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Parasympathetic NSEvidence & Dosage

Rest-and-digest, the vagus nerve, recovery and digestion.

Evidence at a glance

Total studies
417
With abstract
50
Meta / Systematic / RCT
2
Highly cited
50
Publication years
1972–2026

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Top studies on Parasympathetic NS

Ranked by influential-citation count and publication year.

  1. Human cingulate cortex and autonomic control: converging neuroimaging and clinical evidence.

    Brain : a journal of neurology2003200 influential citations

    Human anterior cingulate function has been explained primarily within a cognitive framework. We used functional MRI experiments with simultaneous electrocardiography to examine regional brain activity associated with autonomic…

  2. Respiratory sinus arrhythmia: noninvasive measure of parasympathetic cardiac control.

    Journal of applied physiology1975200 influential citations

    The degree of parasympathetic heart rate control, PC, was defined as the decrease in average heart period (RR interval) caused by the elimination of parasympathetically mediated influences on the heart while keeping sympathetic activity…

  3. Human responses to upright tilt: a window on central autonomic integration.

    The Journal of physiology1999147 influential citations

    1. We examined interactions between haemodynamic and autonomic neural oscillations during passive upright tilt, to gain better insight into human autonomic regulatory mechanisms. 2. We recorded the electrocardiogram, finger…

  4. Influence of the menstrual cycle on sympathetic activity, baroreflex sensitivity, and vascular transduction in young women.

    Circulation2000143 influential citations

    <h4>Background</h4>Our goal was to test sympathetic and cardiovagal baroreflex sensitivity and the transduction of sympathetic traffic into vascular resistance during the early follicular (EF) and midluteal (ML) phases of the menstrual…

  5. Effect of aging on gender differences in neural control of heart rate.

    The American journal of physiology1999n=598131 influential citations

    To clarify the influence of gender on sympathetic and parasympathetic control of heart rate in middle-aged subjects and on the subsequent aging process, heart rate variability (HRV) was studied in normal populations of women (n = 598) and…

  6. Autonomic neural control of dynamic cerebral autoregulation in humans.

    Circulation2002121 influential citations

    <h4>Background</h4>The purpose of the present study was to determine the role of autonomic neural control of dynamic cerebral autoregulation in humans.<h4>Methods and results</h4>We measured arterial pressure and cerebral blood flow (CBF)…

  7. Circadian profile of cardiac autonomic nervous modulation in healthy subjects: differing effects of aging and gender on heart rate variability.

    Journal of cardiovascular electrophysiology2003n=85109 influential citations

    <h4>Unlabelled</h4>Circadian Profile of Heart Rate Variability.<h4>Introduction</h4>Although heart rate variability (HRV) has been established as a tool to study cardiac autonomic activity, almost no data are available on the circadian…

  8. Parasympathetic withdrawal is an integral component of autonomic imbalance in congestive heart failure: demonstration in human subjects and verification in a paced canine model of ventricular failure.

    Journal of the American College of Cardiology1991105 influential citations

    Although enhanced sympathetic tone is a well recognized component of the autonomic profile characteristic of congestive heart failure, the contribution of parasympathetic withdrawal to this autonomic imbalance is less well described. The…

  9. Oscillatory patterns in sympathetic neural discharge and cardiovascular variables during orthostatic stimulus.

    Circulation200095 influential citations

    <h4>Background</h4>We tested the hypothesis that a common oscillatory pattern might characterize the rhythmic discharge of muscle sympathetic nerve activity (MSNA) and the spontaneous variability of heart rate and systolic arterial…

  10. Comparison of 24-hour parasympathetic activity in endurance-trained and untrained young men.

    Journal of the American College of Cardiology199288 influential citations

    <h4>Objectives</h4>This study compares 24-h parasympathetic activity in aerobically trained and untrained healthy young men.<h4>Background</h4>Higher values of parasympathetic nervous system activity are associated with a low mortality…

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