American Autonomic Society

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14th International Symposium on the
Autonomic Nervous System

Marriott Frenchman's Reef Resort
St. Thomas,
U.S. Virgin Islands 

November 5-8, 2003

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Meeting Highlights

PLENARY LECTURES

"David Streeten Plenary Lecture"

David Robertson, M.D., Vanderbilt University

Exercise and the Autonomic Nervous System

Jere H. Mitchell, M.D., University of Texas

Differential Control of Sympathetic Outflow

Shaun F. Morrison, Ph.D., Oregon Health & Science University

 

SATELLITE SYMPOSIUM

VAGAL NERVE STIMULATION, SUDDEN DEATH IN EPILEPSY, AND THE AUTONOMIC NERVOUS SYSTEM
November 5, 2003

Central Projections of the Vagus Nerve: Overview and Functional Neuroimaging of Vagus Nerve Stimulation

Thomas Henry, M.D., Emory University

Seizures Vs. Syncope:  Evaluation for Differential Diagnosis

Jeffrey Britton, M.D., Mayo Clinic

Ictal Arrhythmias and Other Autonomic Manifestations of Seizures

Roy Freeman, M.D., Harvard Medical School

Cerebrogenic Cardiac Arrhythmias            

Stephen M. Oppenheimer, D.M., F.R.C.P., Johns Hopkins Hospital

Therapeutic Effects of VNS in Epilepsy and Implications for SUDEP

Steven C. Schachter, M.D., Harvard Medical School