Your autonomic nervous system (ANS) is the part of your central nervous system (CNS) that controls unconscious activities like breathing and digestion. This system is always working, whether or not ...

A new study published in Frontiers in Systems Neuroscience provides evidence that consciously controlled breathing can enhance communication between the brain and the autonomic nervous system, which ...

Your sympathetic nervous system is one of the branches of your autonomic nervous system. It controls functions under unconscious control related to “fight or flight.” Your nervous system plays a ...

Late in pregnancy, the human body carefully prepares fetuses for the rigors of life outside the protection of the womb. Levels of cortisol, a stress hormone, ramp up and spike during labor.

The parasympathetic nervous system (PSNS) is part of your autonomic nervous system, which includes the nerves and neurotransmitters that control your body’s internal organs to maintain reliable ...

In order for your body to work properly, your nervous system needs to be working properly. Your nervous system is responsible for helping your brain communicate with your body and helping your body ...

Q: What is autonomic dysfunction? A: There are certain body functions that require rapid, involuntary and reflexive onset of actions, and these are controlled by the autonomic nervous system (the word ...

'In a low-risk group of babies born full-term, the autonomic nervous system and cortical systems appear to function well regardless of whether infants were exposed to labor prior to birth,' says Sarah ...

Goosebumps are “associated with changes in your skin temperature,” says McPhetres. These changes aren’t major, but McPhetres ...

Recent research warns that your daily caffeine habit may be quietly causing more lasting harm to your health than you realize ...