autonomic

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In a promising development, a research group has revealed that stimulating autonomic vagal nerves connected to the pancreas can improve the function and also increase the number of pancreatic β-cells in mice.

From Science Daily

"So it stands to reason that the communication between the autonomic nervous and immune systems determines whether heart muscle scarring will occur or whether the heart muscle can recover."

From Science Daily

“The experiments are correct,” says David Goldstein, an expert on the autonomic nervous system at the National Institute of Neurological Disorders and Stroke.

From Science Magazine

Pupil size reflects activation of the autonomic nervous system, which controls involuntary functions and is negatively impacted in people with depression.

From Science Daily

So the moral problem that flows from the aberrational view is that it reinforces the sense of exclusion that is at the very root of people's autonomic search for alternative answers in conspiracy theories.

From Salon