Autonomic Disorders: From Mechanisms to Therapeutic Approaches
A special issue of Biomedicines (ISSN 2227-9059). This special issue belongs to the section "Molecular and Translational Medicine".
Deadline for manuscript submissions: 31 January 2026 | Viewed by 15
Special Issue Editor
Interests: autonomic disorders; postural orthostatic tachycardia syndrome; Long COVID; autoimmunity; immunotherapy; women’s health
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Dear Colleagues,
The autonomic nervous system, consisting of sympathetic, parasympathetic and enteric divisions, is an integral part of the central and peripheral nervous systems and controls homeostasis, blood flow and responses to internal and external stimuli. Disorders of the autonomic nervous system—both common, such as POTS, neurocardiogenic syncope and orthostatic hypotension, and rare, such as multiple-system atrophy, amyloid neuropathy and familial dysautonomia—are an evolving area of research in basic and translational science as well as in clinical practice. In the past 5 years, the SARS-CoV-2 pandemic has further underscored the need to elucidate the heterogeneous mechanisms of autonomic disorders given their invovlement in post-acute infectious syndromes, including Long COVID. To this end, it is critical to understand the pathophysiology of and develop diagnostic biomarkers and therapeutic approaches for a wide variety of autonomic disorders to advance our understanding of the autonomic nervous system, as well as autonomic dysfunction that arises secondary to medical and neurologic disorders, and to improve clinical care for patients worldwide. The aim of this Special Issue of Biomedicines is to collect papers addressing the mechanisms, pathophysiology and diagnostic biomarkers of autonomic disorders and therapeutic approaches to their treatment. Original research studies, reviews and short communications on the potential biomarkers of and novel and repurposed therapeutic options for autonomic disorders are of particular interest.
Dr. Svetlana Blitshteyn
Guest Editor
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Keywords
- autonomic disorders
- autonomic dysfunction
- dysautonomia
- orthostatic intolerance
- therapeutics
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