Your autonomic nervous system controls your heart rate, blood pressure, digestion so when there is a problem—called dysautonomia—it can wreak havoc in your life. As neurologist Matthew Imperioli ...

The autonomic nervous system controls involuntary body functions, such as heartbeat, blood flow, breathing, and digestion. With three chief components—the sympathetic, parasympathetic, and enteric ...

Your autonomic nervous system (ANS) is the part of your central nervous system (CNS) that controls unconscious activities like breathing and digestion. This system is always working, whether or not ...

Autonomic Lab - Sweat BoxThe Autonomic Laboratory evaluates patients with disorders affecting the autonomic nervous system. These disorders include multiple system atrophy, pure autonomic failure, ...

In order for your body to work properly, your nervous system needs to be working properly. Your nervous system is responsible for helping your brain communicate with your body and helping your body ...

Dysautonomia is a broad term for conditions that range from fainting to more serious life threatening conditions. Some are quite common, and some are extremely rare. Dysautonomia is a nervous system ...

Your autonomic nervous system helps regulate emotional balance, but chronic stress or trauma can trigger an overactive fight-or-flight response. Nervous system dysregulation refers to a condition in ...

The autonomic nervous system is known as the control center for involuntary bodily processes such as the beating of our hearts and our breathing. The fact that this part of the nervous system also has ...

Researchers at the Laureate Institute for Brain Research (LIBR) in Tulsa, Okla., have identified an abnormal link between the autonomic and central nervous systems, specifically via communication ...

A peer-reviewed study in Brain Medicine reveals that parasympathetic and sympathetic imbalances, long overlooked in psychiatric practice, may account for depressive symptoms in patients who never ...