Sentences with phrase «of sympathetic nervous system activity»

The shock of the sudden cold water immersion might have induced a wave of sympathetic nervous system activity: the body's response to this has been linked to an altered state of consciousness.

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As the activity of the sympathetic nervous system decreases, the parasympathetic nervous system kicks in, keeping cortisol levels, heart rate, muscle tension, digestive function, secretion and other processes back toward homeostasis.

It is contemplated that a user that may be nervous or engaging in speaking falsehoods may exhibit different galvanic skin response» — a change in the electrical resistance of the skin that is a physiochemical response to increased sympathetic nervous system activity — «than a more confident, truth telling individual.»

There are several possible mechanisms by which physical activity can protect against nocturia, including reducing body size, improving sleep, decreasing sympathetic nervous system activity and lowering levels of systemic inflammation.

Epinephrine is a stress hormone that is released during increased activity of the sympathetic nervous system and it suppresses the immune response.

Plenary Lecture: Neuromodulatory Pathways and Central Control of Sympathetic Activity in Hypertension and Heart Failure Frans Leenen of the University of Ottowa will cover the role of various neurotransmitters and neuromodulators in regulating the sympathetic nervous system and how dysregulation can lead to cardiovascular dysfunction aSympathetic Activity in Hypertension and Heart Failure Frans Leenen of the University of Ottowa will cover the role of various neurotransmitters and neuromodulators in regulating the sympathetic nervous system and how dysregulation can lead to cardiovascular dysfunction asympathetic nervous system and how dysregulation can lead to cardiovascular dysfunction and disease.

While previous studies have suggested that the sympathetic nervous system - the «fight or flight» response - of veterans is overactive, this study was the first to measure this increased activity directly and provide a potential mechanism behind this response.

Consumption of sugar has also been associated with enhanced activity of the sympathetic nervous system as well as sodium retention.

Researchers think that mechanisms other than the increase in fat - free mass (such as changes in the activity of the sympathetic nervous system) are partly responsible.

This opposes an important sympathetic nervous system activity, which is to draw blood to the central part of the body as a protection against attack.

Excessive activity of the sympathetic nervous system is a contributing factor in many cancer cases.

Deactivating the Stress Response The sympathetic nervous system activity triggered by stress response may be countered using a combination of approaches that elicit the relaxation response.

The benefits likely partially come from caffeine's ability to increase the activity of the sympathetic nervous system, the «fight or flight» component that prepares your body for action.

This combination of factors over time decreases the activity of the parasympathetic nervous system, leaving the sympathetic system in overdrive and the enteric system frozen.

Hatha yoga promotes physical relaxation by decreasing activity of the sympathetic nervous system, which decreases cortisol, lowers heart rate and increases breath volume, so that's my personal recommendation.

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).

For example, a rat - based study published in Brain Research in 2005 found that inhaling the scent of grapefruit essential oil stimulated activity in the sympathetic nervous system (the branch of the central nervous system involved in activating the body's «fight - or - flight» response to stress).

This helps prevent too much fat gain and gives your body time to reverse some of the drop in metabolic rate, sympathetic nervous system activity, and sex hormones that we talked about earlier.

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.

The sympathetic nervous system responds to the stress and is responsible for the flight - or - fight response and stimulating other bodily activities in times of stress.

Results of this investigation are consistent with emerging evidence that regular yoga practice may modulate HRV by increasing parasympathetic activity and decreasing sympathetic nervous system dominance.

The yoga group also evidenced an increase in vagal tone, and a decrease in sympathetic nervous system activity — both indicators of reduced physiological stress.

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.

When you transition from awake state into stage 1 and stage 2 sleep, and actually as you transition into deeper stages of sleep, the sympathetic nervous system activity will drop.

Excessive sympathetic nervous system activity (aka stress, fight or flight) causes blood to be withdrawn from the skin's surface, contributing to inactivity of the skin.

When there is too much thyroid hormones present in the blood, there is an increase in the activities of the sympathetic nervous system.

The experience of being threatened is typically accompanied by an increase in Sympathetic Nervous System (SNS) activity and / or Parasympathetic Nervous System (PNS) withdrawal (Social Self - preservation theory)[69], resulting in increased physiological reactivity, and therefore increases in heart rate (HR).