To understand how depression is linked to heart rate variability, let’s start with a short physiology lesson. Our autonomic nervous system (that is, the nervous system that takes care of all the ...

The sympathetic nervous system controls the body's flight or fight mechanism. ... (PTSD), depression, and inflammatory bowel disease, may involve this brain-gut connection.

Typically, the parasympathetic nervous system kicks in. It helps shut down your body's stress response, leading to lower cortisol levels, and bringing you back down to your baseline. But if you've ...

Stress chemicals send impulses to the sympathetic nervous system, which is responsible for keeping the body active. When the sympathetic nervous system is active, the opposite-functioning ...

The extreme heat can take a physical toll if we’re not careful. A North Texas therapist explains how the heat can adversely ...

Nervous system and stress Your sympathetic nervous system, which prepares your body to respond to stress or danger, becomes more active when you're stressed out. For instance, it boosts your heart ...

media exposure and sympathetic nervous system reactivity predict ptsd symptoms after the boston marathon bombings. Depression and Anxiety , 2014; 31 (7): 551 DOI: 10.1002/da.22282 Cite This Page : ...

Why the nervous system becomes dysregulated. Stress, poor sleep, traumatic events, relationship conflicts, depression, chronic anxiety, and difficulty managing frustration (read: adult temper ...

In fact, your sympathetic nervous system shouldn’t kick into high gear over every little annoying thing. 1 Really, it should only be sending warning signals to your body if a significant threat ...

Von Euler characterised the sympathetic neurotransmitter noradrenaline (NA) and postulated that excessive neural tone was a cause of primary hypertension (PH). Thirty years ago, we found raised NA ...