Sentences with phrase «reduce sympathetic activity»

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«In the yoga group, compared with values obtained before a practice session, the high - frequency band of the heartrate variability spectrum (parasympathetic or vagal activity) increased by 64 % in the 20th week and by 150 % in the 36th week, and both the low - frequency band (sympathetic) and the low - frequency to high - frequency ratio were reduced.

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.

The sympathetic region of your brain prepares your body for vigorous physical activity, increasing your heart rate, dilating pupils, contracting blood vessels, and reducing digestive secretions.

Paced, deep breathing activates your diaphragm and relaxation response and reduces the sympathetic nervous system activity in your body.

Firstly, it works by reducing the activity in the sympathetic nervous system.

«Adrenalectomy (ADX) changes CRF and NE activity in brain, increases ACTH secretion and sympathetic outflow and reduces food intake and weight gain; all of these effects are corrected by administration of adrenal steroids.

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

The suggestion is that alternate nostril breathing may reduce stress and anxiety, thus improving vigilance performance while preventing an increase in sympathetic nervous system activity.

However, both patients and athletes at rest are distinguished from non-athletic controls by their reduced sympathetic nervous system activity which may lead to less

However, both patients and athletes at rest are distinguished from non-athletic controls by their reduced sympathetic nervous system activity which may lead to less... intense emotional experiences.

Furthermore, a study investigating parasympathetic and sympathetic activity through the use of RSA in 12 patients with BPD and 28 healthy controls had ECG recorded for three 5 min stages (at rest or stressed) found BPD was associated with lower values of RSA suggesting increased levels of sympathetic activity and decreased levels of parasympathetic activity.33 Meyer et al recorded 5 min ECG signals on 27 participants with BPD, 23 in remission from BPD, 18 suffering from PTSD and 23 healthy controls.34 Significant differences were only found between PTSD participants and controls; however, BPD participants had reduced variability across linear time and frequency domain measures compared with controls.

Our results imply sex - specific effects of oxytocin on sympathetic activity, to negative couple interaction, with the neuropeptide reducing sAA responses and emotional arousal in women while increasing them in men.