T he autonomic nervous system orchestrates the functions of internal organs such as the heart and gut, serving as a connection between the brain and the rest of the body. It is classified in two ...

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4 Center of Physical Education and Sport, State University of Londrina (UEL), Londrina, Parana, Brazil Background The temporal and insular cortex (TC, IC) have been associated with autonomic nervous ...

and the peripheral nervous system (motor nerves, sensory nerves, cranial and spinal nerves, autonomic ganglia, and plexuses). A multi-ancestry genome-wide study of 158,036 people with bipolar ...

Heart Rate Increase in rate of contraction of cardiac muscle - cardiac output increases Decrease in rate of contraction of cardiac muscle - cardiac output decreases Breathing Rate Smooth muscle of ...

Digestive functions including movement of food ... state created by threat and relayed to the brainstem via the autonomic nervous system. As it is interpreted by higher brain structures, the ...