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Review
. 2012 Nov;41(11):1122-7.
doi: 10.1016/j.lpm.2012.04.028. Epub 2012 Aug 13.

[Central autonomic failures]

[Article in French]
Jean-Michel Senard  1 , Fabien Despas, Atul Pathak
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Review

[Central autonomic failures]

[Article in French]
Jean-Michel Senard et al. Presse Med. 2012 Nov.

Abstract

Autonomic nervous system (ANS) modulates the function of all body organs through both parasympathetic and sympathetic fibers. Orthostatic hypotension is frequently observed in the course of central nervous system diseases including cortical (stroke, epilepsy, dementias), neurodegenerative (Parkinson's disease, multisystem atrophies) and spinal cord diseases. In some cases, the mechanism of orthostatic hypotension associated with central nervous system diseases involves a dysfunction of peripheral ANS fibers.

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