parasympathetic

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It has a one page guide to activating the parasympathetic nervous system and is non-spiritual in its application.

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(neuroanatomy) A parasympathetic nerve.

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noun

(neuroanatomy) A parasympathetic nerve.

noun

(neurology) Ellipsis of parasympathetic nervous system. [(neuroanatomy) One of the divisions of the autonomic nervous system, based between the brain and the spinal cord, that slows the heart and relaxes muscles.]

adjective

(neuroanatomy, neurology, relational) Of or relating to the part of the autonomic nervous system that inhibits or opposes the effects of the sympathetic nervous system. It consists of nerves arising from the brain and the lower end of the spinal cord and supplying the internal organs, blood vessels, and glands.

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Core meanings and parts of speech for parasympathetic.

noun

(neuroanatomy) A parasympathetic nerve.

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adjective

Example sentences

It has a one page guide to activating the parasympathetic nervous system and is non-spiritual in its application.

The techniques are developed on models of the sympathetic and parasympathetic nervous systems, with the mystic elements removed.

If you're also activating the parasympathetic nervous system, like by eating a meal, the effect won't be as strong.

This paper is relevant to Long Covid, where many patients have reduced parasympathetic function and suffer post-exertional malaise (PEM).

That is the opposite of what sleep requires, which depends on parasympathetic dominance and cognitive disengagement.

This is because the vagus nerve interfaces with the parasympathetic nervous system, the responses of which are what the instrument measures.

Different breathing rates have a well understood effects on lots of systems including sympathetic/parasympathetic activation.

The sympathetic system releases noradrenaline to speed up the heart rate, while the parasympathetic system releases acetylcholine to slow it down.

That's physiologically speaking - stress is the sympathetic system; sleep is the parasympathetic system.

Acetaminophen blunts the parasympathetic nervous system…what do you think cocaine could be capable of?

He could have been training his parasympathetic system just as well as respiration pathways.

You instead need to be aware of your cognitive and parasympathetic bandwidth and how to utilize each to practice to a meaningful end.

Quote examples

Potential autonomic imbalance, where the parasympathetic ("rest and digest") system is more dominant simply because the body isn’t being taxed.

There are great benefits of activating the parasympathetic nervous system, releasing natural endocannabanoids and endorphins, experiencing muscle soreness to help you feel grounded and most of all “exercising” the attention system.

For example, I'm a person that tends to be pretty uptight and overstressed, what you might assume in scientific terms is "sympathetic activation"- and there is a lot of breathwork research showing that almost anything that has an extended exhale can shift you into parasympathetic activation, where you calm down and relax.