1. In this Issue

   IN THIS ISSUE Pages: 1 - 2

2. Research highlights from the literature

   AUTONOMIC NEWS Pages: 3 - 5

3. Is there anything nitroglycerin treatment can’t do?

   • Edward J. F. Danson

   EDITORIAL Pages: 6 - 8

4. Effects of nitroglycerin treatment on cardiac autonomic control in heart failure

   • Ashesh N. Buch
   • Saqib Chowdhary
   • Jonathan N. Townend

   RESEARCH ARTICLE Pages: 9 - 14

5. Stretching increases heart rate variability in healthy athletes complaining about limited muscular flexibility

   • Michael Mueck-Weymann
   • G. Janshoff
   • H. Mueck

   RESEARCH ARTICLE Pages: 15 - 18

6. Blacks and whites differ in responses, but not tolerance, to orthostatic stress

   • Warren D. Franke
   • Kichang Lee
   • Juliane P. Hernandez

   RESEARCH ARTICLE Pages: 19 - 25

7. Syncope of psychiatric origin

   • Francesco Luzza
   • Salvatore Di Rosa
   • Fabrizio Rizzo

   RESEARCH ARTICLE Pages: 26 - 29

8. Carotid baroreflex function ceases during vasovagal syncope

   • Shigehiko Ogoh
   • Stefanos Volianitis
   • Niels H. Secher

   SHORT COMMUNICATION Pages: 30 - 33

9. Effect of paclitaxel administration on P wave duration and dispersion

   • Irfan Barutcu
   • Alpay Turan Sezgin
   • Ramazan Ozdemir

   SHORT COMMUNICATION Pages: 34 - 38

10. Normal sleep-wake and circadian rhythms in a case of Gerstmann-Sträussler-Sheinker (GSS) disease

    • G. Pierangeli
    • F. Bono
    • P. Cortelli

    CASE REPORT Pages: 39 - 41

11. Clinical history

    • William P. Cheshire Jr
    • Sami R. Achem

    WHAT’S THE DIAGNOSIS? Pages: 42 - 43

12. The synchrony of syncope: chest pain, panic, and vasovagal convergence in the perfect autonomic storm

    • William P. Cheshire Jr
    • Sami R. Achem

    WHAT’S THE DIAGNOSIS? Pages: 44 - 48

13. A woman with transient loss of consciousness

    • C. T. Paul Krediet

    WHAT’S THE DIAGNOSIS? Pages: 49 - 61

14. Meeting Calendar

    MEETING CALENDAR Pages: 52 - 53