The researchers found that the "sympathetic" nervous system—the branch that responds to dangerous situations—can be a key driver of serious C. diff. Normally, our "fight or flight" response is ...

For example, the sympathetic nervous system activates the "fight-or-flight" response in reaction to danger, concentrating energy on immediate survival and halting less urgent functions such as ...

hypothalamic stimulation of the sympathetic nervous system and adrenal glands causes an increase in circulating corticoids and catecholamines, or a stress response. In individuals with severe ...

Weight gain and excess fat storage, particularly in the abdomen.

Strong emotions like fear, excitement, awe, or even music and art can trigger goosebumps due to brain and nervous system connections. Since goosebumps don’t serve much purpose in humans, they might ...

In a tough conversation, it is easy to lose our cool, regret it and wonder what we could have done better. Consultant Cynthia ...

The shifts in physiologic state in response to threat are kicked off by the sympathetic branch of the autonomic nervous system. By contrast, the vagus nerve, the main component of the ...

So, what caused this day-night rhythm in the heart? “Well, one thing is this local circadian clock, but what this paper shows is that there's something else, and that's the sympathetic nervous system, ...

Recent data reveal that such systemic immune suppression and a protracted stress response are not limited ... most notably to the immune system. Future studies should determine whether preclinical ...