The incidence of the metabolic syndrome, the most threatening epidemic in industrialized countries, is rapidly rising. Nonetheless, the mechanisms causing visceral obesity and its associated ...

The survey was validated in the Autonomic unit at the National Hospital for Neurology and Neurosurgery, London (see online supplementary file S1). Carers were asked to rate the frequency of … ...

Psychedelics, known for their therapeutic potential in psychiatric disorders, interact with the autonomic nervous system in ways that are not well understood. This viewpoint examines the complex ...

Pelvic ganglia, L5-S1 dorsal root ganglia ... These transduction patterns can be considered valuable tools in focused genetic manipulation of these autonomic neuron populations. In terms of the ...

and basal ganglia sites and their descending projections, as well as insular, cingulate, and medial frontal cortices, which influence subcortical autonomic structures. Midbrain structures are also ...

Figure 3. Pearson product correlations between autonomic nervous system measurements and the change in mean arterial pressure (MAP) during trimethaphan. Closed symbols indicate young women and open ...