July 2014

HIGHLIGHTS IN BASIC AUTONOMIC NEUROSCIENCES: CHANGES TO THE AUTONOMIC NERVOUS SYSTEM ASSOCIATED WITH HEALTHY AGEING
• Ian J. Edwards
Published online: May 05, 2014
p1-3

Highlights in clinical autonomic neurosciences: Brain volume and autonomic regulation
• William P. Cheshire
Published online: May 07, 2014
p4-7

Basic Autonomic Neuroscience

Comparison of stress-induced modulation of smooth-muscle activity between ileum and colon in male rats
• Mari Kimoto,
• Jorge L. Zeredo,
• Masato S. Ota,
• Zenro Nihei,
• Kazuo Toda
Published online: February 13, 2014
p8-11

Vagal control of cardiac electrical activity and wall motion during ventricular fibrillation in large animals
• Isaac Naggar,
• Ko Nakase,
• Jason Lazar,
• Louis Salciccioli,
• Ivan Selesnick,
• Mark Stewart
Published online: February 13, 2014
p12-22

Revealing the role of the autonomic nervous system in the development and maintenance of Goldblatt hypertension in rats
• Elizabeth B. Oliveira-Sales,
• Marie Ann Toward,
• Ruy R. Campos,
• Julian F.R. Paton
Published online: February 24, 2014
p23-29
Open Access

Role of cardiac sympathetic nerves in blood pressure regulation
• Erica A. Wehrwein,
• Misa Yoshimoto,
• Pilar Guzman,
• Amit Shah,
• David L. Kreulen,
• John W. Osborn
Published online: March 13, 2014
p30-35

Organization of vagal afferents in pylorus: Mechanoreceptors arrayed for high sensitivity and fine spatial resolution?
• Terry L. Powley,
• Cherie N. Hudson,
• Jennifer L. McAdams,
• ...
• Felecia N. Martin,
• Jacqueline K. Mason,
• Robert J. Phillips
Published online: March 20, 2014
p36-48

Hypercholesterolemic diet induces vascular smooth muscle cell apoptosis in sympathectomized rats via intrinsic pathway
• Rafik Hachani,
• Houcine Dab,
• Anouar Feriani,
• ...
• Jacques Callebert,
• Richard Sercombe,
• Kamel Kacem
Published online: April 07, 2014
p49-57

Nitrergic relaxations and phenylephrine contractions are not compromised in isolated urethra in a rat model of diabetes
• Z. Al-Noah,
• D. McKenna,
• C. Langdale,
• ...
• L. Marson,
• E. Burgard,
• F. Aura Kullmann
Published online: March 24, 2014
p58-65

Clinical Autonomic Neuroscience

Arg347Cys polymorphism of α_1a-adrenergic receptor in vasovagal syncope. Case–control study in a Mexican population
• Guadalupe Hernández-Pacheco,
• Antonio González-Hermosillo,
• Chiharu Murata,
• ...
• Nilda Espínola-Zavaleta,
• Martín Martínez,
• Héctor Serrano
Published online: February 18, 2014
p66-71

Ventilatory responses to chemoreflex stimulation are not enhanced by angiotensin II in healthy humans
• Adil Z. Solaiman,
• Robert P. Feehan,
• Amy M. Chabitnoy,
• Urs A. Leuenberger,
• Kevin D. Monahan
Published online: February 20, 2014
p72-79
Highlights in clinical autonomic neurosciences: Insights into the roles of the carotid body and carotid baroreceptor
• Satish R. Raj MD MSCI
Published online: March 20, 2014
p80-82

Music induces different cardiac autonomic arousal effects in young and older persons
• Max J. Hilz,
• Peter Stadler,
• Thomas Gryc,
• ...
• Susanne Buechner,
• Samuel Wong,
• Julia Koehn
Published online: March 13, 2014
p83-93

Impaired baroreflex function is related to reduced carotid artery elasticity in patients with tetralogy of Fallot
• Alexandra Pintér,
• Tamás Horváth,
• Attila Tóth,
• Krisztina Kádár,
• Márk Kollai
Published online: March 17, 2014
p94-99

Mechanical and metabolic reflex activation of the sympathetic nervous system in younger adults with metabolic syndrome
• Jacqueline Limberg,
• Barbara Morgan,
• William Schrage
Published online: March 28, 2014
p100-105

Effects of Lewis lung carcinoma and B16 melanoma on the innervation of the mouse trachea
• Tilman Graulich,
• Suman Kumar Das,
• Lars Wessels,
• Wolfgang Kummer,
• Gerald Hoefler,
• Christian Mühlfeld
Published online: April 02, 2014
p106-110

Short communications

Dexmedetomidine and regulation of splenic sympathetic nerve discharge
• M.J. Kenney,
• B.T. Larsen,
• R.M. McMurphy,
• D. Mason,
• R.J. Fels
Published online: March 24, 2014
p111-115

Autonomic modulation in a patient with syncope and paroxysmal atrial-fibrillation
• Sérgio Laranjo,
• Cristiano Tavares,
• Mário Oliveira,
• Isabel Rocha
Published online: March 26, 2014
p116-119

Erratum

Erratum to “Effects of intermittent hypoxia on sympathetic activity and blood pressure in humans” [Auton. Neurosci. 121/1-2 (2005) 87–93]
• Urs A. Leuenberger,
• Derick Brubaker,
• Sadeq Quraishi,
• Cynthia S. Hogeman,
• Virginia A. Imadojemu,
• Kristen S. Gray
Published online: October 14, 2013
p120