Contents: Part I:Silent Myocardial Ischemia.J.A. Vita, P. Ganz, A.P. Selwyn, Interactions Between Mental Stress and Coronary Heart Disease. D.S. Krantz, K.F. Helmers, L.E. Nebel, J.S. Gottdiener, A. Rozanski, Mental Stress and Myocardial Ischemia in Patients with Coronary Disease: Current Status and Future Directions. Part II:Autonomic Nervous System Syndromes.M.K. Shear, R.B. Devereux, R. Kramer-Fox, Mitral Valve Prolapse and Anxiety: How Close is the Association? R.G. Jacob, S.R. Waldstein, Panic Disorder, Anxiety, and the Cardiovascular System. J.H. Mitchell, A.P. Shapiro, The Confusing Syndromes of Cardiovascular Autonomic Imbalance: Cardiovascular Dysautonomias. Part III:Animal Models in Behavioral Research.J.R. Kaplan, S.B. Manuck, M.R. Adams, J.K. Williams, A.P. Selwyn, T.B. Clarkson, Nonhuman Primates as a Model for Evaluating Behavioral Influences on Atherosclerosis, and Cardiac Structure and Function. M.R. Adams, J.R. Kaplan, S.B. Manuck, J.K. Williams, T.B. Clarkson, Behavior, Ovarian Function, and Atherosclerosis in Nonhuman Primates. R. McCarty, M.A. Cierpial, C.A. Murphy, C. Okotcha, Maternal Effects on Development of Cardiovascular Phenotype in Genetically Hypertensive Rats. Part IV:CNS Mechanisms in Cardiovascular Control.D.A. Ruggiero, P. Ernsberger, S.F. Morrison, D.J. Reis, Regulation of Arterial Blood Pressure by the Rostral Ventrolateral Medulla. A. Randich, Vagal Afferent Modulation of Nociception. B. Dworkin, The Baroreceptor Reinforcement Instrumental Learning (BR-IL) Model of Essential Hypertension: Biological Data, Quantitative Mechanisms, and Computer Modeling. Part V:Behavioral Consequences of Heart Disease and Therapy.M.F. Elias, M.A. Robbins, Cardiovascular Disease, Hypertension, and Cognitive Function. M.F. Muldoon, A.P. Shapiro, S.B. Manuck, S.R. Waldstein, Behavioral Sequelae of Antihypertensive Therapy: A Review. Part VI:Presidential Address.A.P. Shapiro, Illness and Death in American Presidents.