Autonomic dysfunction in neurological disorders

Mitochondrial Dysfunction & Neurological Disorders

Most of the living organisms derive their energy requirements from ingested food material through controlled metabolic reactions. Prokaryotes like bacteria obtain the ATP, the energy subunit from series of enzymatic reactions which occur in the cytosol [1]. In contrast to prokaryotes, eukaryotes have evolved a highly specialized double membrane organelles i.e., mitochondria encompassing electro...

Autonomic dysfunction in gastrointestinal motility disorders.

The records of 113 consecutive patients with a suspected gastrointestinal motility disorder referred between January 1988 and July 1991 were retrospectively reviewed. The aims were to identify the prevalence of autonomic dysfunction in those with or without associated neurological disease and to determine the diagnostic value of testing for autonomic dysfunction. All patients had gastrointestin...

Autonomic dysfunction and anemia in neurologic disorders.

The effect of autonomic dysfunctions on anemia in various neurological disorders, such as familial amyloidotic polyneuropathy (FAP) Type I, pandysautonomia, and Shy-Drager syndrome was examined. As a control, hemograms of patients with amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS), which is known to be free from autonomic dysfunction, was compared with patients with the above neurological disorders. FAP ...

Neural Mechanisms of Autonomic Dysfunction in Neurological Diseases

Stem Cell Therapy in Pediatric Neurological Disorders

Pediatric neurological disorders including muscular dystrophy, cerebral palsy, and spinal cord injury are defined as a heterogenous group of diseases, of which some are known to be genetic. The two significant features represented for stem cells, leading to distinguish them from other cell types are addressed as below: they can renew themselves besides the ability to differentiate into cells wi...