Autonomic Nervous System and Immune System Interactions
Good source article on the nitty gritty of autonomic balance and immune function: the transmitters, brain regions, immune factors etc… Compr Physiol. Author manuscript; available...
Anti-depressants- Serotinin uptake inhibitors- and HRV
Nice summary of the different anti-depressants to have on hand. I need to take this into account in my studies! Reminder: paroxitine = Paxel Fluoxitine...
Cardiovagal Response to Pain HRV and FMRI
This study Identifies particular brain regions involved in the decrease in parasympathetic activity (HF HRV) with experimentally induced pain. Neuroimaging brainstem circuitry supporting cardiovagal response...
Auricular Vagus Nerve Stimulation, fMRI Evidence in Humans
Part of the ongoing collection of posts about transcutaneous vagal nerve stim. Full article here. Non-invasive Access to the Vagus Nerve Central Projections via Electrical...
Vagus Nerve Interactive Graphic
Article about vagus nerve stim and the different devices and companies that are promoting them
HRV during paced breathing and mental stress in Migraineurs
Relief from Headaches In this article, they didn’t see much difference between migraineurs and controls except in possibly more sympathetic response to stressors. I...
Stress reactivity predicts symptom improvement in children with anxiety disorders
Another study looking at reactivity, or response instead of steady state measures to stratify clinical response. The relaxation response I first noticed with acupuncture may...
Blunted neuroendocrine stress reactivity in young women with eating disorders.
Okay. In this study, they show that eating disorder women show not only blunted HPAA activity, but INCREASED parasympathetic activity. I think I’ve chosen a...