RT Journal
T1 NEws and comment
JF A.M.A. Journal of Diseases of Children
JO A.M.A. Journal of Diseases of Children
YR 1959
FD July 1
VO 98
IS 1
SP 121
OP 122
DO 10.1001/archpedi.1959.02070020123014
UL http://dx.doi.org/10.1001/archpedi.1959.02070020123014
AB ANNOUNCEMENTS 
    Research Support for Problems in Neurophysiology.—Funds are now available for basic or clinical research in neurophysiology, the Dysautonomia Association announced today.The Association will support research related to the clinical entity known as familial dysautonomia, a disease caused by dysfunction of the autonomic nervous system. It will also support any type of study that might lead to a better understanding of nervous system functions at a basic level as a stepping stone to the understanding of a disease process.The Association will submit all requests for grants to its medical advisory board for evaluation. Requests should be addressed to Harold M. Newman, President, Dysautonomia Association, 2 W. 46th St., New York 19.Familial dysautonomia was first described as a clinical entity in 1949 by Riley, Day, Greeley, and Langford, and has acquired the eponym "Riley-Day" syndrome. It is thought to be a congenitally acquired state of genetic origin.