Browsing by Subject "Autonomic Nervous System"

A Window Into Autonomic Nervous System Functioning in Autism: Pupillometry in Adults on the Autism Spectrum

Harris, Adrianne A (2021)

The autonomic nervous system (ANS) regulates physiological processes throughout the body and disruption or imbalance of that system has been associated with negative physical and psychological outcomes. Pupil responsivity ...

Autonomic cardiovascular dysregulation as a potential mechanism underlying depression and coronary artery bypass grafting surgery outcomes.

Dao, Tam K; Youssef, Nagy A; Gopaldas, Raja R; Chu, Danny; Bakaeen, Faisal; Wear, Emily; Menefee, Deleene (J Cardiothorac Surg, 2010-05-13)

BACKGROUND: Coronary artery bypass grafting (CABG) is often used to treat patients with significant coronary heart disease (CHD). To date, multiple longitudinal and cross-sectional studies have examined the association between ...

Effects of striatal nitric oxide production on regional cerebral blood flow and seizure development in rats exposed to extreme hyperoxia.

Gasier, Heath G; Demchenko, Ivan T; Allen, Barry W; Piantadosi, Claude A (Journal of applied physiology (Bethesda, Md. : 1985), 2015-12)

The endogenous vasodilator and signaling molecule nitric oxide has been implicated in cerebral hyperemia, sympathoexcitation, and seizures induced by hyperbaric oxygen (HBO2) at or above 3 atmospheres absolute (ATA). It ...