The results of a study conducted in Brazil suggest that the sympathetic nervous system - the part of the autonomous nervous system that controls responses to danger or stress - can modulate the action ...

Yale researchers have determined how a key component of the nervous system develops at the embryonic stage. Their work, published June 11 in Cell Reports online, may ultimately offer new approaches to ...

Your autonomic nervous system (ANS) is the part of your central nervous system (CNS) that controls unconscious activities like breathing and digestion. This system is always working, whether or not ...

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 ...

The sympathetic nervous system (SNS) is integral to the regulation of blood pressure, orchestrating rapid adjustments in vascular tone and heart rate to maintain homeostasis. By modulating peripheral ...

The sympathetic nervous system—the fight or flight side—gets stuck in overdrive, while the parasympathetic nervous system (PSNS)—which should bring the body back to a calm, regulated state—gets ...

A new study from the Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai provides important insights into how the body regulates its production of heat, a process known as thermogenesis that is currently ...

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 ...

The pathophysiology of essential hypertension is complex and multifactorial. It is thought that abnormal renal excretory function plays a central role in the initiation, development and maintenance of ...