Please provide your email address to receive an email when new articles are posted on . Patients with elevated heart rate variability faced a decreased risk for COPD hospitalization. In contrast, an ...

A systematic review found that obstructive sleep apnea (OSA) therapy could selectively improve autonomic function measures and may reduce the risk of cardiovascular disease. A review published in ...

The study highlights early microvascular impairment in adolescents with type 1 diabetes, emphasizing the importance of monitoring vascular health in this group.

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

A new study shows significant improvements in not only sleep quality, but also in improved autonomic nervous system function using a closed-loop, acoustic stimulation neurotechnology. A good night's ...

Multimodal profiling — combining autonomic testing, body surface gastric mapping (BSGM), and gastric emptying — revealed autonomic dysfunction in patients with chronic gastroduodenal symptoms.

A review indicated that there may be an association between autonomic dysfunction and idiopathic hypersomnia, as well as between sleep disturbances and postural orthostatic tachycardia syndrome. A ...

Objective To establish the time-course recovery of autonomic function following acute exercise through heart rate variability (HRV) and cardiac baroreceptor sensitivity (BRS) metrics. Design ...

Gastrointestinal complications are common in patients after ischemic stroke. Gastric motility is regulated by gastric pace-making activity (also called gastric myoelectrical activity (GMA)) and ...

Correspondence to Dr Júlio Alejandro Henriques Costa, Faculty of Sports, University of Porto, Porto 4200-450, Portugal; jahdc{at}hotmail.com In some countries, most of the young adult female players ...