier

Amsterdam, The Netherlands

12:00-12:15 PM

Hemodynamic and sympathetic responses to buttock clenching in patients with vasovagal syncope

I de Bruin, D Jardine, J Sutherland, S Bennett, W Wieling, I Crozier

Amsterdam, The Netherlands

12:15-12:30 PM

Normal reactive hyperemic response in chronic orthostatic intolerance

J Stewart , K Kyle

Valhalla, NY

12:30-2:15 PM

Lunch & Poster Session I

2:15-8:00 PM

Free Time

 

PHARMACOLOGY AND  TREATMENT

Chairs:  Drs. Roy Freeman & David Goldstein

8:00-8:15 PM

Water drinking improves cerebral autoregulation in healthy subjects

V Bush, C Schroeder, L Norcliffe, J Jordan, J Tank, R Hainsworth

Leeds, UK

8:15-8:30 PM

Water drinking acutely improves orthostatic tolerance in healthy subjects

C Schroeder, V Bush, L Norcliffe, F Luft, J Tank, J Jordan, R Hainsworth

Berlin, Germany

8:30-8:45 PM

Water ingestion as prophylaxis against syncope

CC Lu, A Diedrich, CS Tung, B Black, S Paranjape, V Watkins, J Jordan, D Robertson

Nashville, TN

8:45-9:00 PM

Sodium lactate infusion in patients with orthostatic intolerance and orthostatic tachycardia

R Khurana

Baltimore, MD

9:00-9:15 PM

Yohimbine: tachyphylaxis with chronic use

S Kansal, S Paranjape, A Diedrich, V Watkins, RM Robertson

Nashville, TN

9:15-9:30 PM

Norepinephrine transporter function and autonomic control of  metabolism

M Boschmann, C Schröder, NJ Christensen, J Tank, FC Luft, AM Sharma, J Jordan

Berlin, Germany

9:30-9:45 PM

Transnasal iontophoresis, a non-invasive brain drug delivery system that bypasses the blood-brain barrier

EN Lerner, GR Stewart

Amsterdam, The Netherlands

9:45-10:15 PM

OPEN DISCUSSION

 

Saturday, October 26, 2002

7:00-7:45 AM

Breakfast

7:45-8:30 AM

Plenary Lecture - Applying functional neuroimaging to autonomic disorders

David S. Goldstein, M.D., Ph.D.

National Institutes of Health

Bethesda, MD

 

ASSESSING BAROREFLEX MECHANISMS

Chairs:  Drs. Eduardo Benarroch & Max Hilz

8:30-8:45 AM

Vasomotor mapping of the ventro-lateral medulla

S Patel, J Nicholas, E Sribnick, B Egan

Charleston, SC

8:45-9:00 AM

Cerebral vasoregulation and MRI at 8 tesla in hypertension and stroke

V Novak, A Abduljalil, H Nagaraja, A Chowdhary, B Farrar, J Braun, P Novak, A Slivka, D Chakeres, P Robittaile

Boston, MA

9:00-9:15 AM

Mechanisms of sympathetic activation by adenosine

H Timmers, G Karemaker, W Wieling, J Lenders

Nijmegen, The Netherlands

9:15-9:30 AM

Baro- and chemoreflex control of muscle sympathetic nerve activity following bilateral carotid body tumor resection

H Timmers, J Karemaker, W Wieling, H Marres, J Lenders

Nijmegen, The Netherlands

9:30-9:45 AM

Differential activity-dependent "resetting" of subtypes of isolated baroreceptor neurons in culture

V Snitsarev, C Whiteis, F Abboud, M Chapleau

Iowa City, IA

9:45-10:00 AM

Effects of simulated obstructive sleep apnoea on the carotid baroreceptor-vascular resistance reflex

V Cooper, C Bowker, S Davis, S Pearson, M Elliott, R Hainsworth

Leeds, UK

10:00-10:15 AM

Selective sympathetic baroreflex impairment induced by norepinephrine transporter inhibition