Postural orthostatic tachycardia syndrome and other common autonomic disorders are not functional neurologic disorders

Svetlana Blitshteyn; Glenn J Treisman; Ilene S Ruhoy; David S Saperstein; Jill R Schofield; Brent P Goodman; Todd E Davenport; Alexis C Cutchins; Blair P Grubb

doi:10.3389/fneur.2024.1490744

Postural orthostatic tachycardia syndrome and other common autonomic disorders are not functional neurologic disorders

Front Neurol. 2024 Nov 20:15:1490744. doi: 10.3389/fneur.2024.1490744. eCollection 2024.

Authors

Svetlana Blitshteyn^{1

2}, Glenn J Treisman³, Ilene S Ruhoy⁴, David S Saperstein⁵, Jill R Schofield⁶, Brent P Goodman⁷, Todd E Davenport⁸, Alexis C Cutchins⁹, Blair P Grubb¹⁰

Affiliations

¹ Department of Neurology, University of Buffalo Jacobs School of Medicine and Biomedical Sciences, Buffalo, NY, United States.
² Dysautonomia Clinic, Williamsville, NY, United States.
³ Department of Psychiatry, Johns Hopkins School of Medicine, Baltimore, MD, United States.
⁴ Department of Neurology, Mount Sinai South Nassau, Oceanside, NY, United States.
⁵ Center for Complex Neurology, University of Arizona College of Medicine, Phoenix, AZ, United States.
⁶ Department of Medicine, University of Colorado, Aurora, CO, United States.
⁷ Metrodora Institute, West Valley City, UT, United States.
⁸ Department of Physical Therapy, University of the Pacific, Stockton, CA, United States.
⁹ Division of Cardiology, Emory University School of Medicine, Atlanta, GA, United States.
¹⁰ Division of Cardiovascular Medicine, University of Toledo, Toledo, OH, United States.

No abstract available

Keywords: autonomic disorders; diagnostic criteria; dysautonomia; functional neurologic disorder; inappropriate sinus tachycardia (IST); neurocardiogenic syncope; orthostatic hypotension (OH); postural orthostatic tachycardia syndrome (POTS).