Real-time and early detection of minute changes in the functioning of the cardiovascular system is crucial for managing ...

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 newly described autonomic cardiovascular response to standing was associated with impaired peripheral sympathetic function ...

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 ...

Researchers assessed whether early autonomic burden is associated with incident cognitive impairment in patients with prodromal Parkinson disease.

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 ...

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 ...

For the over 1 million Americans who survive severe traumatic brain injuries each year, the road to recovery is often long and challenging. Disruption of the autonomic nervous system, which controls ...

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 ...