Sentences with phrase «autonomic activities»

In mammals, the hypothalamus is a region of the brain located below the thalamus, forming the major portion of the ventral region of the diencephalon and functioning to regulate certain metabolic processes and other autonomic activities.

The finding, though preliminary, is significant in part because «the brain stem is really involved in autonomic activities — breathing, heart rate, staying awake — so this is evidence that there's something core and basic, this connection between aggression and autism,» said coauthor and BYU clinical psychology Ph.D. student Kevin Stephenson.

In animal models, exposure to cigarette smoke or nicotine during fetal development alters the expression of the nicotinic acetylcholine receptor in areas of the brainstem important for autonomic function, 28 alters the neuronal excitability of neurons in the nucleus tractus solitarius (a brainstem region important for sensory integration), 29 and alters fetal autonomic activity and medullary neurotransmitter receptors.30 In human infants, there are strong associations between nicotinic acetylcholine receptor and serotonin receptors in the brainstem during development.31 Prenatal exposure to tobacco smoke attenuates recovery from hypoxia in preterm infants, 32 decreases heart rate variability in preterm33 and term34 infants, and abolishes the normal relationship between heart rate and gestational age at birth.33 Moreover, infants of smoking mothers exhibit impaired arousal patterns to trigeminal stimulation in proportion to urinary cotinine levels.35 It is important to note also that prenatal exposure to tobacco smoke alters the normal programming of cardiovascular reflexes such that there is a greater - than - expected increase in blood pressure and heart rate in response to breathing 4 % carbon dioxide or a 60 ° head - up tilt.36 These changes in autonomic function, arousal, and cardiovascular reflexes might all increase an infant's vulnerability to SIDS.

The groundbreaking study, «Autonomic Activity During Sleep Predicts Memory Consolidation in Humans,» appears in the journal Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America.

Heart rate variability and autonomic activity at rest and during exercise in various physiological conditions.

Davidson, R.J. et al. (2000) While a phobic waits: regional brain electrical and autonomic activity in social phobics during anticipation of public speaking.

Reduced prefrontal gray matter volume and reduced autonomic activity in antisocial personality disorder

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Genes related to the serotonin transporter, cardiac channelopathies, and the development of the autonomic nervous system are the subject of current investigation.44 The serotonin transporter recovers serotonin from the extracellular space and largely serves to regulate overall serotonin neuronal activity.

Mednick and her team demonstrated, for the first time, that increases in autonomic nervous system (ANS) activity during sleep is correlated with memory improvement.

But fear of snakes and spiders, as measured by heart rate and other autonomic nervous system activity, persists long afterward.

The autonomic nervous system controls involuntary activities in the body, such as the beating of the heart and circulation of blood.

The brain controls «lower» or involuntary activities such as heartbeat, respiration, and digestion - these are known as autonomic functions.

The peripheral nervous system of vertebrate animals includes three kinds of nerve cells: sensory neurons, which transmit impulses from sensory receptor structures to the brain; motor neurons, which innervate the striated, or skeletal, muscles, and autonomic neurons, which regulate the functional activity of the circulatory system, the organs, the glands and the smooth muscles (such as those of the intestine).

Thync's bioelectronic platform targets cervical and thoracic spinal nerves to systemically modulate autonomic nervous system activity.

Spontaneous brain activity relates to autonomic arousal.

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Heart rate variability (HRV) was measured to study the autonomic nervous response including the balance of sympathetic to parasympathetic activity; peak nasal inspiratory flow and lung function were measured at the beginning and after three and six weeks of sauna.

The division of the nervous system that regulates involuntary or unconscious bodily activity is called the autonomic nervous system (ANS).

They found that even a 10 - minute - long weekly inhalation of aromatherapy resulted in a significant reduction of blood pressure and heart rate, and drove autonomic nervous activity toward a balanced state.

Your body shifts from alkaline to acid states all the time depending on many factors: activity of your autonomic nervous system, the type of energy production, hormones, respiration, kidney function, many of which change according to daily cycle, season, weather and your activity.

These are the divisions of the autonomic — or involuntary — nervous system that determine whether we are ready to act quickly and decisively in the face of threats and opportunities (sympathetic nervous system), or relax, digest, and recover from bouts of activity (parasympathetic nervous system).

, The Effects of Lavender Oil Inhalation on Emotional States, Autonomic Nervous System, and Brain Electrical Activity, 2012

The autonomic nervous system has two separate divisions: the sympathetic nervous system, which accelerates the heart rate, constricts blood vessels, and raises blood pressure, and the parasympathetic nervous system, which slows the heart rate, increases intestinal and gland activity, and relaxes sphincter muscles.

By applying the knowledge you are about to learn below with regard to the autonomic nervous system, that stressful events effect your sympathetic nervous system, and that by increasing the activity of your parasympathetic nervous system you will be able to reduce all psoriasis related symptoms caused by stress and bring your body back to a state of harmony.

Your autonomic nervous system is a part of your nervous system that regulates key involuntary functions of the body, including the activity of the heart muscle; the smooth muscles, including the muscles of the intestinal tract; and the glands.

This response causes changes in brain activity and structure, improvements in the autonomic nervous system, hypothalamic - pituitary - adrenal (HPA) axis, cortisol, sleep, mood, enhanced focus and sensory awareness.

D. Shannahoff Khalsa writes: «It is likely that the effect of the alternate nostril breathing technique can directly affect the lateralized sympathetic and vagal input to the heart, thereby inducing a balance in ANS (autonomic nervous system) activity.

Studies have shown that the use of rose oil decreased the activity of the autonomic nervous system, leaving individuals more calm and relaxed.

Using the neurochemical specificity of [11C] raclopride positron emission tomography scanning, combined with psychophysiological measures of autonomic nervous system activity, we found endogenous dopamine release in the striatum at peak emotional arousal during music listening.

According to AHA's scientific statement on pet ownership and cardiovascular risk the beneficial effects of pet ownership include «increased physical activity, favorable lipid profiles, lower systemic blood pressure, improved autonomic tone, diminished sympathetic responses to stress, and improved survival after an acute coronary syndrome.»

Autonomic and brain electrical activity in securely and insecurely attached infants of depressed mothers

Further research is warranted to elucidate the contributions of autonomic nervous system activity to emotional experience.

Most social psychologists would probably agree that emotional «packages» are comprised of many components — including conscious awareness; facial, vocal, and postural expressions; neurophysiological and autonomic nervous system activity; and instrumental behaviors.

Gottesman and Gould describe the rationale behind the concept of endophenotype as providing relatively straightforward and more elementary phenomena as opposed to behavioural phenotypes and therefore require fewer numbers of genes to produce variations in these traits as opposed to behavioural phenotypes or psychiatric diagnoses.24 These studies include associations of cortisol, as end - product of HPA - axis activity, 25 — 27 autonomic nervous system functioning, 28 and neuropsychological characteristics29 with various mental health problems.

Children who have conduct disorder may inherit decreased baseline autonomic nervous system activity, requiring greater stimulation to achieve optimal arousal.9 — 11 This hereditary factor may account for the high level of sensation - seeking activity associated with conduct disorder.10 Current research focuses on defining neurotransmitters that play a role in aggression, with serotonin most strongly implicated.11

We investigated the roles of sex and respiratory sinus arrhythmia (RSA), an index of autonomic parasympathetic nervous system activity, as predictors of codeveloping externalizing and internalizing symptoms in middle childhood.

van den Berg, M.M.H.E., Maas, J. et al. (2016) Autonomic Nervous System Responses to Viewing Green and Built Settings: Differentiating Between Sympathetic and Parasympathetic Activity.

Specifically, physiological indicators of autonomic nervous system activity such as interoceptive sensitivity and vagally mediated heart rate variability (HRV) can inform on emotion regulation.

Research on autonomic nervous system activity to rejection experiences has been contradictory, with opposing strings of argumentation (activating vs. numbing).