Multiple system atrophy (MSA) is often difficult to distinguish from Parkinson's disease (PD) with autonomic failure, but this is an important distinction for research studies as well as for clinical ...

Results from a new study suggest that autonomic testing can identify neuropathy before clinical autonomic symptoms or pain are apparent. Information on patterns of neuropathic symptoms and ...

One of the greatest rewards in practicing medicine is successfully treating and alleviating a patient’s illness – but first, we often face a challenging and complex diagnostic process when our ...

Neurologists have taken a promising step toward identifying a test that helps support the diagnosis of concussion. Their research has shown that autonomic reflex testing, which measures involuntary ...

A home test to help patients manage long covid at home has been developed and is available to download. The adapted Autonomic Profile (aAP) test can be done by anyone with symptoms of autonomic ...

Investigators studied diagnostic and treatment pathways for neurogenic orthostatic hypotension in a man with fluctuating blood pressure and several comorbidities. Considering neurogenic orthostatic ...

Multiple system atrophy (MSA) refers to a group of progressive neurodegenerative disorders that affects the basal ganglia and the motor system (parkinsonism), autonomic nervous system (dysautonomia ...

A scientific statement has been published by the AHA regarding COVID-19-associated cardiac arrhythmias and autonomic dysfunction. The American Heart Association (AHA) released a scientific statement ...

Melissa Cortez, DO, is a neurologist who has specialized expertise in neurological diseases affecting the autonomic nervous system (autonomic neurology), as well as multiple sclerosis (MS). She is ...

Shy Drager syndrome was the name for the condition now known as multiple system atrophy (MSA), a neurological condition first recognized in the 1960s. It was traditionally diagnosed when someone began ...