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.

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.

The autonomic nervous system (ANS) is pivotal in maintaining cardiac homeostasis, intricately regulating heart rate, contractility, and vascular tone through its sympathetic and parasympathetic ...

Q: What is autonomic dysfunction? A: There are certain body functions that require rapid, involuntary and reflexive onset of actions, and these are controlled by the autonomic nervous system (the word ...

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.

Announcing a new article publication for Cardiovascular Innovations and Applications journal. The aim of this observational study was to perform in-depth analysis of autonomic nervous system function ...

Autonomic dysreflexia (AD) is a potentially life threatening condition common in people who have experienced spinal cord injury in the upper back. AD occurs when an injury disrupts the nervous ...

You’re sitting in a perfectly comfortable room when suddenly a quick shiver ripples through your body. It’s not cold, you’re not scared, and you’re definitely not coming down with anything—yet your ...

Data Presented at the 2023 AAS Annual Meeting: Key observations from this anchor-based analysis of the ampreloxetine Phase 3 studies, Study 0169 [SEQUOIA] and Study 0170 [REDWOOD], include the ...