Clinical Assessment of the Autonomic Nervous System

1. Cardiac MIBG Scintigraphy

   1. Physiological Background of Reduced Cardiac 123I-Meta-Iodobenzylguanidine Uptake

      • Tomohiko Nakamura, Gen Sobue

      Pages 271-289

   2. Pathological Background of Reduced Cardiac MIBG Uptake

      • Satoshi Orimo

      Pages 291-311

   3. Clinical Implications of Reduced Cardiac MIBG Uptake

      • Satoshi Orimo

      Pages 313-317

This book describes newly developed methods of assessing the autonomic nervous system. Up-to-date information on microneurographic analysis of human cardiovascular and thermoregulatory function in humans, heart rate variability, and ¹³¹I-metaiodobenzylguanidine (MIBG) scintigraphy are provided. 
Microneurography, which was originally developed as a technique to analyze the afferent muscle spindle, came to be used to analyze sympathetic nerve activity in the mid-1980s. In the twenty-first century, this technique has become prevalent all over the world especially in investigating the pathophysiology of human cardiovascular function. It is also now used in researching human thermoregulatory function. Heart rate variability is another valuable tool in investigating the current status of human vagal function and in predicting future cardiovascular disease. MIBG is also used to assess cardiac noradrenergic function, especially decreases associated with Parkinson’s disease, Lewy body disease, and multisystem atrophy. Overviews of recent advances in these three important assessments are provided by leading experts.
Clinical Assessment of the Autonomic Nervous System is a useful resource for neurologists and researchers of clinical neurophysiology.

• Autonomic nervous system
• Heart rate variability
• MIBG scintigraphy
• Sympathetic nerve
• Autonomic dysfunction

• Department of Phyisiology, Aichi Medical University, Nagakute, Japan

  Satoshi Iwase

• Nagoya City University, Graduate School of Medical Science, Nagoya, Japan

  Junichiro Hayano

• Department of Neurology, Kanto Central Hospital, Tokyo, Japan

  Satoshi Orimo

Editors:

Satoshi Iwase, Aichi Medical University, Nagakute, Japan



Junichiro Hayano, Nagoya City University, Nagoya, Japan



Satoshi Orimo, Kanto Central Hospital, Tokyo, Japan

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