The autonomic nervous system controls involuntary body functions, such as heartbeat, blood flow, breathing, and digestion. With three chief components—the sympathetic, parasympathetic, and enteric ...

Dysautonomia is often caused by an underlying condition but can also be due to medications or toxins. Genetics also plays a role in some types of autonomic dysfunction. Share on Pinterest Maskot/Getty ...

The autonomic nervous system (ANS) orchestrates involuntary functions such as cardiovascular regulation, digestion, thermoregulation and genitourinary control through its sympathetic and ...

Dysautonomia is a broad term for conditions that range from fainting to more serious life threatening conditions. Some are quite common, and some are extremely rare. Dysautonomia is a nervous system ...

Non-motor symptoms of Parkinson’s disease (PD) such as dysautonomia and REM sleep behavior disorder (RBD) are recognized to be important prodromal symptoms that may also indicate clinical subtypes of ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. University of Calgary medical student Kate Bourne is the lead author on a new study that dispels the idea that patients living ...

Researchers at the Laureate Institute for Brain Research (LIBR) in Tulsa, Okla., have identified an abnormal link between the autonomic and central nervous systems, specifically via communication ...