The autonomic nervous system innervates all body organs, including the cardiovascular system. Smooth muscle in arteries, arterioles, and veins and pericytes in capillaries receive autonomic ...

A review indicated that there may be an association between autonomic dysfunction and idiopathic hypersomnia, as well as between sleep disturbances and postural orthostatic tachycardia syndrome. A ...

Serious side effects, including one fatality, have been reported. The Food and Drug Administration (FDA) is cautioning the public about transvascular autonomic modulation (TVAM), an experimental ...

Association of immune cell subsets and cytokine profiles with immune-related hyperinflammatory states after CAR T-cell therapy. This is an ASCO Meeting Abstract from the 2025 ASCO Annual Meeting I.

Effect of bexarotene on platelet counts in patients undergoing cancer treatment: An analysis of clinical trials in lung cancer and leukemia No significant financial relationships to disclose. This is ...

Katharine Simon, PhD, clinical pediatric psychologist, and postdoctoral researcher, Sleep and Cognition Lab, UC Irvine, explains the influence of the autonomic nervous system on body functions and ...

In a recent study posted to the medRxiv* preprint server, researchers analyzed the traits of autonomic symptom burden in long coronavirus disease (COVID). Study: Characterization of Autonomic Symptom ...

In response to stressful or dangerous stimuli, nerve cells in the spinal cord activate involuntary, autonomic reflexes often referred to as "fight or flight" responses. These protective responses ...

Citing a lack of outcomes research on the safety and efficacy of an experimental procedure using balloon angioplasty to treat autonomous dysfunction associated with a variety of neurologic conditions, ...

Autonomic symptom burden in patients with advanced dementia with Lewy bodies is linked to worsening cognitive fluctuations.