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  2. Autonomic nervous system - Wikipedia

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    Autonomic nervous system, showing splanchnic nerves in middle, and the vagus nerve as "X" in blue. The heart and organs below in list to right are regarded as viscera. The autonomic nervous system has been classically divided into the sympathetic nervous system and parasympathetic nervous system only (i.e., exclusively motor).

  3. Polyvagal theory - Wikipedia

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    Polyvagal theory combines ideas from evolutionary biology and neurology, to claim that autonomic reactions have adapted to the phylogenetic development of neural circuits. [14] It claims that the sympathetic nervous system, and two distinct branches of the parasympathetic nervous system, are phylogenetically ordered and activated for responses ...

  4. Table of neurotransmitter actions in the ANS - Wikipedia

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    This is a table of neurotransmitter actions in the ANS (autonomic nervous system). It includes the circulatory system, the respiratory system, the visual system, the digestive system, the endocrine system, the urinary system, the reproductive system, and the integumentary system.

  5. Parasympathetic nervous system - Wikipedia

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    The parasympathetic nervous system (PSNS) is one of the three divisions of the autonomic nervous system, the others being the sympathetic nervous system and the enteric nervous system. [1] [2] The autonomic nervous system is responsible for regulating the body's unconscious actions.

  6. Sympathetic nervous system - Wikipedia

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    [1] [2] The enteric nervous system is sometimes considered part of the autonomic nervous system, and sometimes considered an independent system. [3] The autonomic nervous system functions to regulate the body's unconscious actions. The sympathetic nervous system's primary process is to stimulate the body's fight or flight response.

  7. Arousal - Wikipedia

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    Arousal is the physiological and psychological state of being awoken or of sense organs stimulated to a point of perception. It involves activation of the ascending reticular activating system (ARAS) in the brain, which mediates wakefulness, the autonomic nervous system, and the endocrine system, leading to increased heart rate and blood pressure and a condition of sensory alertness, desire ...

  8. Solange Knowles Opens Up About 'Debilitating' Health ...

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    In her message, Knowles gave a shoutout to Dysautonomia International, a non-profit that, according to its website, "seeks to improve the lives of individuals living with autonomic nervous system ...

  9. Classification of peripheral nerves - Wikipedia

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    The somatic nervous system directs all voluntary movements of the skeletal muscles, and can be sub-divided into afferent and efferent neuronal flow. The autonomic nervous system is divided primarily into the sympathetic and parasympathetic nervous systems with a third system, the enteric nervous system, receiving less recognition. [2]