The parasympathetic nervous system regulates the functions of bodily organs through postganglionic neurons with cell bodies in parasympathetic ganglia within the target tissues. Like all autonomic ...

1 Department of Physiology, Institute of Basic Medical Sciences, University of Oslo, Oslo, Norway 2 Department of Physical Performance, Norwegian School of Sport Sciences, Oslo, Norway The sympathetic ...

The parasympathetic nervous system helps lower the heart rate. Relaxing activities like meditation can boost parasympathetic activity. Symptoms like dizziness and dry mouth may show issues with the ...

Abundant evidence links sympathetic nervous system activation to outcomes of patients with heart failure (HF). 1 In contrast, parasympathetic activation has complex cardiovascular effects that are ...

This useful study compares gene expression patterns among different autonomic ganglia and will be of interest to developmental neuroscientists and neurophysiologists. The study expands the database of ...

1 Department of Physiology and Biomedical Centre Martin (BioMed Martin), Jessenius Faculty of Medicine in Martin, Comenius University Bratislava, Martin, Slovakia 2 Clinic of Neurology, Jessenius ...

When a person is at rest, meditating or reading a book, the parasympathetic nervous system is at work. Also known as the "rest and digest" system, the parasympathetic nervous system is responsible for ...