Review
Hospitality, Leisure, Sport & Tourism
Sajith U. Marasingha-Arachchige, Jacobo A. Rubio-Arias, Pedro E. Alcaraz, Linda H. Chung
Summary: This study conducted a systematic review and meta-analysis to examine the effect of acute resistance exercise (ARE) on heart rate variability (HRV) parameters. The analysis found that ARE results in the activation of cardiac sympathetic modulation and withdrawal of cardiac parasympathetic modulation. These changes are more prominent in individuals engaging in high-intensity exercise. The study also identified that the number of sets, exercise intensity, and rest between sets affect HRV parameters, while gender, body mass index, and training status do not have an impact.
JOURNAL OF SPORT AND HEALTH SCIENCE
(2022)
Review
Behavioral Sciences
Nicholas V. Alen, Grant S. Shields, Adele Nemer, Indira A. D'souza, Marcela J. Ohlgart, Camelia E. Hostinar
Summary: Parental socialization may influence the development of children's autonomic nervous system, particularly the parasympathetic nervous system. A meta-analysis revealed that positive parenting is positively associated with higher resting parasympathetic nervous system activity in children. This association is more pronounced in experimental studies and when the sample includes children with a clinical condition.
NEUROSCIENCE AND BIOBEHAVIORAL REVIEWS
(2022)
Article
Psychology, Biological
Stuart R. Steinhauer, Margaret M. Bradley, Greg J. Siegle, Kathryn A. Roecklein, Annika Dix
Summary: Variations in pupil diameter are influenced by a variety of psychological and physical phenomena, as mediated by the relative activation of the sphincter pupillae muscle and the dilator pupillae muscle innervated by the parasympathetic and sympathetic branches of the autonomic nervous system. The current guidelines aim to inform researchers about the physiology of the pupil, provide methodological and data-analytic guidelines, and briefly review psychological phenomena modulating pupillary reactivity in psychophysiological research. The goal is to promote accurate recording, analysis, and reporting of pupillary data.
Article
Clinical Neurology
Hanife Olbrich, Ina Jahn, Katarina Stengler, Erich Seifritz, Michael Colla
Summary: This study aimed to analyze whether heart rate and heart rate variability markers could distinguish between patients with obsessive-compulsive disorder (OCD) and healthy controls, as well as provide information on treatment response. The results showed significant differences in heart rate and heart rate variability between OCD patients and healthy controls, and heart rate variability parameters could differentiate treatment responders from non-responders. These findings have clinical implications for the diagnosis and treatment response assessment of OCD.
CLINICAL NEUROPHYSIOLOGY
(2022)
Article
Medicine, General & Internal
Sebastian Yu, Chung-Yao Hsu, Hung-Yi Chuang, Chen-Cheng Yang, Chiou-Lian Lai, Hsin-Su Yu
Summary: This study found that there were differences in baseline cutaneous perfusion between patients with Alzheimer's disease (AD) and chronic insomnia disorder (CID), and red light therapy significantly increased cutaneous finger perfusion in AD patients but decreased it in CID patients. These results suggest that cutaneous perfusion can be used as a tool to detect sympathetic dysfunction in CID and AD patients, and red light therapy may be a potential therapeutic intervention for improving sympathetic function in these patients.
JOURNAL OF CLINICAL MEDICINE
(2021)
Article
Anatomy & Morphology
Lukas Dehe, Shaaban A. Mousa, Noureddin Aboryag, Mohammed Shaqura, Antje Beyer, Michael Schaefer, Sascha Treskatsch
Summary: This study provides the first evidence of local expression of MR, 11 beta-HSD2, and aldosterone with its processing enzyme CYP11B2 in neurons of the cardiac autonomic nervous system, suggesting a possible modulatory role of the mineralocorticoid system on the endogenous neuronal activity on heart performance.
FRONTIERS IN NEUROANATOMY
(2022)
Article
Biochemistry & Molecular Biology
Amanda J. Miller, Amy C. Arnold
Summary: Aging is the greatest risk factor for developing hypertension and cardiovascular-related diseases, with dysfunction of organ systems and an imbalance in the autonomic nervous system playing key roles in age-related cardiovascular risk. The renin-angiotensin system is an important hormonal modulator in cardiovascular autonomic control during aging, with current research focusing on angiotensin II versus angiotensin-(1-7) pathways and pharmacological treatment strategies targeting this system for future studies.
Article
Cardiac & Cardiovascular Systems
Margarida Pujol-Lopez, Jeanne Du Fay de Lavallaz, Pooja Rangan, Andrew Beaser, Zaid Aziz, Gaurav A. Upadhyay, Hemal Nayak, J. Peter Weiss, Michael Zawaneh, Rong Bai, Wilber Su, Roderick Tung
Summary: This study aimed to investigate the factors determining hemodynamic stability during human ventricular tachycardia (VT) and found that nearly half of the VT episodes were associated with failure to augment sinus rate (SR), indicating an under-recognized pathophysiological vasovagal response. Inappropriate SR responses were more predictive of hemodynamic instability than VT rate and ejection fraction.
JOURNAL OF THE AMERICAN COLLEGE OF CARDIOLOGY
(2023)
Article
Psychology, Multidisciplinary
Wenjun Bian, Xiaocong Zhang, Yunying Dong
Summary: Test anxiety is a common and detrimental emotion in learning and achievement settings. This study explored the physiological responses of test-anxious individuals to evaluative stress and found that highly test-anxious individuals displayed increased sympathetic nervous system (SNS) activity and decreased parasympathetic nervous system (PNS) activity, while low-anxious individuals showed stable SNS activity in response to evaluative stress.
FRONTIERS IN PSYCHOLOGY
(2022)
Review
Neurosciences
Julia Forstenpointner, Igor Elman, Roy Freeman, David Borsook
Summary: This article introduces the composition and functions of the autonomic nervous system (ANS) and describes its role in stress and maladaptation. By studying the neuroanatomy of the ANS, a model is proposed to understand its importance in maintaining health and causing diseases.
PROGRESS IN NEUROBIOLOGY
(2022)
Article
Oncology
Yunqiang He, Qi Fu, Min Sun, Yu Qian, Yucheng Liang, Jie Zhang, Rui Gao, Hemin Jiang, Hao Dai, Yuwei Liu, Xinyu Xu, Heng Chen, Kuanfeng Xu, Tao Yang
Summary: Acetylcholine and norepinephrine play important roles in regulating hormone secretion in pancreatic islets, and abnormal innervation is closely associated with islet dysfunction in diabetes mellitus. Phosphorylation of islet proteins is an important posttranslational modification involved in various biological processes. Ksr2 and Pkacb were identified as key kinases in insulin secretion, and Cadps, Mlxipl, and Pdcd4 were found to be substrates of these kinases.
CLINICAL AND TRANSLATIONAL MEDICINE
(2022)
Article
Physiology
Kendall S. Zaleski, Abena O. Gyampo, Brian Lora, Tawn Tomasi, Meaghan Lynch, Gaia Giuriato, Emma Basso, Emma Finegan, Jack Schickler, Massimo Venturelli, Justin DeBlauw, Stephen J. Ives
Summary: The study aimed to investigate the sex-specific effects of capsaicin on cardiac autonomic nervous system (ANS) activity. The results revealed that capsaicin had a promoting effect on ANS activity in males, while it had an inhibitory effect in females. This difference may be due to varying sensitivity of the transient receptor potential vanilloid channel-1 (TRPV1) afferents, and should be further explored in future studies.
EUROPEAN JOURNAL OF APPLIED PHYSIOLOGY
(2023)
Review
Biochemistry & Molecular Biology
Matei Daniela, Luca Catalina, Onu Ilie, Matei Paula, Iordan Daniel-Andrei, Buculei Ioana
Summary: Studies show that the autonomic nervous system has a significant impact on overall health. In modern societies, an unhealthy lifestyle contributes to dysfunction in this system. While physical exercise has well-known positive effects on health, its negative impact needs to be studied further.
Article
Cardiac & Cardiovascular Systems
Michael Dacey, Owais Salahudeen, Mohammed A. Swid, Cameron Carlson, Kalyanam Shivkumar, Jeffrey L. Ardell
Summary: The study aimed to define the spatial organization of intrathoracic parasympathetic and sympathetic efferent projections to the heart. The majority of parasympathetic and sympathetic cardiac-evoked responses were mitigated after debranching of the right vagosympathetic trunk (VST) rostral to heart. These findings contribute to the implementation of targeted neuromodulation-based therapeutics for the treatment of cardiac disease.
Article
Environmental Sciences
Oriol Abellan-Aynes, Pedro Manonelles, Fernando Alacid
Summary: Research on heart rate variability in recent years has shown that changes in environmental temperature can impact the autonomic nervous system activity. Exposure to hot conditions led to a reduction in heart rate variability, mainly due to parasympathetic withdrawal. Therefore, consistent temperature conditions are important for accurate and reliable consecutive measurements.
INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF ENVIRONMENTAL RESEARCH AND PUBLIC HEALTH
(2021)
Article
Behavioral Sciences
Andrea Henry, Jason R. Sattizahn, Greg J. Norman, Sian L. Beilock, Dario Maestripieri
HORMONES AND BEHAVIOR
(2017)
Article
Education, Scientific Disciplines
Karen E. Smith, Greg J. Norman, Jean Decety
Letter
Education, Scientific Disciplines
Jean Decety, Karen E. Smith, Greg J. Norman
Article
Behavioral Sciences
Elizabeth A. Necka, Omid Kardan, David A. Puts, Kelly E. Faig, Marc G. Berman, Greg J. Norman
HORMONES AND BEHAVIOR
(2019)
Article
Psychology, Biological
Elisa Pabon, Frederica Rockwood, Greg J. Norman, Harriet de Wit
Summary: This study investigated the effects of oral THC on autonomic nervous system function in healthy adult women, finding that THC dose-dependently increased heart rate, decreased parasympathetic activity, and increased feelings of cannabis-like intoxication and anxiety. These results provide valuable insight into the relationship between autonomic effects of THC and subjective drug experience.
Article
Psychology, Experimental
Karen E. Smith, Greg J. Norman, Jean Decety
Summary: Expressions of emotion provide valuable information about others' mental states. Loneliness may affect individuals' ability to recognize emotions in others. This study found that increased loneliness during medical school is associated with labeling emotional expressions as negative.
Article
Neurosciences
Yung-Tsen Chen, Ian M. McDonough, Kelly E. Faig, Greg J. Norman, David A. Gallo
Summary: This study is the first neuroimaging experiment to investigate the impact of explicitly activating aging stereotypes on brain activity during cognitive tasks. The findings suggest that stereotype activation does not impact cognitive performance or measures sensitive to stress and anxiety in older adults. Moreover, the neural activity associated with stereotype threat in older adults is different from that in younger adults, as it did not impact executive control or emotional regulation regions.
Article
Anesthesiology
Hong Chen, Carissa Comnick, Greg J. J. Norman, Daniel J. J. Caplan, Xian Jin Xie, Roger B. B. Fillingim
Summary: A multicenter study found that individuals with a triad of bodily pain, psychological distress, and sleep disturbance were at high risk for developing painful temporomandibular disorders (TMDs). Systematic examination revealed orofacial and systemic signs and symptoms in this triad phenotype, which could only be detected through multisystem assessment. Additionally, lower heart rate variability and higher resting heart rate were observed in the triad phenotype. Pain sensitivity, as measured by quantitative sensory testing, did not differ between groups. These findings emphasize the importance of comprehensive multisystem assessment and suggest that multisystem issues may provide critical information for understanding and managing TMDs and related pain conditions.
Meeting Abstract
Endocrinology & Metabolism
Kelly E. Faig, Elizabeth A. Necka, Kenneth G. Onishi, Karen E. Smith, Stephanie J. Dimitroff, Greg J. Norman
PSYCHONEUROENDOCRINOLOGY
(2020)
Article
Psychology, Experimental
Stephanie J. Dimitroff, Ethan G. Harrod, Karen E. Smith, Kelly E. Faig, Jean Decety, Greg J. Norman
Article
Psychology, Multidisciplinary
Karen E. Smith, Greg J. Norman, Jean Decety
JOURNAL OF POSITIVE PSYCHOLOGY
(2020)
Article
Psychology, Multidisciplinary
Cecilia U. D. Stenfors, Stephen C. Van Hedger, Kathryn E. Schertz, Francisco A. C. Meyer, Karen E. L. Smith, Greg J. Norman, Stefan C. Bourrier, James T. Enns, Omid Kardan, John Jonides, Marc G. Berman
FRONTIERS IN PSYCHOLOGY
(2019)
Article
Psychology, Biological
Elizabeth A. Necka, Kelly E. Faig, Kathryne Van Hedger, Ian M. Lyons, Stephanie J. Dimitroff, Maike Luhmann, David A. Puts, Greg J. Norman
ADAPTIVE HUMAN BEHAVIOR AND PHYSIOLOGY
(2018)
Article
Neurosciences
Yun-Sik Choi, Paul Horning, Sydney Aten, Kate Karelina, Diego Alzate-Correa, J. Simon C. Arthur, Kari R. Hoyt, Karl Obrietan
Review
Behavioral Sciences
Zachary M. Weil, Kate Karelina
FRONTIERS IN BEHAVIORAL NEUROSCIENCE
(2017)