Sentences with phrase «sympathetic nervous system activity»

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.

This technique is called microneurography and is considered the gold - standard method for assessing sympathetic nervous system activity in humans.

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

The researchers then wanted to know if alternate nostril breathing could still lower blood pressure while improving performance on a vigilance test that required sustained attention and alertness, qualities that are generally associated with increased sympathetic nervous system activity (including heart rate and blood pressure).

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.

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.

In addition to this recipe for cancer, physical, chemical and mental stress can increase the hormone cortisol and sympathetic nervous system activity further impairing aerobic function.

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.

Stress activates cortisol secretion, but it also stimulates sympathetic nervous system activity.

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.»

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

In a process comparable to insulin resistance, the sympathetic nervous system activity continues to increase, yet cells become less responsive.

Decaf coffee also raises blood pressure and sympathetic nervous system activity.

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.

Limited brain imaging suggests that yoga and meditation may help to decrease limbic system and sympathetic nervous system activity, both of which are associated with stress.

Adaptive thermogenesis was not associated with changes in sympathetic nervous system activity, total body fat, belly fat, liver fat, organ mass, nitrogen and sodium balances.

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.

Their objective was to determine if 18 minutes of alternate nostril breathing could prevent an increase in blood pressure, or sympathetic nervous system activity, while participants completed the vigilance test.

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.

Insulin secretion is attenuated by sympathetic nervous system activity; eg, via exercise.

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.

Marital conflict and children's externalizing behavior: Pathways involving interactions between parasympathetic and sympathetic nervous system activity

Hypothalamic — pituitary — adrenal and sympathetic nervous system activity and children's behavioral regulation