The sympathetic nervous system, which helps your heart and other vital organs function all the time, increases activity in response to danger or stress, preparing the body for extra demands. Stress is ...

The sympathetic nervous system (SNS) plays a crucial role in the regulation of cardiovascular function, mediating rapid adjustments in heart rate and arterial blood pressure during stress, physical ...

We examined whether sympathetic nervous system activity influences hypertension status and systolic blood pressure (SBP) independent of adiposity in youth ranging from normal-weight to severe obesity.

The sympathetic nervous system, not white blood cells, is critically important in the regulation of energy expenditure and thermogenesis, researchers reveal in a new report. A new study from the Icahn ...

Hypertension’s devastating impact on cardiovascular and renal health continues to drive high morbidity and mortality worldwide. With an estimated 1,000 ...

The sympathetic nervous system was thought to have evolved with jawed vertebrates. But lampreys—jawless, parasitic fish that suck out the blood of their hosts—have a simple one, per recent research.

The term “sympathetic nervous system overload” sounds daunting, but the root cause is pedestrian: stress. Stress is, of course, something we all experience all the time, but left unchecked, it can ...

Imagine driving to work on a wintry morning. Your hands are cold on the wheel. Your favorite song is loud, and you sing along. Your stomach growls because you haven't ...

Late in pregnancy, the human body carefully prepares fetuses for the rigors of life outside the protection of the womb. Levels of cortisol, a stress hormone, ramp up and spike during labor.

'In a low-risk group of babies born full-term, the autonomic nervous system and cortical systems appear to function well regardless of whether infants were exposed to labor prior to birth,' says Sarah ...

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