The parasympathetic nervous system helps lower the heart rate. Relaxing activities like meditation can boost parasympathetic activity. Symptoms like dizziness and dry mouth may show issues with the ...

1 Department of Physiology, Institute of Basic Medical Sciences, University of Oslo, Oslo, Norway 2 Department of Physical Performance, Norwegian School of Sport Sciences, Oslo, Norway The sympathetic ...

Learn how your sympathetic and parasympathetic nervous systems work together to regulate heart rate, breathing and stress levels in the body. Advice to improve your movement, fitness, and overall ...

The parasympathetic nervous system (PSNS) is one of two major divisions of the larger autonomic system in your body. Its function is to keep the basic functions of your body working as they should.

Abundant evidence links sympathetic nervous system activation to outcomes of patients with heart failure (HF). 1 In contrast, parasympathetic activation has complex cardiovascular effects that are ...

1 Department of Physiology and Biomedical Centre Martin (BioMed Martin), Jessenius Faculty of Medicine in Martin, Comenius University Bratislava, Martin, Slovakia 2 Clinic of Neurology, Jessenius ...

Starting a new year. For the past 12 years, I have written an article for the Science-Based Medicine blog every Tuesday. I have often thought that the best way to illustrate the value of science-based ...