The other system you have is called the parasympathetic and it is associated with being totally relaxed. From Wordnik.com. [Article Source] Reference
Once the threat has diminished, the part of our bodies known as the parasympathetic nervous system then brings everything back into order. From Wordnik.com. [The Seattle Times] Reference
SNS is fight or flight and parasympathetic is rest and digest. From Wordnik.com. [Weight Loss and the Autonomic Nervous System] Reference
It enhances our parasympathetic nervous system, so we can relax. From Wordnik.com. [Ed and Deb Shapiro: What Do Astronaut Edgar Mitchell, Dr. Dean Ornish And Actor Ed Begley Jr. Have In Common?] Reference
This sends a signal to the parasympathetic nervous system to relax. From Wordnik.com. [Relieving Tension Headaches Without Drugs] Reference
The parasympathetic system is associated with relaxed body functioning. From Wordnik.com. [The Human Brain, Part 1 of a Series] Reference
Patients with anticholinergic deliria present with parasympathetic blockade. From Wordnik.com. [The Neuropsychiatric Guide to Modern Everyday Psychiatry] Reference
The parasympathetic ganglia are located in close proximity to the target organ. From Wordnik.com. [Weight Loss and the Autonomic Nervous System] Reference
The sympathetic nervous system is the accelerator and the parasympathetic division is the brake. From Wordnik.com. [Weight Loss and the Autonomic Nervous System] Reference
The duality reminds one of the sympathetic and parasympathetic nervous systems in our own bodies. From Wordnik.com. [Musings on the Fed] Reference
(The keywords sympathetic and parasympathetic characterize the relationships under consideration.). From Wordnik.com. [Walter Hess - Nobel Lecture] Reference
While we sleep, the parasympathetic nervous system runs the show and blood flow shifts to the skin. From Wordnik.com. [Simple Skin Beauty] Reference
ANS is further divided into parasympathetic nervous system (PSNS) and sympathetic nervous system (SNS). From Wordnik.com. [Science Fiction, Fantasy, Horror: An Undefeated Spiritual Tag-team - Mike Resnick] Reference
The two ANS components are the parasympathetic nervous system (PNS) and sympathetic nervous system (SNS). From Wordnik.com. [Weight Loss and the Autonomic Nervous System] Reference
It was designed to respond to the presence of parasympathetic energy, and PS waves always meant Spookies. From Wordnik.com. [Spirits White As Lightning]
Listening to Guided Imagery promotes relaxation via the parasympathetic (restorative) half of the nervous system. From Wordnik.com. [Alison Rose Levy: Healthy Christmas Shopping List] Reference
This activates the parasympathetic nervous system and helps the body to understand that it is safe to calm down. From Wordnik.com. [Kari Henley: Cultivating A Buddha Brain For Holiday Happiness] Reference
There are two sub-divisions of the autonomic nervous system, the sympathetic and parasympathetic nervous systems. From Wordnik.com. [Neurotoxicity] Reference
The parasympathetic system — with which the sympathetic system is entwined — calms you down and rejuvenates you. From Wordnik.com. [Can Science Explain Heaven?] Reference
Oppositely, the parasympathetic fibers, where present, dilate the first set of blood vessels and constrict the second. From Wordnik.com. [The Human Brain]
A benefits focus also reduced negative emotion and buffered the parasympathetic calming branch of the autonomic nervous system. From Wordnik.com. [Charlotte vanOyen Witvliet, Ph.D.: Surprised by Happiness: What We Can Learn from Research on Forgiveness and Gratitude] Reference
The kidneys work more actively during the parasympathetic state to convey excess fluid from the circulatory system to the bladder. From Wordnik.com. [Simple Skin Beauty] Reference
The vagus nerve is also the main cable controlling the parasympathetic system, which is the relaxation section of your nervous system. From Wordnik.com. [You: On a Diet] Reference
This relaxed parasympathetic state allows greater circulation and oxygen flow to the skin, or peripheral vasodilation in medical terms. From Wordnik.com. [Simple Skin Beauty] Reference
By correlating this with gross anatomy, we can roughly identify the sympathetic and parasympathetic systems-or their equivalents-I hope. From Wordnik.com. [Trader To The Stars]
The neurochemical mechanism is everywhere apparent in the field of activity of the parasympathetic system, as in the sympathetic system. From Wordnik.com. [Otto Loewi - Nobel Lecture] Reference
The parasympathetic branch handles our vegetative needs, analogous to the Fed meting out funds to keep the economic organism well supplied. From Wordnik.com. [Musings on the Fed] Reference
Under ordinary circumstances, our parasympathetic nervous system is in charge, and we're capable of thinking clearly, calmly and logically. From Wordnik.com. [Tony Schwartz: Fight or Flight: Who Runs Your Life?] Reference
Simultaneously, your sympathetic (fight or flight) nervous system pauses and your parasympathetic nervous system proceeds to relax your body. From Wordnik.com. [Laurie Nadel: Recession Stressing You Out? 5 Sure-Fire Ways to Feel Better] Reference
Effectively, that means we move from parasympathetic to sympathetic arousal -- a physiological state more commonly known as "fight or flight.". From Wordnik.com. [Tony Schwartz: The 90-Minute Solution: How Building in Periods of Renewal Can Change Your Work and Your Life (POLL) (VIDEO)] Reference
Sympathetic and parasympathetic divisions typically function in opposition to each other in an effort to keep the body in a state of homeostasis. From Wordnik.com. [Weight Loss and the Autonomic Nervous System] Reference
Some breathing patterns favor our body's move toward parasympathetic functions and other breathing patterns favor a sympathetic nervous system response. From Wordnik.com. [Linda Stone: Just Breathe: Building the case for Email Apnea] Reference
It so quickly engages the parasympathetic nervous system and alkalizes the body that the thinking mind lets go, relaxation runs deep, and the heart opens. From Wordnik.com. [Scott Schwenk: Harvesting Confidence] Reference
As the heart vagus belongs to the parasympathetic system, the question had to be examined whether and to what extent the neurochemical mechanism applied here. From Wordnik.com. [Otto Loewi - Nobel Lecture] Reference
If it's pretty bright, than I'd say she has a parasympathetic nervous system defect or a cranial nerve III defect on her left side, causing that wide dilation. From Wordnik.com. [We'll never know] Reference
One of the most important is that between the sympathetic and the parasympathetic nervous Systems; the former stimulates catabolism, the latter assimilation or anabolism. From Wordnik.com. [The Balancing and Synthesis of the Opposites, by Roberto Assagioli] Reference
What you need most right now is to slow things down, and this means what we call "down regulating" the stress response, getting your parasympathetic nervous system on board. From Wordnik.com. [Dr. Cara Barker: Tapping Your Inner Strength in Troubling Times] Reference
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