Traditional explanations of acupuncture often emphasize direct acupoint-organ relationships, focusing on local stimulation or ...

Neurologists have taken a promising step toward identifying a test that helps support the diagnosis of concussion. Their research has shown that autonomic reflex testing, which measures involuntary ...

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 ...

Q: What is autonomic dysfunction? A: There are certain body functions that require rapid, involuntary and reflexive onset of actions, and these are controlled by the autonomic nervous system (the word ...

Migraine is characterized by recurrent attacks of headache and combinations of neurologic, gastrointestinal, and autonomic changes. Unilateral cranial autonomic symptoms (UAs) are features of cluster ...

Your autonomic nervous system (ANS) is the part of your central nervous system (CNS) that controls unconscious activities like breathing and digestion. This system is always working, whether or not ...