WEBINAR—NCAR Lifetime Achievement Lecture: The Extended Autonomic System

September 4
11 a.m. EDT

David S. Goldstein, MD, PhD, is the recipient of the Neural Control & Autonomic Regulation (NCAR) Lifetime Achievement Lecture. Goldstein will trace the evolution from physiologist J.N. Langley's original autonomic nervous system to today's extended autonomic system. The talk will build on foundational work by Cannon, Benarroch and others to explore how "homeostasis" is giving way to "allostasis" as different scientific approaches in autonomic research converge toward a revolutionary framework called Darwinian medicine. 

Key Learning Objectives:

• Compare Langley's autonomic with the extended autonomic system.  
• Distinguish homeostasis from allostasis in autonomic function.  
• Contrast integrative physiology with systems biology approaches.  

Speaker

David S. Goldstein, MD, PhD 
Scientist Emeritus and former Senior Investigator and Chief, Autonomic Medicine Section, National Institute of Neurological Disorders and Stroke (NINDS), National Institutes of Health

David S. Goldstein, MD, PhD, is a scientist emeritus and former senior investigator and chief of the Autonomic Medicine Section at the National Institute of Neurological Disorders and Stroke. His research focuses on autonomic and catecholamine-related disorders, particularly in relation to stress, neurodegeneration and cardiovascular disease. Goldstein has authored over 650 publications and several books. 

Moderator

Paul Marvar, PhD 
Associate Professor, Department of Pharmacology and Physiology, George Washington University School of Medicine and Health Sciences 

Paul J. Marvar, PhD, is an associate professor in the Department of Pharmacology and Physiology at George Washington University School of Medicine and Health Sciences, with a secondary appointment in the Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences. His research focuses on the neurobiological mechanisms linking emotional stress, anxiety disorders and cardiovascular disease, particularly through autonomic and immune system pathways. Marvar is chair of the NCAR Section.